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CPI Card Group Inc.

Ticker PMTSLITTLETON, COFiscal year ends DecemberBook value per share $-0.58Diluted shares 12.1M

CPI Card Group Inc. (Nasdaq: PMTS) is a payments technology company that provides physical and digital payment solutions primarily to U.S. financial institutions, processors, fintechs and prepaid program managers. Its products and services include secure debit and credit cards, card personalization and fulfillment,… From the company’s description.

Over the twelve months to Sep 30, 2026, CPI Card Group Inc. reported revenue of $607.70M, up 17.9% from a year earlier, and net income of $16.46M. Its operating margin was 9.3%, and operations generated $96.84M in cash. In fiscal 2025, it reported revenue of $543.53M, up 13.1% from fiscal 2024, and net income of $14.95M.

Fiscal year 2025 · ends 12-31Changes are against fiscal 2024The amber dot is the latest twelve months, to 2026-09-30
Sales & profitability
$543.53MFY2025
+13.1% year over year
Last 12 mo $607.70M
10.09%FY2025
−3 percentage points
Last 12 mo 9.35%
$14.95MFY2025
−23.4% year over year
Last 12 mo $16.46M
-86.25%FY2025
−31.4 percentage points
Last 12 mo -234.18%
Cash & financing
$59.50MFY2025
+37.4% year over year
Last 12 mo $96.84M
$41.33MFY2025
+21.4% year over year
Last 12 mo $81.34M
-16.54FY2025
Was -7.87× a year earlier
Last 12 mo -35.72
11.9MFY2025
+0.4% year over year
Last 12 mo 12.1M

Margins and return on equity change in ; everything else in percent. Fewer shares and less debt are shown plainly, not as bad news — it depends what you make of buybacks. Dotted labels explain each measure. is shown separately from the annual figures.

What CPI Card Group Inc. does

In the company’s own words

CPI Card Group Inc. (Nasdaq: PMTS) is a payments technology company that provides physical and digital payment solutions primarily to U.S. financial institutions, processors, fintechs and prepaid program managers. Its products and services include secure debit and credit cards, card personalization and fulfillment, SaaS-based instant issuance, digital payment services, prepaid debit cards and tamper-evident packaging; it also supplies payment and other cards to healthcare, entertainment and government customers. The company reports Debit and Credit, Prepaid Debit and Other segments, with Other consisting primarily of corporate expenses. Its Card@Once platform enables on-demand card issuance at customer locations, while its Second Wave and Earthwise brands offer cards incorporating recycled materials. CPI expanded its production, personalization and fulfillment capabilities through its May 2025 acquisition of Arroweye Solutions. At year-end 2025, it employed approximately 1,700 people and operated about 500,000 square feet of facilities in the United States; Card@Once served approximately 2,500 financial institutions through more than 14,000 active installations. Its website is www.cpicardgroup.com.

Company details
Sector
Information Technology
Industry (SIC)
Publishing
Headquarters
LITTLETON, CO
Fiscal year end
December
CIK
1641614
SIC
2750

Financial performance, year by year

Fiscal 2015–2025 · USD
$-101.98M$91.57M$285.12M$478.67M$672.22M20152016201720182019202020212022202320242025Last 12 moLast 12 monthsLast 12 months

The full income statement, balance sheet and cash flow for each of these years — every figure traceable to its filing — is on the Financials tab with a free account.

Ownership

Who owns CPI Card Group Inc. — and what changed

Funds as of 2026Q2 · superinvestors as of 2026-06-30

88
funds hold it
0 of 35
superinvestors hold it
$26.47M
held by funds, at market
11.9%
of shares held by funds

Largest fund holders · CPI Card Group Inc.’s weight in each

iShares Russell 2000 ETF
IWM · iShares Trust
0.01%of fund net assets
VANGUARD TOTAL STOCK MARKET INDEX FUND
VTI · VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS
0.00%of fund net assets
—of fund net assets
—of fund net assets
0.01%of fund net assets

Fund ownership is a floor, not a census — pensions, insurers and people holding shares directly are not visible here.

Fund ownership counts N-PORT filers only, so it is a floor rather than a census — pensions, insurers and direct holders are not visible here, and the remainder is not “held by individuals”.

Every fund and institutional holder, quarter by quarter, is on the Ownership tab with a free account.

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