Backblaze (NASDAQ:BLZE – Get Free Report) and XBP Europe (NASDAQ:XBP – Get Free Report) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, earnings and analyst recommendations.
Volatility & Risk
Backblaze has a beta of 1.02, indicating that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, XBP Europe has a beta of -0.33, indicating that its share price is 133% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
54.0% of Backblaze shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.7% of XBP Europe shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.2% of Backblaze shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 82.5% of XBP Europe shares are owned 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.
Profitability
Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
Backblaze | -42.34% | -104.71% | -36.79% |
XBP Europe | N/A | N/A | -18.77% |
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for Backblaze and XBP Europe, as provided by MarketBeat.
Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
Backblaze | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3.00 |
XBP Europe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A |
Backblaze presently has a consensus target price of $11.50, suggesting a potential upside of 48.20%. Given Backblaze’s higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Backblaze is more favorable than XBP Europe.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Backblaze and XBP Europe”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
Backblaze | $115.29 million | 2.78 | -$59.71 million | ($1.42) | -5.44 |
XBP Europe | $157.86 million | 0.21 | -$11.05 million | N/A | N/A |
XBP Europe has higher revenue and earnings than Backblaze.
Summary
XBP Europe beats Backblaze on 6 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Backblaze
Backblaze, Inc., a storage cloud platform, provides businesses and consumers cloud services to store, use, and protect data in the United States and internationally. The company offers cloud services through a web-scale software infrastructure built on commodity hardware. It also provides Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage, which enables customers to store data, developers to build applications, and partners to expand their use cases. This service is offered as a consumption-based Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) and serves use cases, such as public, hybrid, and multi-cloud data storage; application development and DevOps; content delivery and edge computing; security and ransomware protection; media management; backup, archive, and tape replacement; repository for analytics, artificial intelligence and machine learning; and Internet of Things. In addition, the company offers Backblaze Computer Backup that automatically backs up data from laptops and desktops for businesses and individuals, which provides a subscription-based Software-as-a-Service and serves use cases, including computer backup, ransomware protection, theft and loss protection, and remote access. It serves the public cloud IaaS storage and Data-Protection-as-a-Service markets. The company was incorporated in 2007 and is headquartered in San Mateo, California.
About XBP Europe
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.
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