IPM vs TCX vs EPAM Stock Comparison

Intelligent Protection Management, Tucows and EPAM Systems Prices as of Oct 28, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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TCX Tucows Inc /Pa/
$10.23 +6.7% 1M -45.1% 1Y
Market cap
$113.89M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$394.44M
Div. yield
–
Web Hosting and Domains Technology
EPAM EPAM Systems, Inc.
$136.25 +26.6% 1M -15.8% 1Y
Market cap
$6.98B
P/E
17.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$5.62B
Div. yield
–
IT Services Technology
6 wins

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

EPAM Systems leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (EPAM Systems 6, Intelligent Protection Management 4). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionIPMTCXEPAMLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $22.39M $113.89M $6.98B EPAM
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -6.0x -1.4x 17.4x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 22.0x — 9.9x EPAM
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +113.5% +4.2% +10.8% IPM
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -14.8% -21.2% 7.2% EPAM
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — -27.8% 11.5% EPAM
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 31.3x -1.1x EPAM
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -11.1% -45.1% -15.8% IPM
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -20.1%/yr -34.1%/yr -27.4%/yr IPM
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 40.0% 81.3% 53.6% IPM
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 37/100 48/100 70/100 EPAM

Percentile Scorecard

IPMTCXEPAM

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisIPMTCXEPAM
Valuation 13 #43 of 49 51 #19 of 38 56 #22 of 49
Growth 82 #9 of 45 63 #14 of 36 43 #26 of 45
Profitability 13 #34 of 39 42 #20 of 34 79 #9 of 39
Financial Health 42 #35 of 60 14 #33 of 38 88 #8 of 60
Shareholder Returns – 70 #7 of 21 86 #5 of 29
Overall 37 48 70
  • IPM ranked among 65 companies in Technology Services
  • TCX ranked among 39 companies in Cloud Computing
  • EPAM ranked among 65 companies in Technology Services

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodIPMTCXEPAMSPY
1 month -1.7%+6.7%+26.6% +0.9%
3 months -3.8%+9.6%+27.4% +5.9%
6 months -0.6%-34.7%+20.7% +8.5%
Year to date +2.3%-54.4%-33.5% +13.3%
1 year -11.1%-45.1%-15.8% +12.4%
3 years +12.1%-38.7%-35.3% +88.1%
3 years, per year +3.9%-15.1%-13.5% +23.5%
5 years -67.4%-87.6%-79.8% +68.2%
5 years, per year -20.1%-34.1%-27.4% +11.0%
10 years -70.4%-65.7%+110.0% +263.4%
10 years, per year -11.5%-10.2%+7.7% +13.8%

Risk

MeasureIPMTCXEPAMSPY
Volatility, 1Y 40.0%81.3%53.6% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 47.5%69.6%61.1% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.730.740.42 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.28-0.55-0.30 0.98
Max drawdown, 5Y -75.6%-90.7%-89.4% -25.4%
From 52-week high -18.1%-58.9%-38.5% -0.9%
52-week high $2.15$24.90$221.40 $779.14
52-week low $1.49$8.48$76.04 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleIPMTCXEPAM
P/E now vs peer median -6.2xmedian 17.7x -1.4xmedian 27.6x 17.7xmedian 17.7x
P/S now vs peer median 0.9xmedian 0.7x 0.3xmedian 4.8x 1.3xmedian 0.7x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median -7.4xmedian 10.7x 45.6xmedian 24.1x 9.1xmedian 10.7x
P/FCF now vs peer median -35.6xmedian 11.0x -7.9xmedian 15.0x 14.6xmedian 11.0x
P/B now vs peer median 1.4xmedian 1.5x -0.6xmedian 4.4x 2.0xmedian 1.5x
PEG now vs peer median 0.87median 1.35 0.31median 0.38 -3.42median 1.35

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsIPMTCXEPAM
Revenue $25.19M $394.44M $5.62B
Gross profit $12.19M $98.23M $1.65B
Operating income -$4.54M -$28.33M $563.19M
Net income -$3.73M -$83.63M $401.67M
Free cash flow -$644.80K -$14.40M $482.64M
R&D – $18.35M –
EPS (diluted) $-0.29 $-7.50 $7.68
Cash & equivalents $5.23M $44.16M $789.40M
Total debt – $1.17B $25.00M
Shares (diluted) 13.04M 11.15M 52.27M
Enterprise value -$1.43M -$75.42M $2.62B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricIPMTCXEPAM
P/E -6.2x -1.4x 17.7x
P/FCF -35.6x -7.9x 14.6x
P/Operating cash flow -40.5x 26.0x 13.0x
P/S 0.9x 0.3x 1.3x
P/B 1.4x -0.6x 2.0x
P/Tangible book 2.8x -0.5x 2.2x
EV/EBITDA -7.4x 45.6x 9.1x
EV/EBIT -3.9x -12.8x 11.1x
EV/Revenue 0.7x 0.9x 1.1x
EV/FCF -27.5x -25.2x 13.0x
EV/Operating cash flow -31.3x 82.9x 11.6x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.87 0.31 -3.42

