CPI Card Group Inc. hasn't performed well enough financially over the last 5 years.
We noticed something that, in our opinion, makes CPI Card Group Inc. a poor choice right now at any price.
🛑 Cannot operate for a year without new income, which is below our comfort level.
🛑 Cannot operate for a year without new income, which is below our comfort level.
🛑 Below our comfort level for covering day-to-day costs and bills.
🛑 Below our comfort level for covering day-to-day costs and bills.
🛑 Shareholders' earnings are coming from somewhere other than operations.
🛑 Shareholders' earnings are coming from somewhere other than operations.
✅ Has a strong financial cushion for the long term.
✅ Has a strong financial cushion for the long term.
✅ Less than a year's worth of inventory is being held.
✅ Less than a year's worth of inventory is being held.
✅ Paying out a healthy portion of expendable income to shareholders.
✅ Paying out a healthy portion of expendable income to shareholders.
🛑 Income after taxes and debts is unreliable.
🛑 Income after taxes and debts is unreliable.
🛑 Expendable income per shareholder is unreliable.
🛑 Expendable income per shareholder is unreliable.
🛑 Income actually returned to each shareholder is unreliable.
🛑 Income actually returned to each shareholder is unreliable.
✅ Shareholders earn over 8% per year on their shares.
✅ Shareholders earn over 8% per year on their shares.