Head to Head Survey: Etsy (NYSE:ETSY) vs. CF Acquisition Corp. VIII (NASDAQ:CFFEW)

CF Acquisition Corp. VIII (NASDAQ:CFFEW) and Etsy (NYSE:ETSY) are both business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends and risk.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

99.5% of Etsy shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.8% of Etsy shares are owned by 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.

Profitability

This table compares CF Acquisition Corp. VIII and Etsy’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CF Acquisition Corp. VIII	N/A	N/A	N/A
Etsy	6.38%	-29.07%	11.65%

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares CF Acquisition Corp. VIII and Etsy”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
CF Acquisition Corp. VIII	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Etsy	$2.81 billion	1.62	$303.28 million	$1.42	32.49

Etsy has higher revenue and earnings than CF Acquisition Corp. VIII.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings for CF Acquisition Corp. VIII and Etsy, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CF Acquisition Corp. VIII	0	0	0	0	0.00
Etsy	0	4	0	1	2.40

Summary

Etsy beats CF Acquisition Corp. VIII on 7 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About CF Acquisition Corp. VIII

XBP Europe Holdings, Inc. provides bills, payments, and related solutions and services in France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Sweden, and internationally. It offers XBP platform that provides secure messaging services; request to pay solutions; enterprise information management 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 New York, New York. XBP Europe Holdings, Inc operates as a subsidiary of Exela Technologies, Inc.

About Etsy

Etsy, Inc. operates two-sided online marketplaces that connect buyers and sellers primarily in the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, Canada, Australia, France, and India. Its primary marketplace is Etsy.com that connects artisans and entrepreneurs with various consumers. The company also offers Reverb, a musical instrument marketplace; Depop, a fashion resale marketplace; and Elo7, a Brazil-based marketplace for handmade and unique items. In addition, it offers various seller services, including Etsy Payments, a payment processing service; Etsy Ads, an advertising platform; and Shipping Labels, which allows sellers in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, and India to purchase discounted shipping labels. Further, the company provides various seller tools, including Shop Manager dashboard, a centralized hub for Etsy sellers to track orders, manage inventory, view metrics and statistics, and have conversations with their customers; and Sell on Etsy, an application to enable enhanced onboarding and video uploading. Additionally, it offers Etsy seller analytics pages that provides insights regarding traffic acquisition for their shops; Targeted Offers, a sales and promotions tool, and social media tool; and accounting and bookkeeping services. The company also provides educational resources comprising blog posts, video tutorials, Etsy Seller Handbook, Etsy.com online forums, and insights; Etsy Teams, a platform to build personal relationships with other Etsy sellers; and a Star Seller program. As of December 31, 2021, it connected a total of 7.5 million active sellers to 96.3 million active buyers; and had 120 million items for sale. The company was formerly known as Indieco, Inc changed its name to Etsy, Inc. in June 2006. Etsy, Inc. was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Brooklyn, New York.