Cpi Card Group Stock Analysis

PMTS Stock  USD 13.13  0.04  0.30%   
Below is the normalized historical share price chart for CPI Card Group extending back to October 09, 2015. This chart has been adjusted for all splits and dividends and is plotted against all major global economic recessions. As of today, the current price of CPI Card stands at 13.13, as last reported on the 5th of February, with the highest price reaching 13.46 and the lowest price hitting 12.82 during the day.
IPO Date
9th of October 2015
200 Day MA
17.8652
50 Day MA
14.4283
Beta
1.202
 
Yuan Drop
 
Covid
 
Interest Hikes
CPI Card Group holds a debt-to-equity ratio of -4.237. At this time, CPI Card's Net Debt To EBITDA is comparatively stable compared to the past year. Debt To Assets is likely to gain to 0.87 in 2026, whereas Net Debt is likely to drop slightly above 280.2 M in 2026. CPI Card's financial risk is the risk to CPI Card stockholders that is caused by an increase in debt.
 
Debt Ratio  
First Reported
2010-12-31
Previous Quarter
0.75
Current Value
0.87
Quarterly Volatility
0.27569737
 
Credit Downgrade
 
Yuan Drop
 
Covid
 
Interest Hikes
Given that CPI Card's debt-to-equity ratio measures a Company's obligations relative to the value of its net assets, it is usually used by traders to estimate the extent to which CPI Card is acquiring new debt as a mechanism of leveraging its assets. A high debt-to-equity ratio is generally associated with increased risk, implying that it has been aggressive in financing its growth with debt. Another way to look at debt-to-equity ratios is to compare the overall debt load of CPI Card to its assets or equity, showing how much of the company assets belong to shareholders vs. creditors. If shareholders own more assets, CPI Card is said to be less leveraged. If creditors hold a majority of CPI Card's assets, the Company is said to be highly leveraged.
At this time, CPI Card's Common Stock Total Equity is comparatively stable compared to the past year. Common Stock is likely to gain to about 13.5 K in 2026, whereas Total Stockholder Equity is likely to drop (33.7 M) in 2026. . At this time, CPI Card's Price To Sales Ratio is comparatively stable compared to the past year. Price Earnings Ratio is likely to gain to 22.69 in 2026, whereas Price Earnings To Growth Ratio is likely to drop (1.24) in 2026.
CPI Card Group is undervalued with Real Value of 16.32 and Target Price of 28.25. The main objective of CPI Card stock analysis is to determine its intrinsic value, which is an estimate of what CPI Card Group is worth, separate from its market price. There are two main types of CPI Card's stock analysis: fundamental analysis and technical analysis.
The CPI Card stock is traded in the USA on NASDAQ Exchange, with the market opening at 09:30:00 and closing at 16:00:00 every Mon,Tue,Wed,Thu,Fri except for officially observed holidays in the USA. CPI Card is usually not traded on Labour Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, New Year 's Day, Dr . Martin Luther King Jr 's Birthday, Washington 's Birthday, Good Friday, Memorial Day, Juneteenth Holiday, Independence Day ( substitute day ), Independence Day. CPI Stock trading window is adjusted to America/New York timezone.
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CPI Stock Analysis Notes

About 75.0% of the company shares are owned by institutional investors. The company last dividend was issued on the 14th of June 2017. CPI Card Group had 1:5 split on the 20th of December 2017. CPI Card Group Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the design, production, data personalization, packaging, and fulfillment of financial payment cards. CPI Card Group Inc. was incorporated in 2007 and is based in Littleton, Colorado. CPI Card operates under Credit Services classification in the United States and is traded on NASDAQ Exchange. It employs 1150 people. To find out more about CPI Card Group contact the company at 720 681 6304 or learn more at https://www.cpicardgroup.com.

