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ISDR vs PMTS
Side-by-side comparison of Issuer Direct Corporation (ISDR) and CPI Card Group Inc. (PMTS): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.
Summary
- Both ISDR and PMTS operate in Publishing (Consumer Discretionary), so they compete in similar markets.
- PMTS is the larger of the two at $195.7M, about 1.7x ISDR ($114.5M).
- PMTS has hit the wire 19 times in the past 4 weeks while ISDR has been quiet.
- PMTS has more recent analyst coverage (4 ratings vs 0 for ISDR).
- Company
- Issuer Direct Corporation
- CPI Card Group Inc.
- Price
- $10.64+16.92%
- $16.76-2.33%
- Market cap
- $114.5M
- $195.7M
- 1M return
- -
- +5.01%
- 1Y return
- -
- -24.40%
- Industry
- Publishing
- Publishing
- Exchange
- AMEX
- NASDAQ
- IPO
- News (4w)
- 0
- 19
- Recent ratings
- 0
- 4
Issuer Direct Corporation
Issuer Direct Corporation provides shareholder communications and compliance platforms, technologies, and services in the United States and internationally. The company provides Platform id., a cloud-based subscription platform that manages the events of customers to distribute their messages to constituents, investors, markets, and regulatory systems; whistleblower hotline, which delivers secure notifications and basic incident workflow management processes that align with a company's corporate governance whistleblower policy; proxy module, a real-time voting platform for customers and their shareholders of record; and stock transfer module, a cloud-based platform, which provides access to real-time information about their shareholders, stock ledgers, and reports, as well as issues new shares. It also offers ACCESSWIRE, a news dissemination and media outreach service; and VisualWebcaster Platform, a cloud-based webcast, webinar, and virtual meeting platform that delivers live and on-demand streaming of events to audiences of various sizes, as well as allows customers to create, produce, and deliver events. In addition, the company provides investor relations content network, a series of data feeds, which include news feeds, stock feeds, fundamentals, regulatory filings, corporate governance, and other components; and professional conference and events software, a mobile app that offers organizers, issuers, and investors to register, request, and approve one-on-one meetings, as well as manage schedules, perform event promotion and sponsorship, print attendee badges, and manage lodging. It serves corporate issuers, public and private companies, law firms, brokerage firms, investment banks, and mutual funds; and professional firms, such as investor relations and public relations firms, as well as the accounting and legal communities. Issuer Direct Corporation was incorporated in 1988 and is headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina.
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 ISDR
- 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
- ACCESS Newswire Reports First Quarter 2026 Results
- ACCESS Newswire Launches ACCESS Insights & Analytics, AI-Powered Press Release Scoring Platform
- ACCESS Newswire to Host First Quarter Earnings Conference Call on May 12, 2026
- ACCESS Newswire Upgrades the ACCESS Platform to Include Social Monitoring to Track Brand Conversations Across Major Social Platforms
- ACCESS Newswire Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2025 Results
- ACCESS Newswire to Host Fourth Quarter and Year End Earnings Conference Call on March 19, 2026
- ACCESS NEWSWIRE Launches Partner Marketplace to Expand its Communications Platform for PR and IR Professionals
- ACCESS Newswire Launches ACCESS Verified(TM), an AI-Driven Verification and Distribution Enhancement Delivering Industry-Leading Speed and Accuracy
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)