Pollard Banknote (PBL) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Pollard Banknote Ltd is principally engaged in the manufacturing, development, and sale of lottery and charitable gaming products throughout the world. Its operating segments are Lotteries and charitable gaming and eGaming systems. It provides instant tickets and lottery services including licensed products, distribution, SureTrack lottery management system, retail telephone selling, marketing, iLottery, digital products, Social InstantsTM, retail management services, and instant ticket vending machines. In addition, its charitable gaming product line includes pull-tab tickets, bingo paper, pull-tab vending machines, and ancillary products. The company generates the majority of its revenue from the sale of Instant tickets.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: C$17.46 to C$17.75
• 50-Day Range: C$15.82 to C$17.79
• 52-Week Range: C$15.70 to C$23.50
• Volume: 753 shs
• Average Volume: 27,489 shs
• Market Capitalization: C$480.46 million
• P/E Ratio: 18.49
• Dividend Yield: 1.13%
• Price Target: C$29.17
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Pollard Banknote Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Pollard Banknote scored higher than 72% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.7 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Pollard Banknote has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.67, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 2 buy ratings, 1 hold rating, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Pollard Banknote has a consensus price target of C$29.17, representing about 64.3% upside from its current price of C$17.75.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Pollard Banknote has only been the subject of 2 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Pollard Banknote is 18.49, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 45.87.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Pollard Banknote is 18.49, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Cyclical sector average P/E ratio of about 77.49.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Pollard Banknote has a P/B Ratio of 1.28. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for PBL.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Pollard Banknote pays a meaningful dividend of 1.13%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Pollard Banknote does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Pollard Banknote is 20.83%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• News Sentiment: N/A

News Sentiment

Pollard Banknote has a news sentiment score of 0.75. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.59 average news sentiment score of Consumer Cyclical companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 1 news article for Pollard Banknote this week, compared to 0 articles on an average week.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.7 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Pollard Banknote insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

64.02% of the stock of Pollard Banknote is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

Percentage Held by Institutions

2.76% of the stock of Pollard Banknote is held by institutions.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 5/13/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 7/15 Dividend: 6/30/2026
• Record date for 7/15 Dividend: 7/15/2026
• Dividend Payable: 7/15/2026
• Today: 7/18/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: TSE
• Sector: Consumer Cyclical
• Industry: Gambling
• Sub-Industry: N/A
• Current Symbol: TSE:PBL
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.pollardbanknote.com
• Phone: +1-204-4742323
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 2,285
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Pollard Banknote: C$29.17
• High Price Target: C$34.00
• Low Price Target: C$21.50
• Potential Upside/Downside: +64.3%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.67
• Research Coverage: 3 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): C$0.96
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 18.49
• Forward P/E Ratio: 8.77
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: C$49.02 million
• Net Margins: 4.47%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 7.15%
• Return on Assets: 1.67%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 45.17
• Current Ratio: 1.66
• Quick Ratio: 1.01

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: C$591.40 million
• Price / Sales: 0.81
• Cash Flow: C$0.07 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 263.19
• Book Value: C$13.91 per share
• Price / Book: 1.28

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 27,068,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: C$480.46 million
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 1.06