PMTS vs. LSAK, QUAD, PAYS, PLBC, ASFI, MULN, MGIH, CMPR, NWTN, and PSFE
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), NWTN (NWTN), and Paysafe (PSFE).
Lesaka Technologies (NASDAQ:LSAK) and CPI Card Group (NASDAQ:PMTS) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking and profitability.
CPI Card Group received 29 more outperform votes than Lesaka Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 85.71% 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 a net margin of 4.26% compared to CPI Card Group's net margin of -4.41%. CPI Card Group's return on equity of -13.73% beat Lesaka Technologies' return on equity.
Lesaka Technologies has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CPI Card Group has a beta of 1.02, suggesting that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.
CPI Card Group has a consensus price target of $35.50, suggesting a potential upside of 35.55%. Given Lesaka Technologies' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe CPI Card Group is more favorable than Lesaka Technologies.
CPI Card Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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 2 more articles in the media than Lesaka Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for CPI Card Group and 1 mentions for Lesaka Technologies. CPI Card Group's average media sentiment score of 1.87 beat Lesaka Technologies' score of 0.56 indicating that Lesaka Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.
24.2% of Lesaka Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 22.1% of CPI Card Group shares are held by institutional investors. 4.4% of Lesaka Technologies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.1% of CPI Card Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
CPI Card Group beats Lesaka Technologies on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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