XBP Global (XBP) versus Its Competitors Head-To-Head Comparison

XBP Global (NASDAQ:XBP) is one of 50 public companies in the “Financial Transaction Services” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare XBP Global to similar companies based on the strength of its valuation, earnings, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and profitability.

Volatility & Risk

XBP Global has a beta of -0.38, meaning that its share price is 138% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, XBP Global’s peers have a beta of 1.32, meaning that their average share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares XBP Global and its peers top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
XBP Global	$142.77 million	-$12.37 million	-2.07
XBP Global Competitors	$3.91 billion	$1.09 billion	26.06

XBP Global’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than XBP Global. XBP Global is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Profitability

This table compares XBP Global and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
XBP Global	-11.24%	N/A	-9.62%
XBP Global Competitors	-55.60%	-7.13%	3.28%

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for XBP Global and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
XBP Global	1	0	0	0	1.00
XBP Global Competitors	501	2712	5714	146	2.61

As a group, “Financial Transaction Services” companies have a potential upside of 29.33%. Given XBP Global’s peers stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe XBP Global has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

15.7% of XBP Global shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.9% of shares of all “Financial Transaction Services” companies are owned by institutional investors. 10.5% of XBP Global shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 18.1% of shares of all “Financial Transaction Services” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

XBP Global peers beat XBP Global on 11 of the 13 factors compared.

About XBP Global

XBP Europe Holdings, Inc. provides bills, payments, and related solutions and services in France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Sweden, and internationally. The company operates through two segments, Bills & Payments and Technology. The Bills & Payments segment focuses on optimizing how bills and payments are processed by businesses of all sizes and industries. This segment also offers automation of accounts payable and accounts receivables processes and seeks to integrate buyers and suppliers, as well as engages in digital transformation business. The Technology segment engages in the sale of recurring software licenses and related maintenance, and hardware solutions, as well as provision of related maintenance and professional services. In addition, the company offers XBP platform that provides a secured network allowing billers, consumers, and businesses to communicate and transact; XBP Omnidirect, a cloud-based platform that provides enterprise level client communication management; and Reaktr.ai for cybersecurity, data modernization and cloud management, and generative AI. Further, it provides request to pay solutions; enterprise information management solutions; robotic process automation solutions; digital mailroom and records digitization solutions; business process management and intelligent workflow automation solutions; integrated communications solution; banking and financial industry solutions and services; cross-border payments; digitization of checks; confirmation of payee; and mortgage and loan management solutions. The company is based in Egham, the United Kingdom. XBP Europe Holdings, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Exela Technologies, Inc.