Head-To-Head Comparison: XBP Global (XBP) vs. Its Rivals

XBP Global (NASDAQ:XBP) is one of 203 public companies in the “Professional Services” industry, but how does it compare to its peers? We will compare XBP Global to similar businesses based on the strength of its risk, valuation, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings and institutional ownership.

Risk and Volatility

XBP Global has a beta of -0.47, indicating that its share price is 147% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, XBP Global’s peers have a beta of 0.98, indicating that their average share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares XBP Global and its peers gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
XBP Global	$791.04 million	$1.10 billion	-0.73
XBP Global Competitors	$3.31 billion	$228.36 million	35.62

XBP Global’s peers have higher revenue, but lower 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.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for XBP Global and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
XBP Global	1	0	1	0	2.00
XBP Global Competitors	1580	6438	9164	430	2.48

XBP Global presently has a consensus price target of $5.00, indicating a potential upside of 84.09%. As a group, “Professional Services” companies have a potential upside of 25.84%. Given XBP Global’s higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe XBP Global is more favorable than its peers.

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	134.88%	1,328.38%	122.34%
XBP Global Competitors	-0.60%	20.41%	4.31%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

15.7% of XBP Global shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.4% of shares of all “Professional Services” companies are owned by institutional investors. 31.4% of XBP Global shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.2% of shares of all “Professional Services” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

XBP Global peers beat XBP Global on 7 of the 13 factors compared.

XBP Global Company Profile

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.