CMPR vs PBI vs TCX Stock Comparison

Cimpress, Pitney Bowes and Tucows Prices as of Nov 3, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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CMPR CIMPRESS plc
$59.10 -21.2% 1M -13.2% 1Y
Market cap
$1.55B
P/E
18.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$3.81B
Div. yield
–
Office Equipment Industrials
1 win
PBI Pitney Bowes Inc /De/
$15.51 -7.4% 1M +57.8% 1Y
Market cap
$2.20B
P/E
11.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$1.86B
Div. yield
0.02%
Office Equipment Industrials
10 wins
TCX Tucows Inc /Pa/
$12.12 +29.1% 1M -35.7% 1Y
Market cap
$139.69M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$394.44M
Div. yield
–
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Head to Head

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Pitney Bowes leads on 10 of the 12 questions below (Pitney Bowes 10, Cimpress 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionCMPRPBITCXLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $1.55B $2.20B $139.69M PBI
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 18.2x 11.7x -1.7x PBI
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 12.4x 8.7x — PBI
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +10.0% -3.5% +4.2% CMPR
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 2.2% 10.1% -21.2% PBI
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 13.5% 20.3% -27.8% PBI
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 3.9x 3.9x 31.3x PBI
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.02% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -13.2% +57.8% -35.7% PBI
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -8.4%/yr +16.2%/yr -32.8%/yr PBI
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 45.9% 32.7% 82.0% PBI
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 58/100 79/100 47/100 PBI

Percentile Scorecard

CMPRPBITCX

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisCMPRPBITCX
Valuation 95 #7 of 114 97 #5 of 114 51 #19 of 38
Growth 77 #23 of 98 92 #9 of 98 63 #14 of 36
Profitability 68 #31 of 95 96 #5 of 95 42 #20 of 34
Financial Health 10 #114 of 126 18 #104 of 126 11 #34 of 38
Shareholder Returns 39 #43 of 70 91 #7 of 70 67 #8 of 22
Overall 58 79 47
  • CMPR ranked among 131 companies in Business Services
  • PBI ranked among 131 companies in Business Services
  • TCX ranked among 39 companies in Cloud Computing

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodCMPRPBITCXSPY
1 month -21.2%-7.4%+29.1% -2.0%
3 months -42.5%-15.6%-16.6% -2.2%
6 months -35.6%-0.2%-21.2% +4.2%
Year to date -11.2%+46.7%-45.9% +10.6%
1 year -13.2%+57.8%-35.7% +10.4%
3 years -5.2%+277.4%-37.7% +73.6%
3 years, per year -1.8%+55.7%-14.6% +20.2%
5 years -35.7%+111.6%-86.2% +61.6%
5 years, per year -8.4%+16.2%-32.8% +10.1%
10 years -29.6%+5.4%-57.3% +261.3%
10 years, per year -3.5%+0.5%-8.2% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureCMPRPBITCXSPY
Volatility, 1Y 45.9%32.7%82.0% 12.8%
Downside volatility, 1Y 47.7%30.9%70.0% 12.8%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.860.650.64 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.291.77-0.44 0.81
Max drawdown, 5Y -79.1%-70.9%-90.7% -25.4%
From 52-week high -43.9%-16.3%-51.3% -3.2%
52-week high $105.31$18.52$24.90 $779.14
52-week low $57.02$9.02$8.48 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleCMPRPBITCX
P/E now vs peer median 16.9xmedian 20.8x 11.3xmedian 20.8x -1.6xmedian 27.1x
P/S now vs peer median 0.4xmedian 0.9x 1.1xmedian 0.9x 0.3xmedian 4.1x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 7.7xmedian 11.9x 9.0xmedian 11.9x 48.2xmedian 21.7x
P/FCF now vs peer median 9.3xmedian 15.0x 4.2xmedian 15.0x -9.4xmedian 16.1x
P/B now vs peer median -2.9xmedian 2.4x -2.5xmedian 2.4x -0.7xmedian 3.4x
PEG now vs peer median 0.45median 1.08 0.22median 1.08 0.37median 0.37

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsCMPRPBITCX
Revenue $3.81B $1.86B $394.44M
Gross profit $1.74B $1.06B $98.23M
Operating income $228.07M $305.03M -$28.33M
Net income $87.61M $188.05M -$83.63M
Free cash flow $156.92M $504.62M -$14.40M
R&D $353.80M $14.07M $18.35M
EPS (diluted) $3.49 $1.34 $-7.50
Cash & equivalents $120.13M $268.51M $44.16M
Total debt $1.64B $1.89B $293.64M
Shares (diluted) 24.48M 140.73M 11.15M
Enterprise value $737.31M $1.03B -$49.61M

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricCMPRPBITCX
P/E 16.9x 11.3x -1.6x
P/FCF 9.3x 4.2x -9.4x
P/Operating cash flow 5.1x 3.7x 30.8x
P/S 0.4x 1.1x 0.3x
P/B -2.9x -2.5x -0.7x
P/Tangible book -2.5x -2.5x -0.6x
EV/EBITDA 7.7x 9.0x 48.2x
EV/EBIT 13.1x 12.2x -13.6x
EV/Revenue 0.8x 2.0x 1.0x
EV/FCF 19.0x 7.3x -26.7x
EV/Operating cash flow 10.4x 6.5x 87.7x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.45 0.22 0.37

