CPI Card vs Quad
PMTS and QUAD side by side, both in printing, publishing, and allied industries. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How PMTS and QUAD compare
Quad is the larger company, worth 1.3 times as much as CPI Card ($385M against $292M).
CPI Card grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (17.9% versus −4.9% for Quad).
Quad pays a dividend yielding 5.0%; CPI Card does not pay one.
Quad scores higher on the StockData Score (10 against 9 for CPI Card), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | PMTS | QUAD |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $292M | $385M |
| Share price | $25.34 | $7.56 |
| Change, 1 year | 81.5% | 34.5% |
| Change, 5 years | 7.3% | 83.5% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.27 | 1.02 |
| Employees | 1,700 | 10K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 9 | 10 (better) |
| Valuation score | 3 | 3 |
| Growth score | 2 (better) | 1 |
| Performance score | 1 | 1 |
| Health score | 3 (better) | 1 |
| Dividend score | 0 | 4 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 18.5× | – |
| P/S | 0.5× | 0.2× (better) |
| P/B | – | 3.2× |
| EV/EBITDA | 6.4× (better) | 9.6× |
| P/FCF | 3.6× (better) | 10.3× |
| FCF yield | 27.8% (better) | 9.7% |
| Fair value | $28.01 | $12.83 |
| Margin of safety | 9.5% | 41.1% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 17.9% (better) | −4.9% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 11.7% (better) | −3.8% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 14.6% | – |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 14.2% | – |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | −2.8% | – |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 31.5% (better) | 21.4% |
| Operating margin | 9.3% (better) | 3.5% |
| Net margin | 2.7% | – |
| FCF margin | 13.4% (better) | 1.6% |
| Return on invested capital | 16.0% (better) | 13.1% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | – | 3.67 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 2.85 (better) | 5.00 |
| Interest coverage | – | 2.1× |
| Current ratio | 2.06 (better) | 0.97 |
| Altman Z-score | 3.15 (better) | 1.61 |
| Piotroski F-score | 4 | – |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | – | 5.0% |
| Years of dividend growth | – | 2 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | – | 14.9% |
| Buyback yield | – | 2.2% |
| Shareholder yield | 0.00% | 7.2% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 26.7% | 41.7% |
| Held by insiders | 75.9% | 39.5% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$68.9M | – |
| Superinvestors holding | – | 1 |
| Short interest, % of float | 16.0% | 6.9% |
Go deeper
- PMTS stock overview
- PMTS income statement
- PMTS valuation and score
- QUAD stock overview
- QUAD income statement
- QUAD valuation and score
For information only, not investment advice. Check the source filings before relying on any figure.