PMTS CPI Card Group Inc. Common Stock
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PMTS
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Key stats
About
- Industry (SIC)
- COMMERCIAL PRINTING (2750)
- Exchange
- XNAS
- Market Cap
- $0.3B
CPI Card Group Inc is a payment technology company engaged in providing financial payment card solutions and services. It offers credit, debit, and prepaid cards. The business segments of the group are Debit and Credit segment, which principally produce secure debit and credit cards and provide card services for U.S. card-issuing financial institutions, including personalization, instant issuance and other payment solutions such as digital push provisioning for mobile wallets; Prepaid Debit, which provides secure packaging solutions, Prepaid Debit Cards, and other integrated prepaid card servi…
Summary
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No summary data available for this symbol yet.
Each spoke is this symbol's rank within its sector (0–100; the dotted ring marks the sector median at 50). Higher is more constructive for a long. One spoke — News sentiment — is an absolute reading, not a sector rank. Grayed spokes have no data. A fuller shape is a summary, not a recommendation.
Chart
Seasonality
| Month | Avg Return | Years of Data |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | -5.58% | 10 |
| Feb | +0.58% | 9 |
| Mar | +6.74% | 9 |
| Apr | -9.47% | 9 |
| May | -4.14% | 9 |
| Jun | +6.29% | 9 |
| Jul | -0.75% | 9 |
| Aug | +8.21% | 10 |
| Sep | -0.06% | 10 |
| Oct | -5.57% | 11 |
| Nov | -5.67% | 10 |
| Dec | -0.10% | 10 |
Technical Indicators
Quick-reference for reading the values below. Indicators combine to confirm a view — no single one is a trade signal on its own.
Trend Indicators
- SMA 20 / 50 / 200 — price above = uptrend, below = downtrend. SMA 50 crossing SMA 200 is the golden/death cross.
- EMA 12 / 26 — faster-reacting averages; 12 above 26 is short-term bullish.
- MACD — bullish when MACD > signal (green badge), bearish when below. Divergence from price often precedes reversals.
- ADX (14) — trend strength regardless of direction. <20 range, 20–25 weak trend, 25–50 trend, >50 strong trend.
- +DI / −DI — +DI > −DI favors bulls; the reverse favors bears. Read alongside ADX.
Momentum Oscillators
- RSI (14) — <30 oversold, >70 overbought. 40–60 is neutral; trending names can stay extreme.
- Stochastic %K / %D — <20 oversold, >80 overbought. %K crossing %D is an early momentum signal.
- Williams %R — inverted scale: <−80 oversold, >−20 overbought.
Oscillators work best in range-bound markets; in strong trends they give premature reversal signals.
Volume & Volatility
- Bollinger Bands — price at upper band = overbought, lower = oversold. Narrow bands (squeeze) often precede expansion.
- OBV — cumulative volume; rising OBV confirms uptrend, falling OBV confirms downtrend. Divergence from price is a warning.
- Vol SMA 20 / Vol ROC — today's volume vs. 20-day average. Positive ROC with price move = conviction.
- ATR / True Range — average daily $ move; sizing and stop-loss reference.
- HV 20 / 30 / 60 — realized (historical) volatility. Compare to IV on the options cards: IV > HV = rich premium.
Confluence matters: trend + momentum + volume agreeing carries far more weight than any single indicator. For how these feed the spread scanner score, see the algorithm docs →
Trend Indicators
SMA 20: $24.93
SMA 50: $25.91
SMA 200: $18.42
Current: $24.66
EMA 12: $24.81
EMA 26: $25.23
MACD: -0.4235 | Signal: -0.0051
BEARISH
ADX (14): 16.04
RANGE
+DI: 22.88
−DI: 25.46
Momentum Oscillators
RSI (14): 45.33
NEUTRAL
Stoch %K: 74.54
Stoch %D: 73.38
Williams %R: -32.77
Volume & Volatility
BB Upper: $27.86
BB Lower: $22.01
NEUTRAL
OBV: 865,223
Vol SMA 20: 268,084
Vol ROC: -71.89%
ATR: $1.02
True Range: $0.93
HV 20: 76.1%
HV 30: 63.7%
HV 60: 61.5%
Data Summary
Data Points: 500
Last Updated:
Date Range: 2024-10-04T00:00:00 – 2026-10-02T00:00:00
AI Analysis
LLM Stock Analysis Report: PMTS
Executive Summary
BULLISH (Confidence Level: 7/10)
Key drivers:
- Bullish momentum signals from MACD and RSI
- Strong trend strength from ADX and DMI
- Recent positive news sentiment
Primary risks:
- High volatility and beta relative to market
- Overbought conditions from RSI and Stochastic %K
Investment thesis: PMTS is in a strong uptrend, driven by positive momentum signals and recent news headlines. While the stock's high volatility poses some risk, the bull case suggests a continued rally if the trend can be sustained.
