Technology • NYSE
According to Zyberno, EPAM SYSTEMS, INC. (EPAM) is not a buy — AVERAGE BUSINESS (61/100) with a negative Margin of Safety of -1.1% and a Brina Gap of -4.2% showing the market already prices in more growth than the fundamentals support.
According to Zyberno's DCF model, EPAM SYSTEMS, INC. (EPAM) trades at $114.80 against an estimated intrinsic value per share of $113.56 — a -1.1% Margin of Safety based on Owner Earnings of $543.64M TTM, projected at -2.1% growth for 10 years with a 2.5% terminal growth rate. The Brina Gap of -4.2% weakens the case: based on the company's ROIC (14.4%) and reinvestment rate (-19.2%), the business can fundamentally grow at -2.8% — but the current enterprise value implies the market expects 1.4%. This places EPAM in the Expensive Hype quadrant of the Brina Matrix, the most fragile combination — overvalued on cash AND overpriced on growth. Zyberno's model translates this into a 5-year expected return of -2.3% annually.
Over the trailing twelve months, EPAM generated $543.64M in Owner Earnings. Capital was deployed as follows: $85.00M returned via share buybacks, $50.77M invested in capital expenditures. Reinvestment rate: -19.2%. Owner Earnings have declined at 2.1% annually over the trailing five years using log-linear regression.