In a definitive display of market resilience, the S&P 500 (CME:GSPC) achieved a landmark milestone in May 2024, crossing the 5,300 threshold for the first time in history. This surge, culminating in a record close of 5,308.18 on May 15, 2024, represented a fundamental shift
Business services providers play a critical role for enterprises, assisting them with everything from new hardware integrations to consulting and marketing. Furthermore, the demand for their offerings is rising as more clients outsource non-core functions,
a trend that has enabled the industry to return 9% over the past six months, almost identical to the S&P 500.
A number of stocks jumped in the afternoon session after President Trump cooled fears of a transatlantic trade war by calling off scheduled tariffs on European allies.
Mid-cap stocks often strike the right balance between having proven business models and market opportunities that can support $100 billion corporations.
However, they face intense competition from scaled industry giants and can be disrupted by new innovative players vying for a slice of the pie.
Shares of digital engineering services company EPAM Systems (NYSE:EPAM) jumped 2.8% in the afternoon session after Wells Fargo boosted its price target on the stock to $247 from $185, while maintaining its positive "Overweight" rating.
As of December 26, 2025, EPAM Systems, Inc. (NYSE: EPAM) stands at a critical juncture in its thirty-two-year history. Once celebrated as the quintessential high-growth "engineering-first" digital services firm, EPAM has spent the last three years navigating a gauntlet of geopolitical upheaval, macroeconomic headwinds, and a paradigm-shifting technological revolution in Generative AI. Having successfully transitioned [...]
Let's take a look at the S&P500 stocks that are experiencing notable price gaps in today's session on Tuesday. Discover the gap up and gap down stocks in the S&P500 index.
A clean balance sheet can signal disciplined management and stability.
It also means a company can expand and thrive without relying on borrowed capital.
Profitability is a key measure of business strength.
Companies with high margins have proven they can generate consistent earnings while maintaining financial discipline.
Shares of digital engineering services company EPAM Systems (NYSE:EPAM) jumped 3% in the afternoon session after the company announced the availability of seven new, high-impact AI agents on Google Cloud Marketplace. These solutions were designed to address complex challenges in sectors like finance, healthcare, and retail. The ready-to-use agents aimed to help clients with tasks such as automating Know Your Customer (KYC) processes, speeding up drug discovery, and streamlining clinical trial document creation. By offering these production-ready and secure tools, EPAM enabled clients to quickly adopt trusted technology. The collaboration was highlighted by Google Cloud's Managing Director, who noted that the partnership would help customers deploy and manage the advanced AI agents on Google's global infrastructure.
December 9, 2025 – In a landmark move poised to reshape the landscape of institutional digital asset trading in the United States, leading cryptocurrency exchange OKX has announced a strategic partnership with Deltix, a division of EPAM Systems (NYSE: EPAM). The collaboration, unveiled today, December 9, 2025, aims to seamlessly integrate digital assets into Deltix's [...]
Business services providers play a critical role for enterprises, assisting them with everything from new hardware integrations to consulting and marketing. Still, investors are uneasy as firms face challenges from AI-driven disruptors and tightening corporate budgets.
These doubts have certainly contributed to services stocks’ recent underperformance - over the past six months, the industry’s 9.1% gain has fallen behind the S&P 500’s 14.4% rise.
Looking back on it services & consulting stocks’ Q3 earnings, we examine this quarter’s best and worst performers, including EPAM (NYSE:EPAM) and its peers.