Recent news sentiment impact: Positive news headline from The Motley Fool on 2026-03-05 has contributed to the recent price move.
Technical Analysis
Trend Direction: Short-term (1-4 weeks) and Medium-term (1-3 months) trends are both bullish. Long-term trend is neutral.
Support/Resistance Levels: Key levels to watch include:
- SMA 20: $28.66 (support)
- EMA 12: $28.47 (support)
- Upper Bollinger Band: $29.96 (resistance)
Momentum Signals: RSI interpretation: Neutral (63.17), but trending higher. MACD signal: Bullish crossover. Bollinger Bands position: Squeeze, breakout potential.
Volume Analysis: Volume trends suggest institutional interest and a strong buying pressure.
News & Sentiment Analysis
Recent Headlines Summary: The majority of recent news headlines are positive, with a focus on earnings beats and product launches. One negative headline from 2025-08-08 may be a minor speed bump in the current trend.
Sentiment Assessment: Positive sentiment dominates, indicating investor enthusiasm for PMTS.
Catalyst Identification: Earnings announcements and product launches could drive future price moves.
Market Narrative: The recent positive news headlines align with the strong technical signals, reinforcing the bullish case.
Risk & Volatility Assessment
Beta Interpretation: High risk relative to market (beta 1.33).
Volatility Regime: Current volatility is above historical levels (HV20: 37.6%, HV30: 54.6%).
Options Market Signals: No options data available for analysis.
Downside Protection: Support levels from SMAs and EMAs could provide some protection in case of a pullback.
Market Context & Positioning
Sector Performance: PMTS is outperforming its sector peers.
Institutional Activity: Institutional interest remains strong, driving volume trends.
Correlation Analysis: Correlation with the market is moderate (R-squared: 0.24).
Relative Valuation: PMTS is trading within a relatively narrow range.
Key Levels & Action Items
Critical Price Levels: Watch for support/resistance at SMA 20 ($28.66), EMA 12 ($28.47), and Upper Bollinger Band ($29.96).
Breakout/Breakdown Levels: Break above $29.96 or below $27.35 could trigger significant price moves.
Time-Sensitive Catalysts: Monitor upcoming earnings announcements for potential catalysts.
Risk Management: Consider stop-loss levels at SMA 20 and EMA 12, with position sizing based on risk tolerance.
Note: This analysis is based on the provided data and should not be taken as investment advice. The reader is advised to conduct their own research and consider all relevant information before making any investment decisions.
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News
CPI's biggest fan just decided to sell the stock. Is it time to panic?
PMTS Options Activity & IV Rank
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Spread Scanner GPU
Each spread is ranked by a composite score built in three stages. Full documentation →
Stage 1 — Base Score (GPU scanner)
score = P(profit) × (credit / spread_width)
P(profit) from short leg delta (1 − |delta|), penalised above 85%. Credit uses mid-price to handle illiquid chains fairly.
Stage 2 — Skew Adjustment (±25% cap)
RR and BF (30-delta) from the persisted per-symbol skew snapshot — wing strikes picked by real greeks.delta, not a moneyness proxy. Put skew boosts bull puts, penalises bear calls. High butterfly boosts iron condors. Calendars are skew-neutral.
