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Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. CPI Card Group's selling, general, & admin. expense for the
three
months ended in Mar. 2026 was $33.1 Mil.
Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2026 was $122.9 Mil.
CPI Card Group (NAS:PMTS) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Explanation
An efficient operation keeps SGA costs low and thus has higher profit margin. The percentage of SGA relative to total revenue is an indication of how efficiently the company operates. Compare this percentage among the companies in the same industry is a good way of finding more efficient operations. A comparison of the SGA cost relative to the revenue with the historical value can also be an indication of how efficient the company has become.
Warren Buffett likes companies with consistent SGA as the percentage of gross profit.
Companies with no durable competitive advantage show wild variation in SG&A as % of Gross Profit.
If SGA is less than 30% of Gross Profit, it is fantastic. If SGA is nearing 100%, it is is in highly competitive industry.
CPI Card Group Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms
CPI Card Group Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data
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The historical data trend for CPI Card Group's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense can be seen below:
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
CPI Card Group Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart
PMTS vs MFIN, CPSS, FOA: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison
For the Credit Services subindustry, CPI Card Group's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense, along with its competitors' market caps and Selling, General, & Admin. Expense data, can be viewed below:
* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.
CPI Card Group Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Credit Services Industry
For the Credit Services industry and Financial Services sector, CPI Card Group's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where CPI Card Group's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.
CPI Card Group Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Calculation
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. For instance, personnel cost, advertising, rent, communication costs are all part of SGA.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2026 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $122.9 Mil.
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
What does a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $122.9 Mil mean?
CPI Card Group (PMTS) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $122.9 Mil as of Mar. 2026. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on CPI Card Group and its competitors.
Is CPI Card Group's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
CPI Card Group's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $122.9 Mil. Overall, CPI Card Group has a GF Score™ of 72/100 and is considered Modestly Undervalued, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does CPI Card Group's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to MFIN and CPSS?
CPI Card Group's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $122.9 Mil can be compared against companies in the Credit Services industry. See the competitive comparison table and distribution chart on this page for a detailed peer-by-peer breakdown.
What is a good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense for a Credit Services company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Credit Services industry context. However, Selling, General, & Admin. Expense should not be evaluated in isolation — investors should consider it alongside profitability, growth, and financial strength metrics. Use the industry distribution chart on this page to see where any company falls relative to its peers.
What does a high Selling, General, & Admin. Expense mean?
A high Selling, General, & Admin. Expense can signal that a stock is expensive relative to its fundamentals. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on CPI Card Group and its competitors. CPI Card Group's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $122.9 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is CPI Card Group stock overvalued right now?
Based on GuruFocus' analysis, CPI Card Group (PMTS) is currently considered Modestly Undervalued. The stock's GF Value™ is $25.06, compared to a current price of $19.16 — trading 23.5% below its estimated fair value. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $122.9 Mil. CPI Card Group's overall GF Score™ is 72/100 with 5 warning signs to review. Investors should evaluate multiple metrics — including profitability, growth, and financial strength — before making a decision.
How is Selling, General, & Admin. Expense calculated?
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is calculated from a company's financial statements. For CPI Card Group (PMTS), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $122.9 Mil as of Mar. 2026. GuruFocus calculates this using data sourced from SEC filings and annual reports. See the calculation section and 30-year financial data on this page for the full breakdown.
Is CPI Card Group (PMTS) Overvalued in 2026?
Based on GuruFocus' analysis, CPI Card Group stock appears to be undervalued.
The current stock price of $19.16 is trading 23.5% below its estimated GF Value™ of $25.06.
GuruFocus considers CPI Card Group to be Modestly Undervalued.
Key valuation signals for PMTS:
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: $122.9 Mil
GF Value™: $25.06 vs. price of $19.16 (23.5% below fair value)
No single metric tells the full story. See the PMTS stock analysis page for a complete view including 30-year financials, guru trades, and insider activity.
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 services to prepaid program managers in the U.S.; and other: principally corporate expenses. The firm generates key revenue from Debit and Credit segment.
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