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Third
quarter revenues of $1.394 billion, up 19.4% year-over-year
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GAAP income from operations was 10.4% of revenues and non-GAAP income from operations was 16.0% of revenues for the third quarter
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Third
quarter GAAP diluted EPS of $1.91, a decrease of $0.46, and non-GAAP diluted EPS of $3.08, a decrease of $0.04 on a year-over-year basis
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Continued to return capital to shareholders, repurchasing $82.1 million of stock in the third quarter and established a new share repurchase plan for up to $1 billion in additional repurchases as previously announced
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EPAM raises its full year expected revenue growth rate for 2025 to now be in the range of 14.8% to 15.2%, reflecting a year-over-year growth rate of 15.0% at the midpoint of the range
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For the full year, EPAM increases expected GAAP diluted EPS to now be in the range of $6.75 to $6.83, and non-GAAP diluted EPS to be in the range of $11.36 to $11.44
NEWTOWN, Pa.
, Nov. 6, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — EPAM Systems, Inc. (NYSE: EPAM), a leading digital transformation services and product engineering company, today announced results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2025.
“We are pleased to deliver another quarter of improving year-over-year organic constant currency revenue growth, driven by our deep engineering expertise and focus on helping clients build out their AI foundation and transform themselves into AI-Native organizations,” said Balazs Fejes, CEO and President at EPAM. “By investing in AI and AI-Native innovation, talent, and partnerships we are accelerating our own transformation, building on top of our core engineering heritage and strengthening our strategic positioning to lead in the future world of AI-Native enterprises.”
Third
Quarter 2025 Highlights
- Revenues increased to $1.394 billion, a year-over-year increase of $226.8 million, or 19.4%. On an organic constant currency basis, revenues were up 7.1% compared to the third quarter of 2024;
- GAAP income from operations was $144.9 million, a decrease of $32.0 million, or 18.1%, compared to $177.0 million in the third quarter of 2024;
- Non-GAAP income from operations was $222.8 million, a decrease of $0.1 million, compared to $222.9 million in the third quarter of 2024;
- Diluted earnings per share (“EPS”) on a GAAP basis was $1.91, a decrease of $0.46, or 19.4%, compared to $2.37 in the third quarter of 2024; and
- Non-GAAP diluted EPS was $3.08, a decrease of $0.04, or 1.3%, compared to $3.12 in the third quarter of 2024.
Cash Flow and Other Metrics
- Cash provided by operating activities was $372.0 million for the first nine months of 2025, compared to cash provided by operating activities of $428.9 million for the first nine months of 2024;
- Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash totaled $1.244 billion as of September 30, 2025, a decrease of $46.9 million, or 3.6%, from $1.290 billion as of December 31, 2024;
- The Company repurchased 493,000 shares of its common stock for $82.1 million during the third quarter of 2025 under its share repurchase program. As of September 30, 2025, the Company exhausted the $500 million available for purchases of the Company’s common stock under the previously authorized share repurchase program;
- On October 16, 2025, as previously announced, the Board of Directors approved a new share repurchase program with authorization to purchase up to $1.0 billion of EPAM common stock; and
- Total headcount was approximately 62,350 as of September 30, 2025. Included in this number were approximately 56,100 delivery professionals, an increase of 0.5% from June 30, 2025.
2025 Outlook – Full Year and Fourth Quarter
Full Year
EPAM expects the following for the full year:
- Based on the strength of organic constant currency revenue growth and updates to our foreign exchange rate assumptions, the Company raises its expected revenues to be in the range of $5.430 billion to $5.445 billion, reflecting a year-over-year growth rate of 15.0% at the midpoint of the range, an increase from the prior outlook of 14.0% at the midpoint of the range. Additionally, the Company now expects the year-over-year revenue growth rate on an organic constant currency basis to be 4.6% at the midpoint of the range, an increase from the prior outlook of 4.0% at the midpoint of the range;
- For the full year, EPAM now expects GAAP income from operations to be in the range of 9.4% to 9.7% of revenues and non-GAAP income from operations to be in the range of 15.0% to 15.3% of revenues;
- The Company now expects its GAAP effective tax rate to be approximately 25.0% and continues to expect its non-GAAP effective tax rate to be approximately 24.0%; and
- EPAM now expects GAAP diluted EPS to be in the range of $6.75 to $6.83 and non-GAAP diluted EPS to be in the range of $11.36 to $11.44. The Company now expects weighted average diluted shares outstanding for the year to be 56.2 million.