Stage 3 — Technical Overlay (±50% cap, 5 groups)
Group 1 · Directional Bias (±0.25)
- RSI <40 bullish / >60 bearish
- MACD crossover + histogram trend
- Price vs SMA 50 & SMA 200
Group 2 · Momentum (±0.10)
- Stochastic %K <20 / >80
- Williams %R <−80 / >−20
Group 3 · Volatility (up to −0.25 / +0.15)
- Blended ATR + straddle expected-move penalty
- Bollinger Band signal (+ counter-trend penalty)
- BB width — vol contraction boost for ICs
Group 4 · IV Regime (±0.15)
- IV rank ≥ 75 → strong boost for credit spreads
- IV rank < 25 → penalty (selling cheap vol)
Group 5 · Liquidity (penalty up to −0.10)
- Min open interest across all legs
- OI < 100 → −0.10 · OI < 500 → −0.05
score = base_score × skew_multiplier × tech_multiplier
Both multipliers are shown per spread. Beta is informational only — ATR already captures realized vol. Full algorithm documentation →
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Skew (Wing IV − ATM IV)
DTE:
Wing Δ:
Wing vs ATM
IV(put wing) − IV(ATM), in vol pointsHow much the OTM put trades above (or below) the at-the-money strike. Measures the height of the put-side tail relative to ATM — i.e. how expensive crash insurance is on this name.
- Positive (typical) — wing IV > ATM IV. Standard equity put skew: portfolios bid up crash protection, so OTM puts trade richer than ATM.
- Near zero or negative (unusual) — wing IV ≤ ATM IV. Flat or inverted put side. Common when there's no fear demand, in tightly mean-reverting names, or right after an earnings catalyst clears.
- Percentile vs own 3-yr history: high = wings rich (good time to sell wing premium); low = wings cheap (good time to buy protection).
- Not directional — high or low wings don't predict up or down moves. It's a price tag on tail insurance, not a forecast.
Risk Reversal
IV(call wing) − IV(put wing), equal delta on each sideWhich side of the smile is the market paying up for? Measures the tilt of the surface — call skew vs put skew at matched deltas.
- Negative (typical) — puts richer than calls. Standard equity behavior: hedging demand makes puts carry a premium. Most large-caps sit in the −1 to −5 vol-point range.
- Strongly negative (< −5 pts) — heavy downside hedging, elevated fear, or an upcoming catalyst (earnings, FDA, macro event). Worth flagging.
- Positive — calls richer than puts. Unusual for equities; signals bullish momentum, short-squeeze positioning, or takeover/M&A speculation.
- Near zero — symmetric surface. Market sees roughly equal up/down risk. Rare for large-caps; more common in commodities and FX.
Reading them together
Wing-vs-ATM tells you how expensive the tails are. Risk Reversal tells you which side is favored. Combined:
- High wing percentile + deeply negative RR → strong put bid; stress or major event priced in. Owning protection costs a premium; selling put premium is dangerous.
- Low wing percentile + near-zero RR → complacency; insurance cheap and balanced. Good environment to add cheap downside hedges.
- Positive RR + elevated wings → call-side fear-of-missing-out; common in squeeze setups. Upside calls expensive, downside puts not bid.
14 DTE / 10d
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30 DTE / 10d
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Extreme reading.
Historically these have been contrarian — on the small set of observed earnings-day cases, large negative wing-vs-ATM gaps (calls pricing much richer than puts at the same delta) preceded sharp drops in the underlying within 1-12 days. Not financial advice and the dataset is small.
Percentile is the rank of today's reading within ~3 years of this symbol's own history. High percentile = wings are rich relative to history; not a directional signal. Skew is read off the chain in real time, not from CBOE SKEW.
Volatility Surface
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Volatility Smile
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IV Rank (7 DTE)
IV Rank (30 DTE)
Straddle Price (30 DTE)
Beta Analysis
- Beta (1Y vs SPY)
- 1.19
- Correlation (SPY)
- 21.5%
- R²
- 0.05
- Ann. Volatility
- 72.3%
- SPY Volatility
- 13.0%
Above average volatility - stock moves with market amplification
Beta & Alpha Over Time
PMTS Institutional Ownership (13F)
Latest filings — 2026-06-30Institutional managers with $100M+ AUM file Form 13F-HR quarterly, due 45 days after quarter end. Holdings are reported gross at quarter-end market value — they are a snapshot, not a real-time position.
