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

CPI Card's (PMTS) quarterly FCF Margin came in at 8.86% in Q1 2026, up 862.0% year-on-year from 0.92% in Q1 2025, and down 73.61% quarter-over-quarter from 33.57% in Q4 2025.

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

CPI Card has disclosed FCF Margin across 13 years of filings, most recently posting 8.86% for Q1 2026.

  • FCF Margin for Q1 2026 came in at 8.86%, up 862.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 9.83% (up 575.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 10.58%, up 349.0% from the prior year.
  • FCF Margin came in at 8.86% for Q1 2026 at CPI Card, down from 33.57% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, FCF Margin ranged from a high of 33.57% in Q4 2025 to a low of 16.38% in Q1 2022.
  • The 5-year median for FCF Margin is 6.27% (2023), against an average of 6.2%.
  • Peak annual rise in FCF Margin reached 2363 bps in 2022, while the deepest fall reached 2483 bps in 2022.
  • CPI Card's FCF Margin stood at 26.58% in 2022, then tumbled by 80 bps to 5.22% in 2023, then surged by 190 bps to 15.13% in 2024, then soared by 122 bps to 33.57% in 2025, then plunged by 74 bps to 8.86% in 2026.
  • The last three FCF Margin figures came in at 8.86% (Q1 2026), 33.57% (Q4 2025), and 2.76% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Margin (Qtr)
1 Visa 541.66 Bn 529.25 Bn - 23.37%
2 Mastercard 437.55 Bn 427.34 Bn - 33.56%
3 American Express 212.80 Bn 158.76 Bn 17.43 Bn 14.04%
4 Capital One Financial 112.47 Bn 35.97 Bn - 35.91%
5 PayPal Holdings 37.70 Bn 28.36 Bn 7.84 Bn 10.81%
6 Synchrony Financial 24.26 Bn 3.70 Bn - 45.78%
7 Affirm Holdings 21.24 Bn 19.51 Bn 261.64 Mn 6,779.64%
8 SoFi Technologies 20.46 Bn 17.06 Bn 929.25 Mn -216.52%
9 Ally Financial 13.30 Bn 12.86 Bn 1.98 Bn 65.22%
10 CPI Card 195.35 Mn 176.06 Mn 44.12 Mn 8.86%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 8.86%
Dec 31, 2025 33.57%
Sep 30, 2025 -2.76%
Jun 30, 2025 -3.67%
Mar 31, 2025 0.24%
Dec 31, 2024 15.13%
Sep 30, 2024 6.69%
Jun 30, 2024 -6.31%
Mar 31, 2024 6.57%
Dec 31, 2023 5.22%
Sep 30, 2023 10.71%
Jun 30, 2023 2.07%
Mar 31, 2023 6.27%
Dec 31, 2022 26.58%
Sep 30, 2022 10.92%
Jun 30, 2022 1.70%
Mar 31, 2022 -16.38%
Dec 31, 2021 8.12%
Sep 30, 2021 -12.71%
Jun 30, 2021 26.53%