XBP Europe (XBP) Competitors

XBP Europe (NASDAQ:XBP) and FiscalNote (NYSE:NOTE) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, risk, media sentiment and community ranking.

Do analysts prefer XBP or NOTE?

FiscalNote has a consensus target price of $2.66, suggesting a potential upside of 171.93%. Given FiscalNote's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe FiscalNote is more favorable than XBP Europe.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
XBP Europe	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
FiscalNote	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has better earnings & valuation, XBP or NOTE?

XBP Europe has higher revenue and earnings than FiscalNote.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
XBP Europe	$142.77M	0.26	-$11.05M	N/A	N/A
FiscalNote	$120.27M	1.15	-$115.46M	$0.07	13.97

Does the media prefer XBP or NOTE?

In the previous week, XBP Europe had 3 more articles in the media than FiscalNote. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for XBP Europe and 1 mentions for FiscalNote. FiscalNote's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat XBP Europe's score of 0.47 indicating that FiscalNote is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
XBP Europe	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
FiscalNote	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, XBP or NOTE?

XBP Europe has a beta of -0.28, meaning that its stock price is 128% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FiscalNote has a beta of 0.4, meaning that its stock price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in XBP or NOTE?

FiscalNote received 80 more outperform votes than XBP Europe when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
XBP Europe	N/A	N/A
FiscalNote	Outperform Votes 80 71.43%	Underperform Votes 32 28.57%

Is XBP or NOTE more profitable?

XBP Europe has a net margin of -9.50% compared to FiscalNote's net margin of -22.27%. XBP Europe's return on equity of 0.00% beat FiscalNote's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
XBP Europe	-9.50%	N/A	-14.57%
FiscalNote	-22.27%	-88.72%	-22.29%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of XBP or NOTE?

15.7% of XBP Europe shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.3% of FiscalNote shares are held by institutional investors. 82.5% of XBP Europe shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 41.8% of FiscalNote shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

FiscalNote beats XBP Europe on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.