PMTS vs. SST, LGCL, PLBC, MOND, BNAI, AIRJ, AISP, BKSY, QRHC, and HQI
Should you be buying CPI Card Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CPI Card Group include System1 (SST), Lucas GC (LGCL), Plumas Bancorp (PLBC), Mondee (MOND), Brand Engagement Network (BNAI), Montana Technologies (AIRJ), Airship AI (AISP), BlackSky Technology (BKSY), Quest Resource (QRHC), and HireQuest (HQI).
CPI Card Group (NASDAQ:PMTS) and System1 (NYSE:SST) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, profitability, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends and valuation.
CPI Card Group has a net margin of 5.40% compared to System1's net margin of -45.74%. System1's return on equity of -33.96% beat CPI Card Group's return on equity.
CPI Card Group has higher revenue and earnings than System1. System1 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.
CPI Card Group has a beta of 0.94, suggesting that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, System1 has a beta of 1.4, suggesting that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.
CPI Card Group currently has a consensus target price of $35.50, indicating a potential upside of 111.31%. System1 has a consensus target price of $4.67, indicating a potential upside of 162.17%. Given System1's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe System1 is more favorable than CPI Card Group.
22.1% of CPI Card Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.5% of System1 shares are held by institutional investors. 6.1% of CPI Card Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 28.3% of System1 shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, CPI Card Group and CPI Card Group both had 2 articles in the media. CPI Card Group's average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat System1's score of -0.50 indicating that CPI Card Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
CPI Card Group received 26 more outperform votes than System1 when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 84.85% of users gave CPI Card Group an outperform vote while only 16.67% of users gave System1 an outperform vote.
Summary
CPI Card Group beats System1 on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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