CMPR vs PMTS vs ZBRA Stock Comparison

Cimpress, CPI Card and Zebra Technologies Prices as of Oct 29, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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CMPR CIMPRESS plc
$60.32 -22.8% 1M -9.6% 1Y
Market cap
$1.42B
P/E
16.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$3.81B
Div. yield
–
Office Equipment Industrials
1 win
PMTS CPI Card Group Inc.
$26.23 +5.9% 1M +62.1% 1Y
Market cap
$298.14M
P/E
21.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$587.31M
Div. yield
–
Office Equipment Industrials
6 wins
ZBRA Zebra Technologies Corp
$377.38 +0.4% 1M +39.4% 1Y
Market cap
$17.11B
P/E
31.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$5.85B
Div. yield
–
Electronic Components Technology
4 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

CPI Card leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (CPI Card 6, Zebra Technologies 4, Cimpress 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionCMPRPMTSZBRALeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $1.42B $298.14M $17.11B ZBRA
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 16.6x 21.7x 31.7x CMPR
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 12.6x 9.0x 16.7x PMTS
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +10.0% +16.9% +12.7% PMTS
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 2.2% 2.3% 9.2% ZBRA
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 13.5% 13.9% 10.6% PMTS
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 3.9x 3.0x 2.4x ZBRA
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -9.6% +62.1% +39.4% PMTS
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -7.6%/yr -1.7%/yr -6.7%/yr PMTS
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 47.3% 69.2% 45.5% ZBRA
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 55/100 65/100 62/100 PMTS

Percentile Scorecard

CMPRPMTSZBRA

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

AxisCMPRPMTSZBRA
Valuation 92 #10 of 113 97 #4 of 113 69 #35 of 112
Growth 72 #28 of 96 53 #46 of 96 46 #59 of 108
Profitability 64 #33 of 91 78 #21 of 91 85 #17 of 104
Financial Health 9 #111 of 122 34 #81 of 122 17 #96 of 116
Shareholder Returns 39 #41 of 66 – 92 #7 of 78
Overall 55 65 62
  • CMPR ranked among 130 companies in Business Services
  • PMTS ranked among 130 companies in Business Services
  • ZBRA ranked among 121 companies in Computer Hardware

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodCMPRPMTSZBRASPY
1 month -22.8%+5.9%+0.4% +0.7%
3 months -36.3%+27.5%+30.8% +3.7%
6 months -31.8%+48.1%+66.8% +7.1%
Year to date -9.4%+78.7%+55.4% +12.8%
1 year -9.6%+62.1%+39.4% +11.9%
3 years +1.5%+55.9%+79.9% +85.2%
3 years, per year +0.5%+16.0%+21.6% +22.8%
5 years -32.5%-8.0%-29.3% +67.6%
5 years, per year -7.6%-1.7%-6.7% +10.9%
10 years -26.9%-2.9%+469.5% +262.0%
10 years, per year -3.1%-0.3%+19.0% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureCMPRPMTSZBRASPY
Volatility, 1Y 47.3%69.2%45.5% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 48.0%62.3%38.1% 12.6%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.721.221.70 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.200.900.87 0.94
Max drawdown, 5Y -79.2%-74.9%-67.8% -25.4%
From 52-week high -42.7%-14.0%-3.5% -1.2%
52-week high $105.31$30.50$391.00 $779.14
52-week low $60.32$11.29$199.30 $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.

MultipleCMPRPMTSZBRA
P/E now vs peer median 17.3xmedian 21.9x 21.9xmedian 21.9x 33.4xmedian 32.9x
P/S now vs peer median 0.4xmedian 0.9x 0.5xmedian 0.9x 3.1xmedian 2.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 7.8xmedian 11.9x 6.7xmedian 11.9x 19.1xmedian 20.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median 9.5xmedian 14.4x 3.9xmedian 14.4x 19.8xmedian 30.2x
P/B now vs peer median -3.0xmedian 2.4x -26.3xmedian 2.4x 5.2xmedian 2.9x
PEG now vs peer median 0.46median 0.97 -0.70median 0.97 -8.84median 1.08

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 monthsCMPRPMTSZBRA
Revenue $3.81B $587.31M $5.85B
Gross profit $1.74B $181.89M $2.90B
Operating income $228.07M $54.17M $858.00M
Net income $87.61M $13.75M $539.00M
Free cash flow $156.92M $76.55M $904.00M
R&D $353.80M – $622.00M
EPS (diluted) $3.49 $1.14 $11.20
Cash & equivalents $120.13M $21.37M $157.00M
Total debt $1.64B $262.14M $2.77B
Shares (diluted) 24.48M 12.04M 48.13M
Enterprise value $600.56M $219.82M $15.66B

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
MetricCMPRPMTSZBRA
P/E 17.3x 21.9x 33.4x
P/FCF 9.5x 3.9x 19.8x
P/Operating cash flow 5.2x 3.3x 18.2x
P/S 0.4x 0.5x 3.1x
P/B -3.0x -26.3x 5.2x
P/Tangible book -2.5x -9.7x 6.6x
EV/EBITDA 7.8x 6.7x 19.1x
EV/EBIT 13.2x 10.0x 23.9x
EV/Revenue 0.8x 0.9x 3.5x
EV/FCF 19.2x 7.1x 22.6x
EV/Operating cash flow 10.5x 5.9x 20.9x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.46 -0.70 -8.84

