EPAM Reports Results for Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2023

Fourth Quarter 2023

• Revenues of $1.157 billion, down 6.0% year-over-year
• GAAP Income from Operations was 10.6% of revenues and Non-GAAP Income from Operations was 17.3% of revenues
• GAAP Diluted EPS of $1.66, a decrease of 36.4%, and Non-GAAP Diluted EPS of $2.75, a decrease of 6.1% on a year-over-year basis

Full Year 2023

• Revenues of $4.691 billion, down 2.8% year-over-year
• GAAP Income from Operations was 10.7% of revenues and Non-GAAP Income from Operations was 16.3% of revenues
• GAAP Diluted EPS of $7.06, a decrease of 0.4%, and Non-GAAP Diluted EPS of $10.59, a decrease of 2.8% on a year-over-year basis

NEWTOWN, Pa., Feb. 15, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- EPAM Systems, Inc. (NYSE:EPAM), a leading digital transformation services and product engineering company, today announced results for its fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2023.

"EPAM's performance in 2023 reflects our ability to successfully navigate a volatile demand and macro-economic environment," said Arkadiy Dobkin, CEO & President, EPAM. "After rebalancing the majority of our delivery platforms across Europe, India, Asia and Latin America, and refining our growth strategy, we are now focused on harmonizing our delivery quality, optimizing cost-effectiveness, and proactively leveraging our extensive data, engineering and consulting experience to capitalize on Generative AI opportunities."

Fourth Quarter 2023 Highlights

• Revenues decreased to $1.157 billion, a year-over-year decrease of $74.0 million, or 6.0%. On an organic constant currency basis excluding the impact of the exit from Russia, revenues were down 7.1% compared to the fourth quarter of 2022;
  
  
  
  
• GAAP income from operations was $122.5 million, a decrease of $48.0 million, or 28.1% , compared to $170.5 million in the fourth quarter of 2022. GAAP income from operations was negatively impacted by $27.9 million of costs incurred in connection with the Company's Cost Optimization Program;
  
  
  
  
• Non-GAAP income from operations was $200.4 million, a decrease of $19.2 million, or 8.7%, compared to $219.6 million in the fourth quarter of 2022;
  
  
  
  
• Diluted earnings per share ("EPS") on a GAAP basis was $1.66, a decrease of $0.95, or 36.4%, compared to $2.61 in the fourth quarter of 2022; and
  
  
  
  
• Non-GAAP diluted EPS was $2.75, a decrease of $0.18, or 6.1%, compared to $2.93 in the fourth quarter of 2022.

Full Year 2023 Highlights

• Revenues decreased to $4.691 billion, a year-over-year decrease of $134.2 million, or 2.8%. On an organic constant currency basis excluding the impact of the exit from Russia, revenues were down 2.6% year-over-year;
  
  
  
  
• GAAP income from operations was $501.2 million, a decrease of $71.7 million, or 12.5%, compared to $573.0 million in 2022. GAAP income from operations was negatively impacted by a $25.9 million loss on the sale of the Company's remaining holdings in Russia and by $35.1 million of costs incurred in connection with the Company's Cost Optimization Program;
  
  
  
  
• Non-GAAP income from operations was $765.1 million, a decrease of $53.1 million, or 6.5%, compared to $818.2 million in 2022;
  
  
  
  
• Diluted EPS on a GAAP basis was $7.06, a decrease of $0.03, or 0.4%, compared to $7.09 in 2022; and
  
  
  
  
• Non-GAAP diluted EPS was $10.59, a decrease of $0.31, or 2.8%, compared to $10.90 in 2022.

Cash Flow and Other Metrics

• Cash provided by operating activities was $171.4 million in the fourth quarter of 2023, a decrease from $186.1 million in the fourth quarter of 2022; and was $562.6 million in 2023, an increase from $464.1 million in 2022;
  
  
  
  
• The Company repurchased 143 thousand shares of its common stock for $36.5 million during the fourth quarter of 2023 under its share repurchase program. During the year ended December 31, 2023, the Company repurchased 686 thousand shares of its common stock for $164.9 million under its share repurchase program. As of December 31, 2023, the Company had $335.1 million remaining under its share repurchase authorization.
  
  
  
  
• Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash totaled $2.043 billion as of December 31, 2023, an increase of $359.5 million, or 21.4%, from $1.684 billion as of December 31, 2022; and
  
  
  
  
• Total headcount was approximately 53,150 as of December 31, 2023. Included in this number were approximately 47,350 delivery professionals, a decrease of 10.4% from December 31, 2022.

2024 Outlook - Full Year and First Quarter

Full Year

EPAM expects the following for the full year:

• The Company expects the year-over-year growth rate for revenues to be in the range of 1% to 4% for 2024. The Company expects foreign currency translation will have a negligible impact on year-over-year reported revenue growth. This guidance also reflects a minimal contribution from inorganic revenues.
  
  
  
  
• For the full year, EPAM expects GAAP income from operations to be in the range of 9.5% to 10.5% of revenues and non-GAAP income from operations to be in the range of 14.5% to 15.5% of revenues;
  
  
  
  
• The Company expects its GAAP effective tax rate to be approximately 21% and its non-GAAP effective tax rate to be approximately 24%; and
  
  
  
  
• EPAM expects GAAP diluted EPS will be in the range of $7.20 to $7.60 for the year, and non-GAAP diluted EPS will be in the range of $10.00 to $10.40 for the year. The Company expects weighted average diluted shares outstanding for the year of 59.3 million.

First Quarter

EPAM expects the following for the first quarter:

• The Company expects revenues will be in the range of $1.155 billion to $1.165 billion for the first quarter reflecting a year-over-year decline of 4% at the midpoint of the range. The Company expects that foreign currency translation will have a negligible impact on year-over-year revenue decline during the quarter. This guidance also reflects a minimal contribution from inorganic revenues;
  
  
  
  
• For the first quarter, EPAM expects GAAP income from operations to be in the range of 9% to 10% of revenues and non-GAAP income from operations to be in the range of 13.5% to 14.5% of revenues;
  
  
  
  
• The Company expects its GAAP effective tax rate to be approximately 11% and its non-GAAP effective tax rate to be approximately 24%; and
  
  
  
  
• EPAM expects GAAP diluted EPS will be in the range of $1.79 to $1.87 for the quarter, and non-GAAP diluted EPS will be in the range of $2.26 to $2.34 for the quarter. The Company expects weighted average diluted shares outstanding for the quarter of 59.1 million.

Conference Call Information

EPAM will host a conference call to discuss results on Thursday, February 15, 2024 at 8:00 a.m. EST. 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, as well as a leading business and experience consulting partner for global enterprises and ambitious startups. We address our clients' transformation challenges by fusing 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 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 as a Best Workplace in 2023 and 2024, 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 as well a leader in the 2023 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Custom Software Development Services, Worldwide.*

Learn more at www.epam.com and follow us on LinkedIn.

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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, unbilled business continuity resources resulting from Russia's invasion of 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 a restructuring program 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 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 excluding the impact of the exit from Russia" and an "organic constant currency basis," which are also non-GAAP financial measures. These measures exclude 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 the current period revenues into U.S. dollars at the weighted average exchange rates of the prior period of comparison. In addition, revenues on an "organic constant currency basis excluding the impact of the exit from Russia" reflect the decision to exit from Russia by removing revenues from customers located in Russia in both the current period and 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 and the broader economy, and the effect that these events may have on customer 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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