Growth

14 metrics
MetricIPMTCXEPAM
Revenue growth (1Y) 113.5% 4.2% 10.8%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 32.1% 7.0% 5.1%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 92.0% 9.7% 8.5%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 15.8% 13.6% 2.9%
Operating income growth (1Y) 18.0% 36.8% 4.4%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -14.2% 18.7% -2.9%
Net income growth (1Y) 48.5% 12.5% 0.1%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -20.2% -5.4% -9.0%
EPS growth (1Y) 47.9% 13.2% 8.3%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -7.1% -4.4% -5.2%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 59.3% 131.2% 19.8%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 37.4% 42.4% -4.3%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 53.6% 70.7% 17.8%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 34.6% 53.5% -4.8%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricIPMTCXEPAM
Gross margin 48.4% 24.9% 29.4%
EBITDA margin -9.5% 2.0% 12.3%
Operating margin -18.0% -7.2% 10.0%
Pretax margin -16.6% -18.8% 9.8%
Net margin -14.8% -21.2% 7.2%
FCF margin -2.6% -3.7% 8.6%
Operating cash flow margin -2.2% 1.1% 9.6%
Return on equity -22.2% – 11.6%
Return on assets -12.9% -11.5% 8.7%
Return on invested capital – -27.8% 11.5%
Return on capital employed -22.1% -7.4% 14.7%
Asset turnover 0.9x 0.5x 1.2x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 0.2x -0.1x 1.3x
Stock comp / revenue 0.6% 1.6% 3.3%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricIPMTCXEPAM
Debt / assets – 40.4% 0.5%
Debt / equity – -1.5x 0.0x
Net debt / EBITDA – 31.3x -1.1x
Debt / FCF – -20.4x 0.1x
Liabilities / assets 43.0% 127.6% 23.1%
Equity / assets 57.0% -27.6% 76.9%
Interest coverage – – –
Current ratio 1.4x 0.6x 2.8x
Quick ratio 0.9x 0.2x 2.6x
Cash ratio 0.6x 0.1x 1.0x
Altman Z-score 0.28 -0.27 6.63

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricIPMTCXEPAM
Dividend yield – – –
Net buyback yield – 0.0% 9.7%
Shareholder yield – 0.0% 9.7%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusIPMTCXEPAM
Forward P/E 22.0xFY2026 – 9.9xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $0.08FY2026 $-5.95FY2026 $13.81FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – – +20.1%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +75.0% – +8.5%
Revenue, next fiscal year $24.44MFY2026 $511.61MFY2026 $6.04BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +3.5%FY2026 +31.1%FY2026 +10.6%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +20.0% +0.4% +0.9%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersIPMTCXEPAM
Held by institutions – 47.2% 100.0%
Institutions holding – 70 438
Change in shares held, QoQ – -15.7% +0.7%
Institutions buying – 41 232
Institutions selling – 19 160
Buyers to sellers – 2.16 1.45

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

IPMTCXEPAM
IPM 1.00 -0.02 0.08
TCX -0.02 1.00 0.19
EPAM 0.08 0.19 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, IPM, TCX and EPAM?

EPAM Systems (EPAM) is the largest by market capitalisation: Intelligent Protection Management (IPM) $22.39M, Tucows (TCX) $113.89M, EPAM Systems (EPAM) $6.98B.

Which company is growing faster?

Intelligent Protection Management (IPM) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Intelligent Protection Management (IPM) +113.5%, Tucows (TCX) +4.2%, EPAM Systems (EPAM) +10.8%.

Which company is more profitable?

EPAM Systems (EPAM) has the highest net margin (Intelligent Protection Management (IPM) -14.8%, Tucows (TCX) -21.2%, EPAM Systems (EPAM) 7.2%). On return on invested capital, EPAM Systems (EPAM) leads (Tucows (TCX) -27.8%, EPAM Systems (EPAM) 11.5%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Intelligent Protection Management (IPM) returned the most: Intelligent Protection Management (IPM) -11.1%, Tucows (TCX) -45.1%, EPAM Systems (EPAM) -15.8%. Over five years, Intelligent Protection Management (IPM) compounded fastest (Intelligent Protection Management (IPM) -20.1%/yr, Tucows (TCX) -34.1%/yr, EPAM Systems (EPAM) -27.4%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Intelligent Protection Management (IPM) has been the steadiest (Intelligent Protection Management (IPM) 40.0%, Tucows (TCX) 81.3%, EPAM Systems (EPAM) 53.6%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, IPM, TCX and EPAM?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, EPAM Systems (EPAM) leads on 6. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.