Lesaka Technologies (LSAK) Competitors

CPI Card Group (NASDAQ:PMTS) and Lesaka Technologies (NASDAQ:LSAK) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, community ranking and media sentiment.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PMTS or LSAK?

CPI Card Group received 33 more outperform votes than Lesaka Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 87.18% of users gave CPI Card Group an outperform vote while only 33.33% of users gave Lesaka Technologies an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
CPI Card Group	Outperform Votes 34 87.18%	Underperform Votes 5 12.82%
Lesaka Technologies	Outperform Votes 1 33.33%	Underperform Votes 2 66.67%

Which has higher earnings & valuation, PMTS or LSAK?

CPI Card Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Lesaka Technologies. Lesaka Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CPI Card Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
CPI Card Group	$439.49M	0.60	$23.99M	$1.57	15.04
Lesaka Technologies	$564.22M	0.57	-$17.44M	-$0.38	-13.29

Which has more risk & volatility, PMTS or LSAK?

CPI Card Group has a beta of 1.15, indicating that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lesaka Technologies has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer PMTS or LSAK?

In the previous week, CPI Card Group had 1 more articles in the media than Lesaka Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for CPI Card Group and 2 mentions for Lesaka Technologies. Lesaka Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.19 beat CPI Card Group's score of -0.33 indicating that Lesaka Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
CPI Card Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Lesaka Technologies	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do insiders & institutionals believe in PMTS or LSAK?

22.1% of CPI Card Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.2% of Lesaka Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 6.1% of CPI Card Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.4% of Lesaka Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is PMTS or LSAK more profitable?

CPI Card Group has a net margin of 4.11% compared to Lesaka Technologies' net margin of -3.09%. Lesaka Technologies' return on equity of -9.90% beat CPI Card Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CPI Card Group	4.11%	-35.79%	5.88%
Lesaka Technologies	-3.09%	-9.90%	-3.12%

Do analysts prefer PMTS or LSAK?

CPI Card Group presently has a consensus target price of $36.50, suggesting a potential upside of 54.53%. Given CPI Card Group's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe CPI Card Group is more favorable than Lesaka Technologies.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CPI Card Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Lesaka Technologies	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Summary

CPI Card Group beats Lesaka Technologies on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.