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

CPI Card (PMTS) posted EBT Margin of 2.29% for Q1 2026, down 65.69% sequentially from 6.68% in Q4 2025, and down 295.0% YoY from 1.17% in Q1 2025.

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

CPI Card has reported EBT Margin for 13 years, with the latest figure at 2.29% in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly EBT Margin fell 295.0% year-over-year to 2.29% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 3.29% (down 156.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 4.0%, down 121.0% from the prior year.
  • EBT Margin retreated to 2.29% in Q1 2026 per PMTS's latest filing, from 6.68% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, EBT Margin peaked at 12.89% in Q3 2022 and troughed at 0.66% in Q3 2024.
  • A 5-year average of 6.47% and a median of 6.68% in 2025 frame the typical range for EBT Margin.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: EBT Margin soared 3582 bps in 2022, then sank 852 bps in 2023.
  • Over 5 years, EBT Margin stood at 12.24% in 2022, then plunged by 70 bps to 3.72% in 2023, then soared by 77 bps to 6.6% in 2024, then increased by 1 bps to 6.68% in 2025, then sank by 66 bps to 2.29% in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, EBT Margin over the past three periods registered 2.29%, 6.68%, and 2.71% for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) EBT Margin (Qtr)
1 Visa 618.21 Bn 605.85 Bn - 58.74%
2 Mastercard 506.53 Bn 493.04 Bn - 59.14%
3 American Express 232.32 Bn 183.00 Bn 17.99 Bn 20.73%
4 Capital One Financial 136.19 Bn 81.48 Bn - 30.28%
5 PayPal Holdings 52.34 Bn 41.08 Bn - 15.09%
6 Eason Technology 35.89 Bn 35.89 Bn - -
7 Synchrony Financial 26.09 Bn 9.90 Bn - 24.62%
8 Affirm Holdings 25.93 Bn 24.20 Bn - 10.34%
9 SoFi Technologies 23.04 Bn 22.68 Bn -41.62 Mn 154.09%
10 CPI Card 280.02 Mn 260.73 Mn 44.12 Mn 2.29%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 2.29%
Dec 31, 2025 6.68%
Sep 30, 2025 2.71%
Jun 30, 2025 1.03%
Mar 31, 2025 5.24%
Dec 31, 2024 6.60%
Sep 30, 2024 0.66%
Jun 30, 2024 6.99%
Mar 31, 2024 6.84%
Dec 31, 2023 3.72%
Sep 30, 2023 5.85%
Jun 30, 2023 9.28%
Mar 31, 2023 11.34%
Dec 31, 2022 12.24%
Sep 30, 2022 12.89%
Jun 30, 2022 6.97%
Mar 31, 2022 8.72%
Dec 31, 2021 -23.58%
Sep 30, 2021 9.55%
Jun 30, 2021 9.39%