PMTS vs. LSAK, QUAD, PAYS, PLBC, ASFI, MULN, MGIH, CMPR, CIFR, and ADV
Should you be buying CPI Card Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CPI Card Group include Lesaka Technologies (LSAK), Quad/Graphics (QUAD), Paysign (PAYS), Plumas Bancorp (PLBC), Asta Funding (ASFI), Mullen Automotive (MULN), Millennium Group International (MGIH), Cimpress (CMPR), Cipher Mining (CIFR), and Advantage Solutions (ADV).
CPI Card Group (NASDAQ:PMTS) and Lesaka Technologies (NASDAQ:LSAK) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership and earnings.
CPI Card Group received 30 more outperform votes than Lesaka Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 86.11% of users gave CPI Card Group an outperform vote while only 33.33% of users gave Lesaka Technologies an outperform vote.
CPI Card Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Lesaka Technologies. Lesaka Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CPI Card Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, CPI Card Group had 1 more articles in the media than Lesaka Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for CPI Card Group and 1 mentions for Lesaka Technologies. CPI Card Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Lesaka Technologies'average media sentiment score.
22.1% of CPI Card Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.2% of Lesaka Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 6.1% of CPI Card Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.4% of Lesaka Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
CPI Card Group has a beta of 1.11, suggesting that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lesaka Technologies has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.
CPI Card Group currently has a consensus price target of $35.50, suggesting a potential upside of 28.39%. Given CPI Card Group's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe CPI Card Group is more favorable than Lesaka Technologies.
CPI Card Group has a net margin of 4.26% compared to Lesaka Technologies' net margin of -4.41%. Lesaka Technologies' return on equity of -13.73% beat CPI Card Group's return on equity.
Summary
CPI Card Group beats Lesaka Technologies on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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