Fourth Quarter
EPAM expects the following for the fourth quarter:
- The Company expects revenues will be in the range of $1.380 billion to $1.395 billion for the fourth quarter, reflecting year-over-year growth of 11.1% at the midpoint of the range. The Company expects the year-over-year revenue growth rate on an organic constant currency basis to be 4.4% at the midpoint of the range;
- For the fourth quarter, EPAM expects GAAP income from operations to be in the range of 10.0% to 11.0% of revenues and non-GAAP income from operations to be in the range of 15.5% to 16.5% of revenues;
- The Company expects its GAAP effective tax rate to be approximately 24.0% and its non-GAAP effective tax rate to be approximately 23.0%; and
- EPAM expects GAAP diluted EPS will be in the range of $2.00 to $2.08 for the quarter, and non-GAAP diluted EPS will be in the range of $3.10 to $3.18 for the quarter. The Company expects weighted average diluted shares outstanding for the quarter to be 55.1 million.
Conference Call Information
EPAM will host a conference call to discuss the results on Thursday, November 6, 2025, at 8:00 a.m. ET. The conference call will be available live on the EPAM website at https://investors.epam.com. Please visit the website at least 15 minutes prior to the call to register for the event. For those who cannot access the live webcast, a replay will be available in the Investor Relations section of the website.
About EPAM Systems
Since 1993, EPAM Systems, Inc. (NYSE: EPAM) has used its software engineering expertise to become a leading global provider of digital engineering, cloud and AI-enabled transformation services, and a leading business and experience consulting partner for global enterprises and ambitious startups. We address our clients’ transformation challenges by focusing EPAM Continuum’s integrated strategy, experience and technology consulting with our 30+ years of engineering execution to speed our clients’ time to market and drive greater value from their innovations and digital investments.
We leverage AI and GenAI to deliver transformative solutions that accelerate our clients’ digital innovation and enhance their competitive edge. Through platforms like EPAM AI/RUN™ and initiatives like DIALX Lab, we integrate advanced AI technologies into tailored business strategies, driving significant industry impact and fostering continuous innovation.
We deliver globally but engage locally with our expert teams of consultants, architects, designers and engineers, making the future real for our clients, our partners, and our people around the world. We believe the right solutions are the ones that improve people’s lives and fuel competitive advantage for our clients across diverse industries. Our thinking comes to life in the experiences, products and platforms we design and bring to market.
Added to the S&P 500 and the Forbes Global 2000 in 2021 and recognized by Glassdoor and Newsweek as Most Loved Workplace, our multidisciplinary teams serve customers across six continents. We are proud to be among the top 15 companies in Information Technology Services in the Fortune 1000 and to be recognized as a leader in the IDC MarketScapes for Worldwide Experience Build Services, Worldwide Experience Design Services and Worldwide Software Engineering Services.