Growth

14 metrics
MetricCMPRPMTSZBRA
Revenue growth (1Y) 10.0% 16.9% 12.7%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 6.7% 6.5% 2.1%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 5.9% 8.2% 14.9%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 5.6% 0.4% 4.2%
Operating income growth (1Y) -3.3% -5.4% 8.1%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 27.8% -13.7% -0.9%
Net income growth (1Y) 156.2% 3.0% -1.6%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 36.8% -31.0% -6.1%
EPS growth (1Y) 149.2% 2.0% 4.8%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 37.6% -31.3% -3.8%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -9.8% 86.6% 5.8%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 13.3% 22.6% 63.5%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -27.4% 128.4% 6.0%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 10.9% 31.7% 83.6%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricCMPRPMTSZBRA
Gross margin 45.6% 31.0% 49.6%
EBITDA margin 10.2% 13.8% 18.3%
Operating margin 6.0% 9.2% 14.7%
Pretax margin 3.5% 3.7% 12.1%
Net margin 2.2% 2.3% 9.2%
FCF margin 4.1% 13.0% 15.5%
Operating cash flow margin 7.6% 15.6% 16.7%
Return on equity – – 15.6%
Return on assets 4.0% 3.7% 6.4%
Return on invested capital 13.5% 13.9% 10.6%
Return on capital employed 16.2% 18.2% 19.1%
Asset turnover 1.7x 1.5x 0.7x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 3.3x 6.7x 1.8x
Stock comp / revenue 1.6% 1.1% 3.0%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricCMPRPMTSZBRA
Debt / assets 73.2% 67.1% 32.0%
Debt / equity -3.3x -22.8x 0.8x
Net debt / EBITDA 3.9x 3.0x 2.4x
Debt / FCF 10.5x 3.4x 3.1x
Liabilities / assets 122.2% 102.9% 60.2%
Equity / assets -22.2% -2.9% 39.8%
Interest coverage – – –
Current ratio 0.6x 2.1x 0.5x
Quick ratio 0.3x 1.2x 0.3x
Cash ratio 0.1x 0.2x 0.0x
Altman Z-score 2.37 3.03 3.71

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricCMPRPMTSZBRA
Dividend yield – – –
Net buyback yield 3.0% – 5.1%
Shareholder yield 3.0% 0.0% 5.1%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

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.

ConsensusCMPRPMTSZBRA
Forward P/E 12.6xFY2027 9.0xFY2026 16.7xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $4.78FY2027 $2.92FY2026 $22.59FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +26.1%FY2027 +35.8%FY2026 +42.6%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +50.2% +13.7% -4.5%
Revenue, next fiscal year $3.74BFY2027 $574.27MFY2026 $6.35BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +0.1%FY2027 +4.2%FY2026 +17.7%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +20.6% +18.0% +1.2%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersCMPRPMTSZBRA
Held by institutions 87.4% 25.7% 100.0%
Institutions holding 210 78 645
Change in shares held, QoQ +1.8% +7.6% +4.5%
Institutions buying 130 47 309
Institutions selling 54 19 242
Buyers to sellers 2.41 2.47 1.28

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.

CMPRPMTSZBRA
CMPR 1.00 0.16 0.24
PMTS 0.16 1.00 0.27
ZBRA 0.24 0.27 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, CMPR, PMTS and ZBRA?

Zebra Technologies (ZBRA) is the largest by market capitalisation: Cimpress (CMPR) $1.42B, CPI Card (PMTS) $298.14M, Zebra Technologies (ZBRA) $17.11B.

Which stock is cheaper, CMPR, PMTS and ZBRA?

Cimpress (CMPR) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Cimpress (CMPR) 16.6x, CPI Card (PMTS) 21.7x, Zebra Technologies (ZBRA) 31.7x). On next year's consensus earnings, CPI Card (PMTS) is cheapest (Cimpress (CMPR) 12.6x, CPI Card (PMTS) 9.0x, Zebra Technologies (ZBRA) 16.7x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

CPI Card (PMTS) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Cimpress (CMPR) +10.0%, CPI Card (PMTS) +16.9%, Zebra Technologies (ZBRA) +12.7%.

Which company is more profitable?

Zebra Technologies (ZBRA) has the highest net margin (Cimpress (CMPR) 2.2%, CPI Card (PMTS) 2.3%, Zebra Technologies (ZBRA) 9.2%). On return on invested capital, CPI Card (PMTS) leads (Cimpress (CMPR) 13.5%, CPI Card (PMTS) 13.9%, Zebra Technologies (ZBRA) 10.6%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year CPI Card (PMTS) returned the most: Cimpress (CMPR) -9.6%, CPI Card (PMTS) +62.1%, Zebra Technologies (ZBRA) +39.4%. Over five years, CPI Card (PMTS) compounded fastest (Cimpress (CMPR) -7.6%/yr, CPI Card (PMTS) -1.7%/yr, Zebra Technologies (ZBRA) -6.7%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Zebra Technologies (ZBRA) has been the steadiest (Cimpress (CMPR) 47.3%, CPI Card (PMTS) 69.2%, Zebra Technologies (ZBRA) 45.5%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, CMPR, PMTS and ZBRA?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, CPI Card (PMTS) leads on 6. 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.