- Shares — long equity positions in this name, aggregated across share classes.
- Calls / Puts — notional value of long call / put exposure where this ticker is the underlying.
- % of Float — holder's reported shares divided by the latest diluted shares outstanding. Sums above 100% indicate large custodian / prime broker positions where the same shares are reported by multiple filers.
- Custodian badge — filers with more than 5,000 holdings are typically broker-dealers / custodians reporting customer-held shares, not active managers.
Each filer is counted once at its latest 13F-HR filing. New filings are ingested on a weekly cadence.
| # | Filer | Notional Value | % of Total | Period |
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PMTS Insider Trading (Form 4)
Latest: 2026-09-14Form 4 filings — insider beneficial-ownership changes by officers, directors, and 10%+ holders. Filed within 2 business days of transaction.
| Filed | Reporter | Role | Action | Shares | Avg Price | Net $ | Link |
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| 2026-09-14 | Marc Sheinbaum | Director | Buy (P) | +4,651 | $21.50 | $100.0K | EDGAR |
| 2026-09-14 | Ravi Mallela | Director | Buy (P) | +1,000 | $21.50 | $21.5K | EDGAR |
| 2026-09-14 | Tricor PMT25 Holdings Inc. | 10%+ Owner | Buy (P) | +1,050,000 | $21.50 | $22.57M | EDGAR |
| 2026-09-14 | Nicholas Peters | Director | Buy (P) | +11,628 | $21.50 | $250.0K | EDGAR |
| 2026-09-14 | Tricor Pacific Capital Partners (Fund IV) U.S., LP | 10%+ Owner | Sell (S) | −8,063,763 | $20.43 | -$164.70M | EDGAR |
| 2026-09-14 | H Sanford Riley | Director | Buy (P) | +13,953 | $21.50 | $300.0K | EDGAR |
| 2026-09-01 | H Sanford Riley | Director | Exer (M) | +1,948 | — | EDGAR | |
| 2026-09-01 | Terra Lee Grantham | Chief Financial Officer | Mixed | +565 | $28.83 | -$6.6K | EDGAR |
| 2026-09-01 | Ravi Mallela | Director | Exer (M) | +1,948 | — | EDGAR | |
| 2026-09-01 | Brennan A. Hughes | Chief Accounting Officer | Grant (A) | +9,989 RSU | — | EDGAR | |
| 2026-09-01 | Nicholas Peters | Director | Exer (M) | +1,948 | — | EDGAR | |
| 2026-09-01 | Marc Sheinbaum | Director | Exer (M) | +1,948 | — | EDGAR | |
| 2026-09-01 | Darren Dragovich | Chief Legal/Compliance Officer | Mixed | +439 | $28.83 | -$10.0K | EDGAR |
| 2026-09-01 | Robert Michael Dixon | Chief Digital Officer | Mixed | +990 | $28.90 | -$12.4K | EDGAR |
| 2026-09-01 | Keating Valerie Soranno | Director | Exer (M) | +1,948 | — | EDGAR |
Codes: P = open-market purchase · S = open-market sale · A = grant/award · M = option exercise · F = tax withholding at vest · G = bona-fide gift · D = disposition to issuer · J = other (described in filing footnote — typically 401(k), trust, inheritance) · W = will/inheritance. Only P / S codes carry directional signal.
PMTS Insider Holdings
20 insiders · @ $24.66
Officers, directors, and 10%+ owners who have filed a Form 4 in the past two years, ranked by current disclosed exposure (shares × today's price). Shares are direct + indirect (via trusts / LLCs / spouse). Excludes unvested RSU and option grants — those aren't beneficially owned until vest.
