Financial Services
CPI Card Group Inc.(PMTS)
Live Price
Offline$18.26
+2.35% today
1Y Change
-18.21%
Window
Jun 23, 2025 โ Jun 15, 2026
- Market Cap
- $200.00M
- Revenue Growth
- +13.1%
- EPS Growth
- -24.6%
- Dividend Yield
- 0.0%
Coverage: 247 bars ยท Jun 23, 2025 โ Jun 15, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
CPI Card Group Inc. (PMTS) is a Financial Services stock with a market cap of $200.00M and listed on NASDAQ. The stock last traded around $18.26 and down 18.2% across the available one-year price window (Jun 23, 2025 โ Jun 15, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of +13.1%, EPS growth of -24.6%, a dividend yield of 0.0%. What stands out right now is revenue +13.1%, EPS -24.6%, free cash flow +21.4% with operating margin 10.1% and ROIC 11.4%. Valuation is more restrained than many high-expectation growth names at P/E 13.3 and price/sales 0.4. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a turnaround or cyclical reset than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines PMTS price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Financial Services peers on this page.
Sector Context
How this name stacks up against nearby peers on first-pass metrics.
Revenue Growth
Above sector median
+13.1% vs +3.4% peer median
Operating Margin
Above sector median
+10.1% vs +4.7% 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 +13.1% and EPS is at -24.6%, with operating margin around 10.1%.
Earnings Reaction Memory
How the stock has tended to move after recent reports.
Across the last 3 reported quarters, the stock averaged -2.5% over the next 5 trading days and finished higher after 2 of those reports.
View quarter-by-quarter reaction table
| Quarter | EPS ฮ | 1D | 5D | 20D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2026 May 6, 2026 | โ | +2.4% | +4.0% | +16.7% |
2026 Mar 5, 2026 | +54.0% | -11.8% | -12.1% | -12.6% |
2025 Nov 4, 2025 | -25.4% | +2.3% | +0.5% | +2.0% |
Benchmark Comparison
Normalized Performance vs SPY
Compare this ticker against a broad index, growth benchmark, or sector ETF using a shared 1Y normalization window.
PMTS
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Normalized return
SPY
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Excess Return
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Relative to SPY
PMTS Max Drawdown
-55.04%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
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Trailing 1Y
Calendar-Year Returns
Uses the longest available daily history for PMTS and SPY.
Company Overview
CPI Card Group Inc.
NASDAQ Global Market
CPI Card Group Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the design, production, data personalization, packaging, and fulfillment of financial payment cards. It operates through Debit and Credit, and Prepaid Debit segments. The Debit and Credit segment produces financial payment cards and provides integrated card services to card-issuing banks. Its products include Europay, Mastercard, And Visa (EMV) and non-EMV financial payment cards and metal cards, as well as private label credit cards. This segment also provides on-demand services and various integrated card services, including card personalization and fulfillment, and instant issuance services. The Prepaid Debit segment primarily offers integrated card services comprising tamper-evident security packaging services to prepaid debit card providers. It also produces financial payment cards issued on the networks of the payment card brands. It serves issuers of debit and credit cards, Prepaid Debit Card program managers, community banks, credit unions, group service providers, and card transaction processors in the United States. The company was formerly known as CPI Holdings I, Inc. and changed its name to CPI Card Group Inc. in August 2015. CPI Card Group Inc. was incorporated in 2007 and is based in Littleton, Colorado.
- Leadership
- John D. Lowe
- IPO Date
- Oct 8, 2015
- Employees
- 1.5k
- Street Address
- 10368 West Centennial Road
- Mailing
- Littleton, CO, 80127
- Region
- Littleton, CO, US
- Reporting Currency
- USD
- Investor Line
- 720 681 6304
- Last Updated
- May 3, 2026
Key Fundamentals
Valuation, growth, profitability, and balance sheet signals.
Valuation
- P/E
- 13.3
- EV/EBITDA
- 6.7
- Price/Sales
- 0.4
- Price/Book
- โ
Growth
- Revenue
- +13.1%
- EPS
- -24.6%
- Free Cash Flow
- +21.4%
Profitability
- Gross Margin
- 31.3%
- Operating Margin
- 10.1%
- Net Margin
- 2.8%
- ROE
- -58.8%
- ROIC
- 11.4%
Balance Sheet
- Debt/Equity
- โ
- Current Ratio
- 2.44
Earnings Reports
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Official Releases
Company announcements and filings-style updates.
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