Maplebear (NASDAQ:CART) and XBP Europe (NASDAQ:XBP) Financial Contrast

XBP Europe (NASDAQ:XBP) and Maplebear (NASDAQ:CART) are both business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations for XBP Europe and Maplebear, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
XBP Europe	0	0	0	0	N/A
Maplebear	0	11	13	0	2.54

Maplebear has a consensus price target of $42.70, suggesting a potential upside of 32.81%. Given Maplebear’s higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Maplebear is more favorable than XBP Europe.

Profitability

This table compares XBP Europe and Maplebear’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
XBP Europe	N/A	N/A	-19.05%
Maplebear	N/A	N/A	N/A

Insider & Institutional Ownership

15.7% of XBP Europe shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.1% of Maplebear shares are owned by institutional investors. 82.5% of XBP Europe shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 36.0% of Maplebear shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares XBP Europe and Maplebear’s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
XBP Europe	$164.12 million	0.22	-$11.05 million	N/A	N/A
Maplebear	$3.10 billion	2.74	-$1.62 billion	N/A	N/A

XBP Europe has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Maplebear.

Summary

Maplebear beats XBP Europe on 6 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

About Maplebear

Maplebear Inc., doing business as Instacart, provides online grocery shopping services to households in North America. It sells and delivers grocery products. The company offers its services through a mobile application and website. It also provides software-as-a-service solutions to retailers. The company was incorporated in 2012 and is based in San Francisco, California.