CPI Card Quarterly Total Revenue

137.97 Million

CPI Card Group Investment Alerts

CPI Card Group generated a negative expected return over the last 90 days
CPI Card Group has high historical volatility and very poor performance
Over 75.0% of the company shares are owned by institutional investors
Latest headline from news.google.com: CPI Card Group Inc. Sees Significant Drop in Short Interest - MarketBeat

CPI Largest EPS Surprises

Earnings surprises can significantly impact CPI Card's stock price both in the short term and over time. Negative earnings surprises usually result in a price decline. However, it has been seen that positive earnings surprises lead to an immediate rise in a stock's price and a gradual increase over time. This is why we often hear news about some companies beating earning projections. Financial analysts spend a large amount of time predicting earnings per share (EPS) along with other important future indicators. Many analysts use forecasting models, management guidance, and additional fundamental information to derive an EPS estimate.
Reported
Fiscal Date
Estimated EPS
Reported EPS
Surprise
2016-08-10
2016-06-300.280.25-0.0310 
2024-05-07
2024-03-310.410.460.0512 
2018-03-12
2017-12-31-0.08-0.030.0562 
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CPI Card Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Scores

CPI Card's ESG score is a quantitative measure that evaluates CPI Card's performance and commitment regarding environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors. These scores are becoming increasingly crucial in investment decision-making processes, providing insights into non-financial aspects of CPI Card's operations that may have significant financial implications and affect CPI Card's stock price as well as guide investors towards more socially responsible investments.

CPI Stock Institutional Investors

Institutional investors include commercial and private banks, credit unions, insurance companies, pension funds, hedge funds, endowments, and mutual funds. Operating companies that invest excess capital in these types of assets may also be included in the term and may influence corporate governance by exercising voting rights in their investments.
Shares
Kerrisdale Advisers, Llc2025-06-30
60.8 K
Dimensional Fund Advisors, Inc.2025-06-30
60 K
O'shaughnessy Asset Management Llc2025-06-30
56.8 K
Manatuck Hill Partners Llc2025-06-30
55 K
Pembroke Management Ltd2025-06-30
53 K
Jacobs Levy Equity Management, Inc.2025-06-30
51.6 K
Renaissance Technologies Corp2025-06-30
49 K
Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership2025-06-30
41.9 K
Two Sigma Investments Llc2025-06-30
41.1 K
Vanguard Group Inc2025-06-30
471.3 K
Vector Capital Management, L.p.2025-06-30
387.4 K
Note, although CPI Card's institutional investors appear to be way more sophisticated than retail investors, it remains unclear if professional active investment managers can reliably enhance risk-adjusted returns by an amount that exceeds fees and expenses.

CPI Market Capitalization

The company currently falls under 'Small-Cap' category with a current market capitalization of 149.97 M.

CPI Profitablity

The company has Profit Margin (PM) of 0.03 %, which maeans that even a very small decline in it revenue will erase profits resulting in a net loss. This is way below average. Similarly, it shows Operating Margin (OM) of 0.09 %, which suggests for every 100 dollars of sales, it generated a net operating income of $0.09.
Last ReportedProjected for Next Year
Return On Tangible Assets 0.06  0.06 
Return On Capital Employed 0.21  0.14 
Return On Assets 0.05  0.05 
Return On Equity(0.63)(0.60)

Management Efficiency

CPI Card Group has return on total asset (ROA) of 0.0944 % which means that it generated a profit of $0.0944 on every $100 spent on assets. This is way below average. CPI Card's management efficiency ratios could be used to measure how well CPI Card manages its routine affairs as well as how well it operates its assets and liabilities. At this time, CPI Card's Return On Tangible Assets are comparatively stable compared to the past year. Return On Assets is likely to gain to 0.05 in 2026, whereas Return On Capital Employed is likely to drop 0.14 in 2026. At this time, CPI Card's Non Currrent Assets Other are comparatively stable compared to the past year. Return On Tangible Assets is likely to gain to 0.06 in 2026, whereas Non Current Assets Total are likely to drop slightly above 110.9 M in 2026.
Last ReportedProjected for Next Year
Book Value Per Share(3.67)(3.86)
Tangible Book Value Per Share(7.53)(7.90)
Enterprise Value Over EBITDA 6.70  7.03 
Price Book Value Ratio(8.42)(8.00)
Enterprise Value Multiple 6.70  7.03 
Price Fair Value(8.42)(8.00)
Enterprise Value530.4 M399 M
Understanding the operational decisions made by CPI Card management offers insights into its financial robustness. This evaluation is crucial for assessing the stock's investment potential.
Operating Margin
0.0944
Profit Margin
0.0279
Beta
1.202
Return On Assets
0.0944

