CPI Card Group (PMTS) Competitors

CPI Card Group (NASDAQ:PMTS) and Plumas Bancorp (NASDAQ:PLBC) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, profitability, community ranking, risk and valuation.

Is PMTS or PLBC more profitable?

Plumas Bancorp has a net margin of 31.02% compared to CPI Card Group's net margin of 3.38%. Plumas Bancorp's return on equity of 17.31% beat CPI Card Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CPI Card Group	3.38%	-46.90%	6.89%
Plumas Bancorp	31.02%	17.31%	1.73%

Do analysts prefer PMTS or PLBC?

CPI Card Group currently has a consensus target price of $36.50, suggesting a potential upside of 35.79%. Plumas Bancorp has a consensus target price of $45.00, suggesting a potential downside of 4.26%. Given CPI Card Group's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe CPI Card Group is more favorable than Plumas Bancorp.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CPI Card Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Plumas Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has more volatility and risk, PMTS or PLBC?

CPI Card Group has a beta of 1.21, indicating that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Plumas Bancorp has a beta of 0.67, indicating that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer PMTS or PLBC?

In the previous week, Plumas Bancorp had 2 more articles in the media than CPI Card Group. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Plumas Bancorp and 2 mentions for CPI Card Group. Plumas Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.41 beat CPI Card Group's score of -0.24 indicating that Plumas Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
CPI Card Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Plumas Bancorp	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in PMTS or PLBC?

Plumas Bancorp received 80 more outperform votes than CPI Card Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 87.18% of users gave CPI Card Group an outperform vote while only 62.98% of users gave Plumas Bancorp an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
CPI Card Group	Outperform Votes 34 87.18%	Underperform Votes 5 12.82%
Plumas Bancorp	Outperform Votes 114 62.98%	Underperform Votes 67 37.02%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of PMTS or PLBC?

22.1% of CPI Card Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.7% of Plumas Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 2.2% of CPI Card Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 9.0% of Plumas Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, PMTS or PLBC?

Plumas Bancorp has lower revenue, but higher earnings than CPI Card Group. Plumas Bancorp 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
CPI Card Group	$444.55M	0.67	$23.99M	$1.31	20.52
Plumas Bancorp	$85.31M	3.25	$29.78M	$4.77	9.85

Summary

Plumas Bancorp beats CPI Card Group on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.