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ACCS vs PMTS
Side-by-side comparison of ACCESS Newswire Inc. (ACCS) and CPI Card Group Inc. (PMTS): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.
Summary
- Both ACCS and PMTS operate in Publishing (Consumer Discretionary), so they compete in similar markets.
- PMTS is the larger of the two at $195.7M, about 8.4x ACCS ($23.4M).
- Over the past year, ACCS is down 38.8% and PMTS is down 22.5% - PMTS leads by 16.3 points.
- PMTS has been more active in the news (19 items in the past 4 weeks vs 4 for ACCS).
- PMTS has more recent analyst coverage (4 ratings vs 0 for ACCS).
- Company
- ACCESS Newswire Inc.
- CPI Card Group Inc.
- Price
- $6.22-2.28%
- $17.19+0.17%
- Market cap
- $23.4M
- $195.7M
- 1M return
- -25.11%
- +7.71%
- 1Y return
- -38.78%
- -22.46%
- Industry
- Publishing
- Publishing
- Exchange
- AMEX
- NASDAQ
- IPO
- News (4w)
- 4
- 19
- Recent ratings
- 0
- 4
CPI Card Group Inc.
CPI Card Group Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the design, production, data personalization, packaging, and fulfillment of financial payment cards. It operates through Debit and Credit, and Prepaid Debit segments. The Debit and Credit segment produces financial payment cards and provides integrated card services to card-issuing banks. Its products include EMV and non-EMV financial payment cards and metal cards, as well as private label credit cards. This segment also provides on-demand services and various integrated card services, including card personalization and fulfillment, and instant issuance services. The Prepaid Debit segment primarily offers integrated card services comprising tamper-evident security packaging services to prepaid debit card providers. It also produces financial payment cards issued on the networks of the payment card brands. CPI Card Group Inc. serves issuers of debit and credit cards, Prepaid Debit Card program managers, community banks, credit unions, group service providers, and card transaction processors in the United States. The company was formerly known as CPI Holdings I, Inc. and changed its name to CPI Card Group Inc. in August 2015. CPI Card Group Inc. was founded in 2007 and is based in Littleton, Colorado.
Latest ACCS
- Director, CEO Balbirnie Brian R bought $64,634 worth of shares (10,000 units at $6.46), increasing direct ownership by 2% to 632,917 units (SEC Form 4)
- Director Rein Graeme P. bought $45,830 worth of shares (7,267 units at $6.31), increasing direct ownership by 9% to 87,000 units (SEC Form 4)
- Director Rein Graeme P. bought $100,918 worth of shares (14,833 units at $6.80), increasing direct ownership by 23% to 79,733 units (SEC Form 4)
- Director Pollard Wesley T bought $7,000 worth of shares (1,000 units at $7.00), increasing direct ownership by 10% to 10,776 units (SEC Form 4)
- ACCESS Newswire Celebrates PRSSA Bateman Competition Success and the Next Generation of Communications Leaders
- ACCESS Newswire to Present at the LD Micro Invitational XVI on May 19th, at 2:00 pm ET
- SEC Form 10-Q filed by ACCESS Newswire Inc.
- ACCESS Newswire Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Results of Operations and Financial Condition, Financial Statements and Exhibits
- ACCESS Newswire Reports First Quarter 2026 Results
- ACCESS Newswire Launches ACCESS Insights & Analytics, AI-Powered Press Release Scoring Platform
Latest PMTS
- President and CEO Lowe John converted options into 10,990 shares and covered exercise/tax liability with 4,834 shares, increasing direct ownership by 10% to 67,762 units (SEC Form 4) (tax withholding)
- Controller & Chief Acct. Off. Carmignani Donna Abbey converted options into 572 shares and covered exercise/tax liability with 165 shares, increasing direct ownership by 7% to 5,885 units (SEC Form 4) to cover taxes
- Chief Technology Officer Boada Ernesto converted options into 748 shares and covered exercise/tax liability with 216 shares, increasing direct ownership by 13% to 4,693 units (SEC Form 4) (tax liability)
- Chief Legal/Compliance Officer Dragovich Darren converted options into 562 shares and covered exercise/tax liability with 162 shares, increasing direct ownership by 13% to 3,519 units (SEC Form 4) (withholding tax)
- Interim Chief Financial Off. Grantham Terra Lee converted options into 681 shares and covered exercise/tax liability with 197 shares, increasing direct ownership by 3% to 15,648 units (SEC Form 4) to satisfy withholding obligation
- Chief Digital Officer Dixon Robert Michael covered exercise/tax liability with 167 shares and converted options into 552 shares, increasing direct ownership by 5% to 8,303 units (SEC Form 4) to satisfy withholding tax
- Chief Commercial Officer O'Leary Margaret converted options into 1,536 shares and covered exercise/tax liability with 443 shares, increasing direct ownership by 4% to 28,676 units (SEC Form 4) (tax liability)
- Chief Human Resources Officer Vollmer Sonya converted options into 841 shares and covered exercise/tax liability with 206 shares, increasing direct ownership by 8% to 8,615 units (SEC Form 4) to satisfy tax liability
- Chief Operating Officer Thompson Anntoinette converted options into 1,350 shares and covered exercise/tax liability with 396 shares, increasing direct ownership by 11% to 9,620 units (SEC Form 4) (withholding tax)
- Director Furey Thomas converted options into 1,393 shares, increasing direct ownership by 10% to 16,022 units (SEC Form 4)