CPI Card Group Inc. Reports Second Quarter 2024 Results

Rhea-AI Summary

CPI Card Group reported Q2 2024 results with a 3% increase in net sales to $119 million, driven by growth in Prepaid, instant issuance, and card personalization services. However, net income decreased 8% to $6 million and Adjusted EBITDA fell 6% to $22 million. Gross profit saw a slight increase to $42 million. For the first half of 2024, net sales were down 2% year-over-year.

The company updated its 2024 outlook, expecting mid-single digit growth in net sales and maintaining Adjusted EBITDA projections. A recent debt refinancing includes $285 million in Senior Secured Notes due 2029 and a new $75 million revolving credit facility.

CPI continues to lead in eco-focused card solutions with over 100 million cards sold since 2019 and significant installations of its instant issuance solutions. The company repurchased $9 million worth of shares and aims to maintain liquidity, invest in business growth, and deleverage its balance sheet.

Positive

• Net sales increased 3% to $119 million.
• Gross profit increased 4% to $42 million.
• Updated 2024 outlook to mid-single digit growth in net sales.
• Completed $285 million in debt refinancing.
• Significant adoption of eco-focused cards with over 100 million sold.

Negative

• Net income decreased 8% to $6 million.
• Adjusted EBITDA decreased 6% to $22 million.
• Net sales for the first half of 2024 decreased 2%.
• Higher SG&A expenses impacted net income and operating income.

Financial Analyst

CPI Card Group's Q2 2024 results show mixed performance. While net sales increased 3% to $118.8 million, net income decreased 8% to $6 million and Adjusted EBITDA fell 6% to $21.9 million. The company's increased full-year net sales outlook to mid-single digit growth is positive, indicating confidence in future performance.

Key positives include growth in both Debit and Credit (3%) and Prepaid (9%) segments and improved card sales trends. However, the slight decrease in secure card sales year-on-year is a concern. The company's strong position in eco-focused payment cards and SaaS-based instant issuance solutions provides a competitive edge.

The recent debt refinancing, including $285 million of Senior Secured Notes and a new $75 million ABL facility, strengthens CPI's financial position. However, investors should monitor the impact of higher interest rates on profitability.

Market Research Analyst

CPI Card Group's performance reflects broader industry trends. The U.S. card market shows strong growth potential, with Visa and Mastercard U.S. debit and credit cards in circulation increasing at a 10% CAGR over the past three years. This aligns with CPI's focus on consumer card growth, eco-focused cards and contactless technology.

The company's leadership in eco-focused payment solutions, with over 100 million cards sold since 2019, positions it well in the growing sustainable finance sector. The 16,000+ Card@Once® installations across 2,000+ financial institutions demonstrate strong market penetration in instant issuance solutions.

However, the slight decline in secure card sales and lower year-to-date net sales (-2%) suggest potential market saturation or increased competition. The company's ability to capitalize on the expected second-half growth will be important for meeting its updated outlook.

Net Sales Increased 3% to $119 Million; Net Income Decreased 8% to $6 Million; Adjusted EBITDA Decreased 6% to $22 Million

Debit and Credit and Prepaid Debit Segments Each Deliver Growth; Card Sales Trends Continue to Improve

Company Increases Full Year Net Sales Outlook to Mid-single Digit Growth

LITTLETON, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- CPI Card Group Inc. (Nasdaq: PMTS) (“CPI” or the “Company”), a payments technology company and leading provider of credit, debit, and prepaid card and digital solutions, including Software-as-a-Service-based instant issuance, today reported financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2024 and updated its financial outlook for 2024.

In the second quarter net sales increased 3% to $118.8 million, with growth in both the Debit and Credit and Prepaid segments; net income decreased 8% to $6.0 million; and Adjusted EBITDA decreased 6% to $21.9 million.

Sales growth in the quarter was driven by continued strong performance from Prepaid, instant issuance solutions and other card personalization services, while debit and credit card sales trends improved from recent quarters. Secure card sales decreased slightly year-on-year in the quarter and increased sequentially compared to the first quarter.

For the first six months of the year total net sales declined 2%. As previously noted, the Company anticipated sales declines in the first half of 2024 to be offset by growth in the second half from share gains and improved market demand as channel inventory levels subside.

“We continue to execute our strategy and are pleased to deliver solid improvement in card sales and ongoing growth in our other business lines in the quarter,” said John Lowe, President and Chief Executive Officer. “We expected the first half of the year to be challenging, and our performance and momentum put us in a strong position to grow in the second half and achieve our increased full year expectations.”

The Company updated its financial outlook for 2024, increasing its outlook for net sales from slight growth to a mid-single digit increase, while retaining its Adjusted EBITDA outlook of a slight increase from prior year.

In July, the Company completed a refinancing of its debt, including the issuance of $285 million of Senior Secured Notes due 2029 and entry into a new $75 million asset based revolving credit facility.

CPI is a top payment solutions provider in the U.S. serving thousands of banks, credit unions and fintechs, as well as major bank platforms and prepaid program managers. The Company is a leader in the U.S. markets for eco-focused payment cards, personalization and Software-as-a-Service-based instant issuance solutions for small and medium U.S. financial institutions and retail prepaid debit card solutions.

The Company believes long-term growth trends for the U.S. card market remain strong, led by consumer card growth, widespread adoption of eco-focused cards and the ongoing conversion to contactless cards. Based on figures released by the networks, Visa and Mastercard^® U.S. debit and credit cards in circulation increased at a compound annual growth rate of 10% for the three-year period ending March 31, 2024.

