Technology
Lesaka Technologies, Inc.(LSAK)
Live Price
Offline$4.53
-0.44% today
1Y Change
+9.69%
Window
Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 18, 2026
- Market Cap
- $400.00M
- Revenue Growth
- +16.9%
- EPS Growth
- -322.2%
- Dividend Yield
- 0.0%
Coverage: 247 bars ยท Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 18, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
Lesaka Technologies, Inc. (LSAK) is a Technology stock with a market cap of $400.00M and listed on NASDAQ. The stock last traded around $4.53 and up 9.7% across the available one-year price window (Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 18, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of +16.9%, EPS growth of -322.2%, a dividend yield of 0.0%. What stands out right now is revenue +16.9%, EPS -322.2%, free cash flow -266.3% with operating margin -3.4% and ROIC -3.7%. Valuation is more restrained than many high-expectation growth names at price/sales 0.5. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a higher-growth but lower-margin setup than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines LSAK price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Technology peers on this page.
Sector Context
How this name stacks up against nearby peers on first-pass metrics.
Revenue Growth
Above sector median
+16.9% vs +11.9% peer median
Operating Margin
Below sector median
-3.4% vs +22.0% peer median
What Changed This Quarter
Latest report context and the signals most likely to have changed the story.
Latest report is on the board
2026 was reported on May 6, 2026, but the surprise data is still limited.
The operating picture looks softer than before
Revenue is at +16.9% and EPS is at -322.2%, with operating margin around -3.4%.
Earnings Reaction Memory
How the stock has tended to move after recent reports.
Across the last 3 reported quarters, the stock averaged -2.9% over the next 5 trading days and finished higher after 1 of those reports.
View quarter-by-quarter reaction table
| Quarter | EPS ฮ | 1D | 5D | 20D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2026 May 6, 2026 | โ | +1.4% | -1.8% | +3.3% |
2026 Feb 4, 2026 | +100.0% | -1.8% | +2.0% | +0.0% |
2025 Nov 5, 2025 | +100.0% | -1.2% | -8.8% | -2.6% |
Benchmark Edge
LSAK vs SPY, QQQ, and Sector ETFs
Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.
LSAK
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Normalized return
SPY
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S&P 500
Excess Return
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Relative to SPY
LSAK Max Drawdown
-22.55%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
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Trailing 1Y
Calendar-Year Returns
Uses the longest available daily history for LSAK and SPY.
Company Overview
Lesaka Technologies, Inc.
NASDAQ Global Select
Lesaka Technologies, Inc., a financial technology company, provides fintech products and services to unbanked and underbanked individuals and small businesses primarily in South Africa and internationally. The company develops payment technologies to offers financial and value -added services to its customers. It operates through three segments: Processing, Financial services, and Technology. The Processing segment provides transaction processing services that involve the collection, transmittal, and retrieval of all transaction data to its customers. The Financial services segment includes activities related to the provision of financial services to customers, including bank accounts, loans, and life insurance products. This segment also offers short-term loans to customers. The Technology segment sells hardware, such as point of sale devices, SIM cards, and other consumables; and licenses right to use certain technology developed by the company, as well as offers related technology services. The company was formerly known as Net 1 UEPS Technologies, Inc. and changed its name to Lesaka Technologies, Inc. in May 2022. Lesaka Technologies, Inc. was incorporated in 1997 and is headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa.
- Leadership
- Lincoln Camagu Mali
- IPO Date
- Apr 19, 1999
- Employees
- 2.5k
- Street Address
- President Place
- Mailing
- Johannesburg, 2196
- Region
- Johannesburg, ZA
- Reporting Currency
- USD
- Investor Line
- 27 11 343 2000
- Last Updated
- May 1, 2026
Key Fundamentals
Valuation, growth, profitability, and balance sheet signals.
Valuation
- P/E
- โ
- EV/EBITDA
- 273.9
- Price/Sales
- 0.5
- Price/Book
- 1.4
Growth
- Revenue
- +16.9%
- EPS
- -322.2%
- Free Cash Flow
- -266.3%
Profitability
- Gross Margin
- 25.4%
- Operating Margin
- -3.4%
- Net Margin
- -6.9%
- ROE
- -19.5%
- ROIC
- -3.7%
Balance Sheet
- Debt/Equity
- 0.96
- Current Ratio
- 1.57
Earnings Reports
Latest News
Official Releases
Company announcements and filings-style updates.
Next Step
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