Technical Drivers

As of the 5th of February, CPI Card shows the Risk Adjusted Performance of (0.02), mean deviation of 2.71, and Coefficient Of Variation of (2,353). In relation to fundamental indicators, the technical analysis model gives you tools to check helpful technical drivers of CPI Card, as well as the relationship between them. Please confirm CPI Card Group standard deviation and potential upside to decide if CPI Card Group is priced favorably, providing market reflects its regular price of 13.13 per share. Given that CPI Card has information ratio of (0.06), we suggest you to validate CPI Card Group's prevailing market performance to make sure the company can sustain itself in the future.

CPI Card Group Price Movement Analysis

The output start index for this execution was fourty-nine with a total number of output elements of twelve. The Moving Average is predictive technique used to analyze CPI Card Group price data points by creating a series of averages of different subsets of CPI Card entire price series.

CPI Card Group Insider Trading Activities

Some recent studies suggest that insider trading raises the cost of capital for securities issuers and decreases overall economic growth. Trading by specific CPI Card insiders, such as employees or executives, is commonly permitted as long as it does not rely on CPI Card's material information that is not in the public domain. Local jurisdictions usually require such trading to be reported in order to monitor insider transactions. In many U.S. states, trading conducted by corporate officers, key employees, directors, or significant shareholders must be reported to the regulator or publicly disclosed, usually within a few business days of the trade. In these cases CPI Card insiders are required to file a Form 4 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) when buying or selling shares of their own companies.

CPI Card Outstanding Bonds

CPI Card issues bonds to finance its operations. Corporate bonds make up one of the largest components of the U.S. bond market, which is considered the world's largest securities market. CPI Card Group uses the proceeds from bond sales for a wide variety of purposes, including financing ongoing mergers and acquisitions, buying new equipment, investing in research and development, buying back their own stock, paying dividends to shareholders, and even refinancing existing debt. Most CPI bonds can be classified according to their maturity, which is the date when CPI Card Group has to pay back the principal to investors. Maturities can be short-term, medium-term, or long-term (more than ten years). Longer-term bonds usually offer higher interest rates but may entail additional risks.

CPI Card Predictive Daily Indicators

CPI Card intraday indicators are useful technical analysis tools used by many experienced traders. Just like the conventional technical analysis, daily indicators help intraday investors to analyze the price movement with the timing of CPI Card stock daily movement. By combining multiple daily indicators into a single trading strategy, you can limit your risk while still earning strong returns on your managed positions.

CPI Card Corporate Filings

13A
14th of January 2026
An amended filing to the original Schedule 13G
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F3
18th of December 2025
The report used by insiders such as officers, directors, and major shareholders (beneficial owners holding more than 10% of any class of the company's equity securities) to declare their ownership of a company's stock
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F4
12th of December 2025
The report filed by a party regarding the acquisition or disposition of a company's common stock, as well as derivative securities such as options, warrants, and convertible securities
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8K
5th of December 2025
Report filed with the SEC to announce major events that shareholders should know about
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F4
2nd of December 2025
The report filed by a party regarding the acquisition or disposition of a company's common stock, as well as derivative securities such as options, warrants, and convertible securities
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F4
7th of November 2025
The report filed by a party regarding the acquisition or disposition of a company's common stock, as well as derivative securities such as options, warrants, and convertible securities
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8K
4th of November 2025
Report filed with the SEC to announce major events that shareholders should know about
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F4
3rd of November 2025
The report filed by a party regarding the acquisition or disposition of a company's common stock, as well as derivative securities such as options, warrants, and convertible securities
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CPI Card Forecast Models

CPI Card's time-series forecasting models are one of many CPI Card's stock analysis techniques aimed at predicting future share value based on previously observed values. Time-series forecasting models ae widely used for non-stationary data. Non-stationary data are called the data whose statistical properties e.g. the mean and standard deviation are not constant over time but instead, these metrics vary over time. These non-stationary CPI Card's historical data is usually called time-series. Some empirical experimentation suggests that the statistical forecasting models outperform the models based exclusively on fundamental analysis to predict the direction of the market movement and maximize returns from investment trading.