Learn more at www.epam.com and follow us on LinkedIn.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
EPAM supplements results reported in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles, referred to as GAAP, with non-GAAP financial measures. Management believes these measures help illustrate underlying trends in EPAM’s business and uses the measures to establish budgets and operational goals, communicate internally and externally, for managing EPAM’s business and evaluating its performance. Management also believes these measures help investors compare EPAM’s operating performance with its results in prior periods. EPAM anticipates that it will continue to report both GAAP and certain non-GAAP financial measures in its financial results, including non-GAAP results that exclude stock-based compensation expenses, acquisition-related costs including amortization of acquired intangible assets, impairment of assets, expenses associated with EPAM’s humanitarian commitment to its professionals in Ukraine, costs associated with the geographic repositioning of EPAM employees based outside of Ukraine impacted by the war and geopolitical instability in the region, employee separation costs incurred in connection with restructuring programs including the Company’s exit from Russia, certain other one-time charges and benefits, changes in fair value of contingent consideration, foreign exchange gains and losses, excess tax benefits and tax shortfalls related to stock-based compensation, and the related effect on income taxes of the pre-tax adjustments. Management also compares revenues on an “organic constant currency basis,” which is a non-GAAP financial measure. This measure excludes the effect of acquisitions by removing revenues from an acquired company in the twelve months after completing an acquisition and foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations by translating current period revenues into U.S. dollars at the weighted average exchange rates of the prior period of comparison. Because EPAM’s reported non-GAAP financial measures are not calculated in accordance with GAAP, these measures are not comparable to GAAP and may not be comparable to similarly described non-GAAP measures reported by other companies within EPAM’s industry. Consequently, EPAM’s non-GAAP financial measures should not be evaluated in isolation or supplant comparable GAAP measures, but rather, should be considered together with the information in EPAM’s consolidated financial statements, which are prepared in accordance with GAAP.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes estimates and statements which may constitute forward-looking statements made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, the accuracy of which are necessarily subject to risks, uncertainties, and assumptions as to future events that may not prove to be accurate. Our estimates and forward-looking statements are mainly based on our current expectations and estimates of future events and trends, which affect or may affect our business and operations. These statements may include words such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “plan,” “estimate” or similar expressions. Those future events and trends may relate to, among other things, developments relating to the war in Ukraine and escalation of the war in the surrounding region, political and civil unrest or military action in the geographies where we conduct business and operate, difficult conditions in global capital markets, foreign exchange markets, global trade and the broader economy, the adoption and implementation of artificial intelligence technologies by EPAM and its clients, and the effect that these events may have on client demand and our revenues, operations, access to capital, and profitability. Other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied include general economic conditions, the risk factors discussed in the Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and the factors discussed in the Company’s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, particularly under the headings “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and “Risk Factors” and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Although we believe that these estimates and forward-looking statements are based upon reasonable assumptions, they are subject to several risks and uncertainties and are made based on information currently available to us. EPAM undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise, except as may be required under applicable securities law.
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Cost of revenues (exclusive of depreciation and amortization) |
983,169 |
763,992 |
2,899,189 |
2,409,183 |
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Selling, general and administrative expenses |
234,948 |
206,820 |
685,546 |
599,331 |
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Depreciation and amortization expense |
31,313 |
19,736 |
94,024 |
63,003 |
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Interest and other income, net |
2,302 |
13,347 |
11,635 |
40,425 |
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Foreign exchange loss |
(3,627) |
(710) |
(20,581) |
(1,416) |
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Provision for income taxes |
36,802 |
53,270 |
93,479 |
95,847 |
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Basic |
$ 1.92 |
$ 2.40 |
$ 4.77 |
$ 6.11 |
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Diluted |
$ 1.91 |
$ 2.37 |
$ 4.75 |
$ 6.04 |
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Basic |
55,557 |
56,910 |
56,214 |
57,445 |
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Diluted |
55,817 |
57,425 |
56,534 |
58,166 |
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Current assets |
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Cash and cash equivalents |
$ 1,239,136 |
$ 1,286,267 |
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Trade receivables and contract assets, net of allowance of $4,481 and $5,612, respectively |
1,130,496 |
1,002,175 |
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Prepaid and other current assets |
154,408 |
137,806 |
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Total current assets |
2,524,040 |
2,426,248 |
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Property and equipment, net |
198,821 |
207,667 |
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Operating lease right-of-use assets, net |
123,439 |
128,244 |
