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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 $224.0M, about 8.8x ACCS ($25.5M).
- Over the past year, ACCS is down 46.0% and PMTS is down 4.6% - PMTS leads by 41.4 points.
- PMTS has been more active in the news (5 items in the past 4 weeks vs 3 for ACCS).
- PMTS has more recent analyst coverage (4 ratings vs 0 for ACCS).
- Company
- ACCESS Newswire Inc.
- CPI Card Group Inc.
- Price
- $6.49-0.84%
- $19.79+1.44%
- Market cap
- $25.5M
- $224.0M
- 1M return
- -4.07%
- +5.49%
- 1Y return
- -45.96%
- -4.58%
- Industry
- Publishing
- Publishing
- Exchange
- AMEX
- NASDAQ
- IPO
- News (4w)
- 3
- 5
- 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
- SEC Form 4 filed by Director Pollard Wesley T
- ACCESS Newswire Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- SEC Form 4 filed by Director Rein Graeme P.
- Director, CEO Balbirnie Brian R bought $11,725 worth of shares (1,750 units at $6.70), increasing direct ownership by 0.28% to 634,667 units (SEC Form 4)
- Director Pollard Wesley T bought $6,250 worth of shares (1,000 units at $6.25), increasing direct ownership by 9% to 11,776 units (SEC Form 4)
- 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
Latest PMTS
- CPI to Report Second Quarter Earnings on August 6, 2026
- CPI Card Group Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Other Events
- SEC Form 4 filed by Chief Financial Officer Grantham Terra Lee
- CPI Card Group Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Leadership Update, Regulation FD Disclosure, Financial Statements and Exhibits
- CPI Names Terra Grantham as Chief Financial Officer
- CPI Expands Proprietary Technology Platform with Acquisition of TRISM Business
- 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)