CPI Card (PMTS) Return on Capital Employed (2015 - 2026)

CPI Card's (PMTS) quarterly Return on Capital Employed came in at 0.45% in Q1 2026, down 2152.0% year-on-year from 0.02% in Q1 2025, and down 68.07% quarter-over-quarter from 1.42% in Q4 2025.

CPI Card (PMTS) Return on Capital Employed (2015 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

CPI Card has disclosed Return on Capital Employed across 12 years of filings, most recently posting 0.45% for Q1 2026.

  • Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 came in at 0.45%, down 2152.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 0.45% (down 2152.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 1.56%, down 2395.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed came in at 0.45% for Q1 2026 at CPI Card, down from 1.42% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 34.31% in Q2 2023 to a low of 0.45% in Q1 2026.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 23.69% (2024), against an average of 22.87%.
  • Across the five-year window, Return on Capital Employed surged 797 bps in 2023 and tumbled 2180 bps in 2025, its largest moves.
  • CPI Card's Return on Capital Employed stood at 33.98% in 2022, then slipped by 26 bps to 25.3% in 2023, then slipped by 8 bps to 23.22% in 2024, then tumbled by 94 bps to 1.42% in 2025, then tumbled by 68 bps to 0.45% in 2026.
  • The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 0.45% (Q1 2026), 1.42% (Q4 2025), and 16.35% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROCE (Qtr)
1 Visa 541.66 Bn 529.25 Bn - 39.33%
2 Mastercard 437.55 Bn 427.34 Bn - 64.72%
3 American Express 212.80 Bn 158.76 Bn 17.43 Bn -
4 Capital One Financial 112.47 Bn 35.97 Bn - -
5 PayPal Holdings 37.70 Bn 28.36 Bn 7.84 Bn 18.41%
6 Synchrony Financial 24.26 Bn 3.70 Bn - -
7 Affirm Holdings 21.24 Bn 19.51 Bn 261.64 Mn -
8 SoFi Technologies 20.46 Bn 17.06 Bn 929.25 Mn -
9 Ally Financial 13.30 Bn 12.86 Bn 1.98 Bn -
10 CPI Card 195.35 Mn 176.06 Mn 44.12 Mn 0.45%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 0.45%
Dec 31, 2025 1.42%
Sep 30, 2025 16.35%
Jun 30, 2025 19.29%
Mar 31, 2025 21.97%
Dec 31, 2024 23.22%
Sep 30, 2024 22.35%
Jun 30, 2024 20.88%
Mar 31, 2024 23.69%
Dec 31, 2023 25.30%
Sep 30, 2023 29.43%
Jun 30, 2023 34.31%
Mar 31, 2023 34.06%
Dec 31, 2022 33.98%
Sep 30, 2022 28.15%
Jun 30, 2022 26.34%
Mar 31, 2022 27.58%
Dec 31, 2021 30.43%
Sep 30, 2021 31.60%
Jun 30, 2021 30.72%