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Intangible assets, net |
419,806 |
436,418 |
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Goodwill |
1,208,912 |
1,181,575 |
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Deferred tax assets |
235,318 |
269,799 |
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Other noncurrent assets |
132,964 |
100,522 |
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Current liabilities |
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Accounts payable |
$ 42,981 |
$ 44,702 |
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Accrued compensation and benefits expenses |
543,738 |
484,952 |
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Accrued expenses and other current liabilities |
188,591 |
201,356 |
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Income taxes payable, current |
19,492 |
50,395 |
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Operating lease liabilities, current |
40,460 |
39,634 |
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Total current liabilities |
835,262 |
821,039 |
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Long-term debt |
25,036 |
25,194 |
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Operating lease liabilities, noncurrent |
89,721 |
98,426 |
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Deferred tax liabilities, noncurrent |
96,956 |
92,362 |
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Other noncurrent liabilities |
69,482 |
82,301 |
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Stockholders’ equity |
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Common stock, $0.001 par value; 160,000 shares authorized; 55,214 shares issued and outstanding at September 30, 2025, and 56,869 shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2024 |
55 |
57 |
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Additional paid-in capital |
1,329,512 |
1,190,222 |
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Retained earnings |
2,384,297 |
2,555,796 |
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Accumulated other comprehensive income/(loss) |
12,397 |
(116,864) |
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Total EPAM Systems, Inc. stockholders’ equity |
3,726,261 |
3,629,211 |
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Noncontrolling interest in consolidated subsidiaries |
582 |
1,940 |
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Reconciliation of year-over-year revenue growth as reported on a GAAP basis to revenue growth on an organic constant currency basis is presented in the table below: |
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Inorganic revenue growth |
(10.5) % |
(10.8) % |
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Foreign exchange rates impact |
(1.8) % |
(1.0) % |
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Reconciliation of various income statement amounts from GAAP to non-GAAP for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024: |
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Cost of revenues (exclusive of depreciation and amortization)(1) |
$ 983,169 |
$ (21,732) |
$ 961,437 |
$ 2,899,189 |
$ (64,505) |
$ 2,834,684 |
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Selling, general and administrative expenses(2) |
$ 234,948 |
$ (37,924) |
$ 197,024 |
$ 685,546 |
$ (112,496) |
$ 573,050 |
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Income from operations(3) |
$ 144,943 |
$ 77,876 |
$ 222,819 |
$ 370,749 |
$ 230,713 |
$ 601,462 |
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Operating margin |
10.4 % |
5.6 % |
16.0 % |
9.2 % |
5.7 % |
14.9 % |
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Net income(4) |
$ 106,816 |
$ 64,978 |
$ 171,794 |
$ 268,324 |
$ 198,276 |
$ 466,600 |
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Diluted earnings per share |
$ 1.91 |
$ 3.08 |
$ 4.75 |
$ 8.25 |
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Cost of revenues (exclusive of depreciation and amortization)(1) |
$ 763,992 |
$ 2,739 |
$ 766,731 |
$ 2,409,183 |
$ (37,781) |
$ 2,371,402 |
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Selling, general and administrative expenses(2) |
$ 206,820 |
$ (42,979) |
$ 163,841 |
$ 599,331 |
$ (107,692) |
$ 491,639 |
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Income from operations(3) |
$ 176,979 |
$ 45,947 |
$ 222,926 |
$ 408,072 |
$ 162,950 |
$ 571,022 |
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Operating margin |
15.2 % |
3.9 % |
19.1 % |
11.7 % |
4.7 % |
16.4 % |
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Net income(4) |
$ 136,346 |
$ 42,740 |
$ 179,086 |
$ 351,234 |
$ 115,364 |
$ 466,598 |
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Diluted earnings per share |
$ 2.37 |
$ 3.12 |
$ 6.04 |
$ 8.02 |
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Items (1) through (4) above are detailed in the table below with the specific cross-reference noted in the appropriate item. |
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Stock-based compensation expenses |
$ 21,149 |
$ 19,576 |
$ 63,233 |
$ 58,870 |
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Poland R&D incentives(a) |
— |
(22,917) |
(505) |
(22,917) |
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Humanitarian support in Ukraine(b) |
583 |
602 |
1,777 |
1,828 |
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Stock-based compensation expenses |
23,455 |
22,548 |
68,385 |
63,729 |
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Cost Optimization charges(c) |
11,028 |
9,903 |
32,614 |
26,433 |
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Other acquisition-related expenses |
64 |
7,098 |
926 |
8,777 |
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Humanitarian support in Ukraine(b) |
3,375 |
2,955 |
10,389 |
7,694 |
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Geographic repositioning(d) |
— |
28 |
— |
853 |
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One-time charges, net |
2 |
447 |
182 |
206 |
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Amortization of acquired intangible assets |
18,220 |
5,707 |
53,712 |
17,477 |
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Foreign exchange loss |
3,627 |
710 |
20,581 |
1,416 |
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Gain on financial instrument |
(350) |
— |
(700) |
— |
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One-time benefit included in Interest and other income, net |
— |
(1,812) |
— |
(1,812) |
