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

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

• Quarterly Operating 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.
• Operating Margin fell to 7.47% in Q1 2026 per PMTS's latest filing, from 11.95% in the prior quarter.
• Over five years, Operating 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 Operating Margin.
• The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: Operating Margin soared 804 bps in 2022, then slumped 767 bps in 2023.
• Over 5 years, Operating 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, Operating Margin over the past three periods registered 7.47%, 11.95%, and 9.44% for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.