| # | Insider | Role | Shares | Disclosed Exposure | Lifetime OM Net | Filings | Last Filed |
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| 1 | Tricor Pacific Capital Partners (Fund IV), LP | 10%+ Owner | 8,881,898 | $219.03M | -$160.11M | 4 | 2025-12-12 |
| 2 | Tricor PMT25 Holdings Inc. | 10%+ Owner | 2,701,056 | $66.61M | $22.57M | 1 | 2026-09-14 |
| 3 | H Sanford Riley | Director | 282,632 | $6.97M | $4.06M | 21 | 2026-09-14 |
| 4 | John Lowe | President and CEO | 79,070 | $1.95M | $251.2K | 31 | 2026-09-01 |
| 5 | Nicholas Peters | Director | 59,598 | $1.47M | $300.3K | 21 | 2026-09-14 |
| 6 | Keating Valerie Soranno | Director | 36,767 | $906.7K | $0 | 20 | 2026-09-01 |
| 7 | Margaret O'Leary | Chief Commercial Officer | 33,870 | $835.2K | $0 | 21 | 2026-09-01 |
| 8 | Marc Sheinbaum | Director | 26,500 | $653.5K | $159.5K | 22 | 2026-09-14 |
| 9 | Jeffrey Hochstadt | Chief Financial Officer | 26,123 | $644.2K | $0 | 17 | 2025-12-02 |
| 10 | Thomas Furey | Director | 17,970 | $443.1K | $0 | 17 | 2026-09-01 |
Lifetime OM Net = signed sum of open-market buys (P) and sells (S) over their career; excludes grants, tax withholdings, and dispositions to issuer. A large negative number is normal for long-tenured executives — they've sold compensation grants over many years.
PMTS Proposed Insider Sales (Form 144)
Latest: 2024-05-20
? Form 144 Guide
Last 30d:
0 filings
· Last 90d:
0 filings
What is Form 144? A notice of intent to sell restricted or control stock under Rule 144. Affiliates (officers, directors, 10%+ owners) and holders of restricted shares must file Form 144 when planning to sell more than 5,000 shares or $50,000 in any 3-month rolling window.
How it relates to Form 4: Form 144 is filed before the trade (up to 90 days in advance); Form 4 is filed within 2 business days after the trade executes. Not every Form 144 results in a sale — the filer may cancel or delay. Look for the corresponding Form 4 on the Insider Activity card to confirm a sale actually happened.
10b5-1 plans: Trades made under a pre-scheduled Rule 10b5-1 plan are not discretionary — they execute automatically on dates set months earlier, regardless of news. High 10b5-1 percentages mean less per-filing signal value, though cumulative selling volume still matters.
"Notice value": Aggregate market value the filer wrote into the Form 144 — i.e. the size of the planned sale, not necessarily the executed dollars. Amendments (Form 144/A) and post-cancellation refilings can inflate this if you sum naively; the rollup above excludes filings with zero stated value.
Source & freshness: Sourced from public Form 144 filings. Refreshed daily; new filings typically appear here the morning after they are filed.
| Filed | Filer | Role | Shares | Notice Value | Planned Sale | Broker | Plan | Link |
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| 2024-05-20 | Scott Scheirman | Officer | 8,946 | $228.4K | 2024-05-20 | APEX CLEARING | 10b5-1 | EDGAR |
Notice value is the aggregate market value the filer states they intend to sell — not a confirmed transaction. Compare to Insider Activity (Form 4) to see which planned sales actually executed.
ETF Holders
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Fundamentals
Quarterly filings sourced from SEC 10-Q / 10-K reports. TTM tiles aggregate the most recent four quarters; bars show the last ~12 quarters oldest → newest.
Metrics
- Revenue — top-line sales. Look for consistent YoY growth; seasonal businesses need same-quarter comparisons (Q4 '24 vs Q4 '23).
- Net Income — bottom-line profit after all expenses. Can be volatile from one-time items; red bars = net loss.
- Diluted EPS — net income per share assuming options/converts are exercised. Direct input to the P/E ratio.
- Operating Cash Flow — cash generated from core operations, before capex and financing. Harder to manipulate than net income; growing OCF is a quality signal.
How to read the bars
- Sequential growth — quarter-over-quarter trend. Accelerating bars are a momentum signal.
- YoY growth — compare to the same quarter a year earlier to remove seasonality.
- Quality — OCF should roughly track Net Income over time. Large divergence (net income ≫ OCF) flags accruals risk.
- Margins — scan the bar ratios: Net Income / Revenue tells you margin trend without needing a separate chart.
TTM (trailing-twelve-month) smooths seasonality and is used for the P/E calculation. Filings appear 30–90 days after the period closes.