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Change in fair value of contingent consideration included in Interest and other income, net |
1,556 |
1,492 |
(413) |
4,027 |
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Provision for income taxes: |
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Tax effect on non-GAAP adjustments |
(17,254) |
(3,855) |
(55,455) |
(28,882) |
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Tax shortfall/(excess tax benefits) related to stock-based compensation |
188 |
258 |
751 |
(20,505) |
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Net discrete (benefit)/charge from tax planning(e) |
(665) |
— |
2,799 |
(1,830) |
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(a) |
We have excluded from non-GAAP results the portion of the benefit from Poland R&D incentives related to qualifying activities performed in 2023 as it represents a nonrecurring one-time benefit. |
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(b) |
Humanitarian support in Ukraine includes expenses related to EPAM’s $100 million humanitarian commitment in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine to support EPAM professionals and their families in and displaced from Ukraine. These expenses are incremental to those expenses incurred prior to the crisis, clearly separable from normal operations, and not expected to recur once the crisis has subsided and operations return to normal. |
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(c) |
Cost Optimization charges include severance, facilities and contract termination charges incurred in connection with the programs initiated in the third quarter of 2023, second quarter of 2024, and second quarter of 2025. Consistent with the Company’s historical non-GAAP policy, costs incurred in connection with formal restructuring initiatives have been excluded from non-GAAP results as these are one-time and unusual in nature. |
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Geographic repositioning includes expenses associated with the relocation to other countries of employees based outside of Ukraine impacted by the war and geopolitical instability in the region, and includes the cost of accommodations, travel and food. These expenses are incremental to those expenses incurred prior to the crisis, clearly separable from normal operations, and not expected to recur once the crisis has subsided and operations return to normal. |
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(e) |
One-time charge or benefit related to the implementation of tax planning to disregard certain foreign subsidiaries as separate entities for U.S. income tax purposes. Consistent with the Company’s historical non-GAAP policy, the charge or benefit related to the implementation of tax planning has been excluded from non-GAAP results as it is one-time and unusual in nature. |
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The below guidance constitutes forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws and is based on a number of assumptions that are subject to change and many of which are outside the control of the Company. Actual results may differ materially from the Company’s expectations depending on factors discussed in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. |
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Reconciliation of expected year-over-year revenue growth on a GAAP basis to expected revenue growth on an organic constant currency basis is presented in the table below: |
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Foreign exchange rates impact |
(2.4) % |
(1.3) % |
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Inorganic revenue growth |
(4.3) % |
(9.1) % |
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Reconciliation of expected GAAP to non-GAAP income from operations as a percentage of revenues is presented in the table below: |
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Stock-based compensation expenses |
3.2 % |
3.2 % |
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Humanitarian support in Ukraine(b) |
0.3 % |
0.3 % |
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Cost Optimization charges(c) |
0.7 % |
0.8 % |
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One-time charges and Other acquisition-related expenses(f) |
— % |
— % |
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Amortization of acquired intangible assets |
1.3 % |
1.3 % |
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EPAM has not included the impact of potential future One-time charges including asset impairments, unusual gains and losses, and Other acquisition-related expenses because the Company is unable to predict these amounts with reasonable certainty. |
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Reconciliation of expected GAAP to non-GAAP effective tax rate is presented in the table below: |
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Tax shortfall related to stock-based compensation |
(0.7) % |
(0.3) % |
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Net discrete charge from tax planning(e) |
— % |
(0.1) % |
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Tax effect on non-GAAP adjustments |
(0.3) % |
(0.6) % |
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Reconciliation of expected GAAP to non-GAAP diluted earnings per share is presented in the table below: |
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Stock-based compensation expenses |
0.80 |
3.13 |
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Poland R&D incentives(a) |
— |
(0.01) |
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Humanitarian support in Ukraine(b) |
0.05 |
0.27 |
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Cost Optimization charges(c) |
0.19 |
0.76 |
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Amortization of acquired intangible assets |
0.32 |
1.27 |
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Change in fair value of contingent consideration |
— |
(0.01) |
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Foreign exchange loss |
0.02 |
0.39 |
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Provision for income taxes: |
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Tax effect on non-GAAP adjustments |
(0.29) |
(1.28) |
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Tax shortfall related to stock-based compensation |
0.01 |
0.03 |
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Net discrete charge from tax planning(e) |
— |
0.06 |
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