CMPR vs PBI vs VRSN Stock Comparison

Cimpress, Pitney Bowes and Verisign Prices as of Nov 4, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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CMPR CIMPRESS plc
$63.32 -17.1% 1M -4.2% 1Y
Market cap
$1.56B
P/E
18.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$3.81B
Div. yield
–
Office Equipment Industrials
1 win
PBI Pitney Bowes Inc /De/
$16.01 -4.8% 1M +67.1% 1Y
Market cap
$2.17B
P/E
11.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$1.86B
Div. yield
2.37%
Office Equipment Industrials
7 wins
VRSN Verisign Inc/Ca
$318.03 +8.8% 1M +32.4% 1Y
Market cap
$28.56B
P/E
33.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$1.73B
Div. yield
1.01%
Web Hosting and Domains Technology
4 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Pitney Bowes leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Pitney Bowes 7, Verisign 4, Cimpress 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionCMPRPBIVRSNLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $1.56B $2.17B $28.56B VRSN
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 18.1x 11.6x 33.7x PBI
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 13.2x 8.9x 34.1x PBI
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +10.0% -3.5% +6.5% CMPR
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 2.2% 10.1% 49.1% VRSN
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 13.5% 20.3% — PBI
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 3.9x 3.9x 1.1x VRSN
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield — 2.37% 1.01% PBI
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -4.2% +67.1% +32.4% PBI
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -7.3%/yr +16.8%/yr +6.5%/yr PBI
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 46.4% 32.7% 28.5% VRSN
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 57/100 78/100 59/100 PBI

Percentile Scorecard

CMPRPBIVRSN

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

AxisCMPRPBIVRSN
Valuation 94 #8 of 114 96 #6 of 114 53 #19 of 39
Growth 77 #23 of 98 92 #9 of 98 26 #27 of 36
Profitability 68 #31 of 95 95 #6 of 95 100 #1 of 34
Financial Health 10 #114 of 126 18 #104 of 126 27 #28 of 38
Shareholder Returns 38 #44 of 70 91 #7 of 70 91 #3 of 22
Overall 57 78 59
  • CMPR ranked among 131 companies in Business Services
  • PBI ranked among 131 companies in Business Services
  • VRSN ranked among 39 companies in Cloud Computing

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodCMPRPBIVRSNSPY
1 month -17.1%-4.8%+8.8% -1.0%
3 months -37.1%-12.5%+8.4% -0.4%
6 months -29.3%+6.5%+15.3% +4.5%
Year to date -4.9%+51.5%+30.9% +12.4%
1 year -4.2%+67.1%+32.4% +13.6%
3 years +1.6%+289.5%+57.1% +76.4%
3 years, per year +0.5%+57.4%+16.3% +20.8%
5 years -31.5%+116.9%+36.7% +63.7%
5 years, per year -7.3%+16.8%+6.5% +10.4%
10 years -25.1%+12.4%+298.7% +267.7%
10 years, per year -2.9%+1.2%+14.8% +13.9%

Risk

MeasureCMPRPBIVRSNSPY
Volatility, 1Y 46.4%32.7%28.5% 12.8%
Downside volatility, 1Y 47.7%30.8%29.8% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.900.650.03 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.092.051.14 1.06
Max drawdown, 5Y -79.1%-70.9%-38.8% -25.4%
From 52-week high -39.9%-13.6%0.0% -1.6%
52-week high $105.31$18.52$318.03 $779.14
52-week low $57.02$9.02$211.49 $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.

MultipleCMPRPBIVRSN
P/E now vs peer median 18.1xmedian 23.0x 11.6xmedian 23.0x 33.7xmedian 28.9x
P/S now vs peer median 0.4xmedian 0.9x 1.2xmedian 0.9x 16.5xmedian 3.7x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 8.0xmedian 12.1x 9.2xmedian 12.1x 24.9xmedian 22.5x
P/FCF now vs peer median 9.9xmedian 15.8x 4.3xmedian 15.8x 27.9xmedian 16.4x
P/B now vs peer median -3.1xmedian 2.4x -2.6xmedian 2.4x -12.5xmedian 3.4x
PEG now vs peer median 0.48median 1.13 0.22median 1.13 3.46median 1.27

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 monthsCMPRPBIVRSN
Revenue $3.81B $1.86B $1.73B
Gross profit $1.74B $1.06B $1.53B
Operating income $228.07M $305.03M $1.17B
Net income $87.61M $188.05M $849.80M
Free cash flow $156.92M $504.62M $1.02B
R&D $353.80M $14.07M $108.00M
EPS (diluted) $3.49 $1.34 $9.40
Cash & equivalents $120.13M $268.51M $206.80M
Total debt $1.64B $1.89B $1.79B
Shares (diluted) 24.48M 140.73M 90.40M
Enterprise value $821.21M $999.16M $25.91B

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
MetricCMPRPBIVRSN
P/E 18.1x 11.6x 33.7x
P/FCF 9.9x 4.3x 27.9x
P/Operating cash flow 5.4x 3.8x 26.9x
P/S 0.4x 1.2x 16.5x
P/B -3.1x -2.6x -12.5x
P/Tangible book -2.7x -2.6x -11.6x
EV/EBITDA 8.0x 9.2x 24.9x
EV/EBIT 13.5x 12.4x 25.5x
EV/Revenue 0.8x 2.0x 17.2x
EV/FCF 19.6x 7.5x 29.2x
EV/Operating cash flow 10.7x 6.6x 28.1x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.48 0.22 3.46

