CPI Card (PMTS) EBIT Margin (2014 - 2026)

CPI Card (PMTS) posted EBIT Margin of 7.47% for Q1 2026, down 37.48% sequentially from 11.95% in Q4 2025, and down 402.0% YoY from 2.47% in Q1 2025.

CPI Card (PMTS) EBIT Margin (2014 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

CPI Card has reported EBIT Margin for 13 years, with the latest figure at 7.47% in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly EBIT Margin fell 402.0% year-over-year to 7.47% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 9.11% (down 366.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 10.09%, down 298.0% from the prior year.
  • EBIT Margin fell to 7.47% in Q1 2026 per PMTS's latest filing, from 11.95% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, EBIT Margin peaked at 18.82% in Q3 2022 and troughed at 7.26% in Q2 2025.
  • A 5-year average of 12.98% and a median of 12.64% in 2024 frame the typical range for EBIT Margin.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: EBIT Margin soared 804 bps in 2022, then slumped 767 bps in 2023.
  • Over 5 years, EBIT Margin stood at 17.91% in 2022, then tumbled by 43 bps to 10.24% in 2023, then increased by 24 bps to 12.74% in 2024, then decreased by 6 bps to 11.95% in 2025, then tumbled by 37 bps to 7.47% in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, EBIT Margin over the past three periods registered 7.47%, 11.95%, and 9.44% for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) EBIT Margin (Qtr)
1 Visa 618.21 Bn 605.85 Bn - 59.12%
2 Mastercard 506.53 Bn 493.04 Bn - 60.22%
3 American Express 232.32 Bn 183.00 Bn 17.99 Bn 17.85%
4 Capital One Financial 136.19 Bn 81.48 Bn - 87.81%
5 PayPal Holdings 52.34 Bn 41.08 Bn - 16.44%
6 Eason Technology 35.89 Bn 35.89 Bn - -
7 Synchrony Financial 26.09 Bn 9.90 Bn - 44.85%
8 Affirm Holdings 25.93 Bn 24.20 Bn - 8.51%
9 SoFi Technologies 23.04 Bn 22.68 Bn -41.62 Mn -720.86%
10 CPI Card 280.02 Mn 260.73 Mn 44.12 Mn 7.47%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 7.47%
Dec 31, 2025 11.95%
Sep 30, 2025 9.44%
Jun 30, 2025 7.26%
Mar 31, 2025 11.49%
Dec 31, 2024 12.74%
Sep 30, 2024 14.27%
Jun 30, 2024 12.55%
Mar 31, 2024 12.64%
Dec 31, 2023 10.24%
Sep 30, 2023 12.24%
Jun 30, 2023 15.22%
Mar 31, 2023 17.04%
Dec 31, 2022 17.91%
Sep 30, 2022 18.82%
Jun 30, 2022 13.29%
Mar 31, 2022 16.14%
Dec 31, 2021 9.88%
Sep 30, 2021 16.77%
Jun 30, 2021 16.94%