CPI Card (PMTS) Free Cash Flow (2014 - 2026)

CPI Card's (PMTS) quarterly Free Cash Flow came in at $13.0 million in Q1 2026, up 4363.01% year-on-year from $292000.0 in Q1 2025, and down 74.64% quarter-over-quarter from $51.4 million in Q4 2025.

CPI Card (PMTS) Free Cash Flow (2014 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

CPI Card has disclosed Free Cash Flow across 13 years of filings, most recently posting $13.0 million for Q1 2026.

  • Free Cash Flow for Q1 2026 came in at $13.0 million, up 4363.01% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $55.8 million (up 178.26% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $57.5 million, up 68.87% from the prior year.
  • Free Cash Flow came in at $13.0 million for Q1 2026 at CPI Card, down from $51.4 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Free Cash Flow ranged from a high of $51.4 million in Q4 2025 to a low of -$18.3 million in Q1 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Free Cash Flow is $7.4 million (2024), against an average of $8.3 million.
  • Across the five-year window, Free Cash Flow sank 666.97% in 2022 and jumped 4363.01% in 2026, its largest moves.
  • CPI Card's Free Cash Flow stood at $33.6 million in 2022, then tumbled by 84.02% to $5.4 million in 2023, then soared by 252.53% to $18.9 million in 2024, then surged by 171.4% to $51.4 million in 2025, then plunged by 74.64% to $13.0 million in 2026.
  • The last three Free Cash Flow figures came in at $13.0 million (Q1 2026), $51.4 million (Q4 2025), and -$3.8 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Free Cash Flow (Qtr)
1 Visa 541.66 Bn 529.25 Bn - 2.63 Bn
2 Mastercard 437.55 Bn 427.34 Bn - 2.82 Bn
3 American Express 212.80 Bn 158.76 Bn 17.43 Bn 2.66 Bn
4 Capital One Financial 112.47 Bn 35.97 Bn - 5.47 Bn
5 PayPal Holdings 37.70 Bn 28.36 Bn 7.84 Bn 903.00 Mn
6 Synchrony Financial 24.26 Bn 3.70 Bn - 2.18 Bn
7 Affirm Holdings 21.24 Bn 19.51 Bn 261.64 Mn 22.68 Bn
8 SoFi Technologies 20.46 Bn 17.06 Bn 929.25 Mn -2.38 Bn
9 Ally Financial 13.30 Bn 12.86 Bn 1.98 Bn 1.37 Bn
10 CPI Card 195.35 Mn 176.06 Mn 44.12 Mn 13.03 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 13.03 Mn
Mar 31, 2026 13.03 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 51.38 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 51.38 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 -3.80 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 -3.80 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 -4.77 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 -4.77 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 292,000.00
Mar 31, 2025 292,000.00
Dec 31, 2024 18.93 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 18.93 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 8.35 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 8.35 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 -7.50 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 -7.50 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 7.36 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 7.36 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 5.37 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 5.37 Mn