CPI Card Bond Ratings

CPI Card Group financial ratings play a critical role in determining how much CPI Card have to pay to access credit markets, i.e., the amount of interest on their issued debt. The threshold between investment-grade and speculative-grade ratings has important market implications for CPI Card's borrowing costs.
Piotroski F Score
6
HealthyView
Beneish M Score
(2.64)
Unlikely ManipulatorView

CPI Card Group Debt to Cash Allocation

Many companies such as CPI Card, eventually find out that there is only so much market out there to be conquered, and adding the next product or service is only half as profitable per unit as their current endeavors. Eventually, the company will reach a point where cash flows are strong, and extra cash is available but not fully utilized. In this case, the company may start buying back its stock from the public or issue more dividends.
CPI Card Group currently holds 289.47 M in liabilities. CPI Card Group has a current ratio of 2.51, suggesting that it is liquid enough and is able to pay its financial obligations when due. Note, when we think about CPI Card's use of debt, we should always consider it together with its cash and equity.

CPI Card Common Stock Shares Outstanding Over Time

CPI Card Assets Financed by Debt

The debt-to-assets ratio shows the degree to which CPI Card uses debt to finance its assets. It includes both long-term and short-term borrowings maturing within one year. It also includes both tangible and intangible assets, such as goodwill.

CPI Card Debt Ratio

    
  87.0   
It appears most of the CPI Card's assets are financed through debt. Typically, companies with high debt-to-asset ratios are said to be highly leveraged. The higher the ratio, the greater risk will be associated with the CPI Card's operation. In addition, a high debt-to-assets ratio may indicate a low borrowing capacity of CPI Card, which in turn will lower the firm's financial flexibility.

CPI Card Corporate Bonds Issued

CPI Short Long Term Debt Total

Short Long Term Debt Total

305.89 Million

At this time, CPI Card's Short and Long Term Debt Total is comparatively stable compared to the past year.

About CPI Stock Analysis

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Last ReportedProjected for Next Year
Pretax Profit Margin 0.06  0.04 
Operating Profit Margin 0.12  0.09 
Net Profit Margin 0.04  0.04 
Gross Profit Margin 0.32  0.26 

Current CPI Analysis - Recommendations

We track the performance of the top 100 financial experts across various large and mid-size financial boutiques. CPI analyst recommendations are determined by taking all analyst recommendations and averaging them as Strong Buy, Buy, Hold, Strong Sell or Sell. There is no one specific way to measure analysis performance other than comparing it to the past results via a very sophisticated attribution analysis. CPI analyst consensus and target price projections should be used in combination with other traditional techniques such as stock price forecasting, technical analysis, earnings estimate, and various momentum models.
Target PriceConsensus# of Analysts
28.25Strong Buy4Odds
CPI Card Group current and past analyst recommendations published by a number of research institutions as well as average analyst consensus.
Most CPI analysts issue ratings four times a year, at intervals of three months. Ratings are usually accompanied by a target price to helps potential investors understand CPI stock's fair price compared to its market value. Analysts arrive at stock ratings after researching public financial statements of CPI Card Group, talking to its executives and customers, or listening to CPI conference calls.
CPI Analyst Advice Details

CPI Stock Analysis Indicators

CPI Card Group stock analysis indicators help investors evaluate how CPI Card stock reacts to ongoing and evolving market conditions. The investors can use it to make informed decisions about market timing and determine when trading CPI Card shares will generate the highest return on investment. By understating and applying CPI Card stock analysis, traders can identify CPI Card position entry and exit signals to maximize returns.
Begin Period Cash Flow12.4 M
Long Term Debt280.4 M
Common Stock Shares Outstanding11.9 M
Total Stockholder Equity-35.6 M
Total Cashflows From Investing Activities-9.2 M
Tax Provision5.5 M
Quarterly Earnings Growth Y O Y0.727
Property Plant And Equipment Net68.6 M
Cash And Short Term Investments33.5 M
Cash33.5 M
Accounts Payable16.1 M
Net Debt255.9 M
50 Day M A14.4283
Total Current Liabilities75.6 M
Other Operating Expenses417.8 M
Non Current Assets Total146.6 M
Forward Price Earnings4.6318
Non Currrent Assets Other20.3 M
Stock Based Compensation8.5 M

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