Growth

14 metrics
MetricCMPRPBITCX
Revenue growth (1Y) 10.0% -3.5% 4.2%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 6.7% 9.8% 7.0%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 5.9% -2.2% 9.7%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 5.6% -0.3% 13.6%
Operating income growth (1Y) -3.3% 87.0% 36.8%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 27.8% 35.9% 18.7%
Net income growth (1Y) 156.2% 135.1% 12.5%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 36.8% 47.5% -5.4%
EPS growth (1Y) 149.2% 184.6% 13.2%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 37.6% 52.0% -4.4%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -9.8% 94.2% 131.2%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 13.3% 12.2% 42.4%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -27.4% 124.1% 70.7%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 10.9% 11.1% 53.5%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricCMPRPBITCX
Gross margin 45.6% 57.1% 24.9%
EBITDA margin 10.2% 22.1% 2.0%
Operating margin 6.0% 16.4% -7.2%
Pretax margin 3.5% 13.7% -18.8%
Net margin 2.2% 10.1% -21.2%
FCF margin 4.1% 27.1% -3.7%
Operating cash flow margin 7.6% 30.6% 1.1%
Return on equity – – –
Return on assets 4.0% 6.3% -11.5%
Return on invested capital 13.5% 20.3% -27.8%
Return on capital employed 16.2% 20.2% -7.4%
Asset turnover 1.7x 0.6x 0.5x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 3.3x 3.0x -0.1x
Stock comp / revenue 1.6% 0.9% 1.6%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricCMPRPBITCX
Debt / assets 73.2% 63.1% 40.4%
Debt / equity -3.3x -2.3x -1.5x
Net debt / EBITDA 3.9x 3.9x 31.3x
Debt / FCF 10.5x 3.7x -20.4x
Liabilities / assets 122.2% 128.0% 127.6%
Equity / assets -22.2% -28.0% -27.6%
Interest coverage – 6.0x –
Current ratio 0.6x 0.7x 0.6x
Quick ratio 0.3x 0.3x 0.2x
Cash ratio 0.1x 0.2x 0.1x
Altman Z-score 2.36 2.39 -0.25

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricCMPRPBITCX
Dividend yield – 2.5% –
Net buyback yield 3.1% 15.8% 0.0%
Shareholder yield 3.1% 18.2% 0.0%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 29.1% –
Payout ratio (FCF) – 10.9% –
Dividend growth (1Y) – 19.0% –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – 16.0% –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusCMPRPBITCX
Forward P/E 12.4xFY2027 8.7xFY2026 –
EPS, next fiscal year $4.78FY2027 $1.79FY2026 $-5.95FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +26.1%FY2027 +32.6%FY2026 –
EPS growth, the year after +50.2% +5.0% –
Revenue, next fiscal year $3.74BFY2027 $1.77BFY2026 $511.61MFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +0.1%FY2027 -6.3%FY2026 +31.1%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +20.6% +10.9% +0.4%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersCMPRPBITCX
Held by institutions 87.4% 88.8% 47.2%
Institutions holding 210 351 70
Change in shares held, QoQ +1.8% +2.6% -15.7%
Institutions buying 130 168 41
Institutions selling 54 119 19
Buyers to sellers 2.41 1.41 2.16

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

CMPRPBITCX
CMPR 1.00 0.34 0.17
PBI 0.34 1.00 0.05
TCX 0.17 0.05 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, CMPR, PBI and TCX?

Pitney Bowes (PBI) is the largest by market capitalisation: Cimpress (CMPR) $1.55B, Pitney Bowes (PBI) $2.20B, Tucows (TCX) $139.69M.

Which stock is cheaper, CMPR, PBI and TCX?

Pitney Bowes (PBI) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Cimpress (CMPR) 18.2x, Pitney Bowes (PBI) 11.7x, Tucows (TCX) -1.7x). On next year's consensus earnings, Pitney Bowes (PBI) is cheapest (Cimpress (CMPR) 12.4x, Pitney Bowes (PBI) 8.7x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Cimpress (CMPR) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Cimpress (CMPR) +10.0%, Pitney Bowes (PBI) -3.5%, Tucows (TCX) +4.2%.

Which company is more profitable?

Pitney Bowes (PBI) has the highest net margin (Cimpress (CMPR) 2.2%, Pitney Bowes (PBI) 10.1%, Tucows (TCX) -21.2%). On return on invested capital, Pitney Bowes (PBI) leads (Cimpress (CMPR) 13.5%, Pitney Bowes (PBI) 20.3%, Tucows (TCX) -27.8%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Pitney Bowes (PBI) returned the most: Cimpress (CMPR) -13.2%, Pitney Bowes (PBI) +57.8%, Tucows (TCX) -35.7%. Over five years, Pitney Bowes (PBI) compounded fastest (Cimpress (CMPR) -8.4%/yr, Pitney Bowes (PBI) +16.2%/yr, Tucows (TCX) -32.8%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Cimpress (CMPR) 0.00%, Pitney Bowes (PBI) 0.02%, Tucows (TCX) 0.00%. Cimpress (CMPR) and Tucows (TCX) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Pitney Bowes (PBI) has been the steadiest (Cimpress (CMPR) 45.9%, Pitney Bowes (PBI) 32.7%, Tucows (TCX) 82.0%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, CMPR, PBI and TCX?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Pitney Bowes (PBI) leads on 10. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.