Growth

14 metrics
MetricCMPRPBIVRSN
Revenue growth (1Y) 10.0% -3.5% 6.5%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 6.7% 9.8% 5.3%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 5.9% -2.2% 7.2%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 5.6% -0.3% 6.1%
Operating income growth (1Y) -3.3% 87.0% 6.5%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 27.8% 35.9% 5.8%
Net income growth (1Y) 156.2% 135.1% 4.8%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 36.8% 47.5% 5.1%
EPS growth (1Y) 149.2% 184.6% 8.5%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 37.6% 52.0% 9.8%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -9.8% 94.2% 2.8%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 13.3% 12.2% 7.0%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -27.4% 124.1% 1.9%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 10.9% 11.1% 7.8%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricCMPRPBIVRSN
Gross margin 45.6% 57.1% 88.6%
EBITDA margin 10.2% 22.1% 69.2%
Operating margin 6.0% 16.4% 67.6%
Pretax margin 3.5% 13.7% 64.2%
Net margin 2.2% 10.1% 49.1%
FCF margin 4.1% 27.1% 59.1%
Operating cash flow margin 7.6% 30.6% 61.3%
Return on equity – – –
Return on assets 4.0% 6.3% 55.1%
Return on invested capital 13.5% 20.3% –
Return on capital employed 16.2% 20.2% 730.9%
Asset turnover 1.7x 0.6x 1.1x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 3.3x 3.0x 1.2x
Stock comp / revenue 1.6% 0.9% 4.4%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricCMPRPBIVRSN
Debt / assets 73.2% 63.1% 139.5%
Debt / equity -3.3x -2.3x -0.8x
Net debt / EBITDA 3.9x 3.9x 1.1x
Debt / FCF 10.5x 3.7x 1.7x
Liabilities / assets 122.2% 128.0% 278.5%
Equity / assets -22.2% -28.0% -178.5%
Interest coverage – 6.0x 15.0x
Current ratio 0.6x 0.7x 0.4x
Quick ratio 0.3x 0.3x 0.4x
Cash ratio 0.1x 0.2x 0.3x
Altman Z-score 2.38 2.40 -3.75

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricCMPRPBIVRSN
Dividend yield – 2.4% 1.0%
Net buyback yield 2.9% 15.3% 3.0%
Shareholder yield 2.9% 17.7% 4.0%
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.

ConsensusCMPRPBIVRSN
Forward P/E 13.2xFY2027 8.9xFY2026 34.1xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $4.78FY2027 $1.79FY2026 $9.34FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +26.1%FY2027 +32.6%FY2026 +6.0%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +50.2% +5.0% +13.6%
Revenue, next fiscal year $3.74BFY2027 $1.77BFY2026 $1.86BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +0.1%FY2027 -6.3%FY2026 +12.0%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +20.6% +10.9% +8.9%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersCMPRPBIVRSN
Held by institutions 87.4% 88.8% 96.9%
Institutions holding 210 351 882
Change in shares held, QoQ +1.8% +2.6% +17.8%
Institutions buying 130 168 490
Institutions selling 54 119 286
Buyers to sellers 2.41 1.41 1.71

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.

CMPRPBIVRSN
CMPR 1.00 0.35 0.10
PBI 0.35 1.00 0.15
VRSN 0.10 0.15 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, CMPR, PBI and VRSN?

Verisign (VRSN) is the largest by market capitalisation: Cimpress (CMPR) $1.56B, Pitney Bowes (PBI) $2.17B, Verisign (VRSN) $28.56B.

Which stock is cheaper, CMPR, PBI and VRSN?

Pitney Bowes (PBI) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Cimpress (CMPR) 18.1x, Pitney Bowes (PBI) 11.6x, Verisign (VRSN) 33.7x). On next year's consensus earnings, Pitney Bowes (PBI) is cheapest (Cimpress (CMPR) 13.2x, Pitney Bowes (PBI) 8.9x, Verisign (VRSN) 34.1x). 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%, Verisign (VRSN) +6.5%.

Which company is more profitable?

Verisign (VRSN) has the highest net margin (Cimpress (CMPR) 2.2%, Pitney Bowes (PBI) 10.1%, Verisign (VRSN) 49.1%). On return on invested capital, Pitney Bowes (PBI) leads (Cimpress (CMPR) 13.5%, Pitney Bowes (PBI) 20.3%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Pitney Bowes (PBI) returned the most: Cimpress (CMPR) -4.2%, Pitney Bowes (PBI) +67.1%, Verisign (VRSN) +32.4%. Over five years, Pitney Bowes (PBI) compounded fastest (Cimpress (CMPR) -7.3%/yr, Pitney Bowes (PBI) +16.8%/yr, Verisign (VRSN) +6.5%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Pitney Bowes (PBI) has the highest dividend yield: Pitney Bowes (PBI) 2.37%, Verisign (VRSN) 1.01%. Cimpress (CMPR) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Verisign (VRSN) has been the steadiest (Cimpress (CMPR) 46.4%, Pitney Bowes (PBI) 32.7%, Verisign (VRSN) 28.5%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

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

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 7. 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.