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CPI Card Group Inc (NASDAQ: PMTS) closed the day trading at $19.98 down -0.55% from the previous closing price of $20.09. In other words, the price has decreased by -$0.55 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.14 million shares were traded. PMTS stock price reached its highest trading level at $20.65 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $19.625.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of PMTS, let’s look at its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 7.15 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 8.35. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 1.80 and its Current Ratio is at 2.95.
Upgrades & Downgrades
In addition, analysts’ ratings and any changes thereto give investors an idea of the stock’s future direction. In the most recent recommendation for this company, DA Davidson on November 22, 2024, initiated with a Buy rating and assigned the stock a target price of $36.
On February 23, 2024, ROTH MKM started tracking the stock assigning a Buy rating and target price of $40.
On September 19, 2023, B. Riley Securities started tracking the stock assigning a Buy rating and target price of $31.B. Riley Securities initiated its Buy rating on September 19, 2023, with a $31 target price.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on May 15 ’25 when Oleson Lisa bought 895 shares for $22.56 per share. The transaction valued at 20,190 led to the insider holds 1,480 shares of the business.
Riley H Sanford bought 15,000 shares of PMTS for $322,650 on May 09 ’25. The Non-Executive Chairman now owns 19,966 shares after completing the transaction at $21.51 per share. On May 12 ’25, another insider, Mallela Ravi, who serves as the Director of the company, bought 500 shares for $19.80 each. As a result, the insider paid 9,899 and bolstered with 3,535 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, PMTS now has a Market Capitalization of 225404368 and an Enterprise Value of 516947136. As of this moment, CPI’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 12.62, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 5.53. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.46. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 1.052 whereas that against EBITDA is 6.511.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for PMTS is 1.36, which has changed by -0.24830699 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.09362543 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, PMTS has reached a high of $35.19, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $18.46. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -21.67%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -27.45%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, PMTS traded about 43.28K shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, PMTS traded about 76270 shares per day. A total of 11.28M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 5.76M. Insiders hold about 48.96% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 27.94% stake in the company. Shares short for PMTS as of 1745971200 were 73064 with a Short Ratio of 1.69, compared to 1743379200 on 86483. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 73064 and a Short% of Float of 1.16.
Dividends & Splits
Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.0The current Payout Ratio is 0.00% for PMTS, which recently paid a dividend on 2017-06-14 with an ex-dividend date of 1497398400. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2017-12-20 when the company split stock in a 1:5 ratio.
