Polen Capital Management recently released its Q3 2020 Investor Letter, a copy of which you can download here. During the third quarter of 2020, the Polen U.S. SMID Company Growth Composite Portfolio returned 7.11% gross of fees, while the Russell 2500 Growth Index was up 9.37%. You should check out Polen Capital’s top 5 stock picks for investors to buy right now, which could be the biggest winners of this year.
In the said letter, Polen Capital highlighted a few stocks and EPAM Systems Inc. (NYSE:EPAM) is one of them. EPAM Systems Inc. (NYSE:EPAM) specializes in product development, digital platform engineering, and digital and product design. Year-to-date, EPAM Systems Inc. (NYSE:EPAM) stock gained 54.1% and on November 11th it had a closing price of $326.97. Here is what Polen Capital said:
“EPAM Systems was another top contributor during the quarter. EPAM is a leading global IT services firm that provides product development and software engineering solutions to clients worldwide. Some of the services and solutions EPAM provides its clients include product research, customer experience design and prototyping, program management, and custom application development services. These solutions are increasingly necessary as companies seek to strengthen their online presence, better leverage technology in their own products and services, and improve the customer experience and engagement. EPAM has seen its top customers deepen their relationship and spending with the company, highlighting the importance and mission critical nature of the services and solutions EPAM provides. We continue to believe EPAM’s competitive position remains strong, its value proposition to clients is attractive, and that the company can grow and compound its value at a mid-teens rate or greater for the foreseeable future.”
In Q2 2020, the number of bullish hedge fund positions on EPAM Systems Inc. (NYSE:EPAM) stock increased by about 4% from the previous quarter (see the chart here), so a number of other hedge fund managers believe in EPAM’s growth potential. Our calculations showed that EPAM Systems Inc. (NYSE:EPAM) isn’t ranked among the 30 most popular stocks among hedge funds.
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