2024 Business Highlights

• CPI continues to be a leading provider of eco-focused payment card solutions in the U.S. market, with more than 100 million eco-focused cards sold since launch in late 2019.
• CPI continues to be a leading provider of Software-as-a-Service-based instant issuance solutions in the U.S., with more than 16,000 Card@Once^® installations across more than 2,000 financial institutions.
• The Company executed share repurchases against the $20 million authorization announced in the fourth quarter of 2023. Through June 2024, the Company had repurchased in the open market or had committed to repurchase through its stock purchase agreement with its majority stockholder approximately $9 million of shares since initiation of the program.
• The Company ended the second quarter with a Net Leverage Ratio of 3.3x.
• Early in the third quarter, the Company refinanced its existing debt, issuing $285 million of 10% Senior Secured Notes due 2029 and entering into a new $75 million ABL revolving credit facility, while redeeming the $268 million outstanding of 8 5/8% notes due 2026.

Second Quarter 2024 Financial Highlights

Net sales increased 3% year-over-year to $118.8 million in the second quarter of 2024.

• Debit and Credit segment net sales increased 3% to $95.6 million, primarily due to increases in Card@Once^® instant issuance solutions and other card personalization services. Card sales decreased slightly, as an increase in eco-focused contactless card sales was offset by declines in sales of contact chip cards.
• Prepaid Debit segment net sales increased 9% to $23.8 million, reflecting strong sales to existing customers.

Second quarter gross profit increased 4% to $42.4 million and gross profit margin was 35.7%, which compared to 35.5% in the prior year second quarter.

Second quarter income from operations decreased 15% to $14.9 million due to higher SG&A expenses; net income decreased 8% to $6.0 million, or $0.51 diluted earnings per share; and Adjusted EBITDA decreased 6% to $21.9 million. The SG&A increase primarily reflects higher compensation expense, including increased stock compensation. Net income declined less than income from operations primarily due to a lower tax rate compared to the prior year period.

Year-to-date 2024 Financial Highlights

Net sales decreased 2% year-over-year to $230.8 million in the first half of 2024.

• Debit and Credit segment net sales decreased 6% to $183.6 million, primarily due to lower sales of contactless and contact chip cards, partially offset by increases in sales of Card@Once^® instant issuance solutions and other card personalization services and eco-focused contactless cards.
• Prepaid Debit segment net sales increased 17% to $48.0 million, reflecting strong sales to existing customers.

Year-to-date gross profit was flat at $83.9 million and gross profit margin increased from 35.6% in the prior year to 36.4%.

Year-to-date income from operations decreased 24% to $29.1 million due to higher SG&A expenses; net income decreased 34% to $11.5 million, or $0.97 diluted earnings per share; and Adjusted EBITDA decreased 7% to $44.9 million. Income from operations and net income in the current year include the impact of approximately $2 million of first quarter pre-tax operating expenses related to an executive retention package announced in 2023, as well as other CEO transition-related expenses, including stock compensation and executive severance, which are not included in Adjusted EBITDA.

Balance Sheet, Liquidity and Cash Flow

The Company generated cash from operating activities of $4.1 million in the first half of 2024, which compared to $10.3 million in the 2023 first half, and Free Cash Flow of $1.4 million, which compared to $3.7 million in the prior year. The decrease in cash generation compared to the prior year was driven by lower net income and increased working capital usage, partially offset by lower capital expenditures.

As of June 30, 2024, cash and cash equivalents was $7.5 million. There were $268 million of 8.625% Senior Secured Notes due 2026 and $4 million of borrowings from the ABL revolving credit facility outstanding at quarter-end.

In the second quarter, the Company spent $0.75 million to repurchase 40,178 shares of common stock in the open market. In July, the Company spent $2.2 million to purchase an additional 120,534 shares from its majority shareholder pursuant to the Stock Purchase Agreement announced in March, which committed the Company to purchase shares from its majority shareholder at a 3 to 1 ratio to the number of shares repurchased in the open market over the April through June period. In the second quarter the Company also settled a $4.4 million purchase of 244,314 shares from its majority shareholder, pursuant to the Stock Purchase Agreement announced in December.

The Company’s capital structure and allocation priorities are to maintain ample liquidity; invest in the business, including strategic acquisitions; deleverage the balance sheet; and return funds to stockholders.

“We were pleased to deliver stronger sales trends and improved gross margins in the second quarter and to complete the refinancing of our debt in July,” said Jeff Hochstadt, Chief Financial Officer of CPI. “The refinancing of our senior notes provides stability to our capital structure and supports our efforts to drive long-term growth.”

Outlook for 2024

The Company updated its net sales outlook for 2024 to a mid-single digit increase, compared to the previous outlook of a slight increase. The increase in the sales outlook was driven by strong Prepaid growth and improved trends in debit and credit card sales.

The Company maintained its Adjusted EBITDA outlook of a slight increase for the full year as profit growth in the second half is expected to be lower than sales growth due to certain anticipated impacts to SG&A, including investments to grow the business and increased performance-related compensation relative to 2023.

The Free Cash Flow outlook was maintained at approximately half of the 2023 level. The Company generated $27.6 million of Free Cash Flow in 2023 and expects lower levels in 2024 due to increased capital spending investment, including investment in a new state-of-the-art secure card production facility in Indiana, and the impact of a contract with one of the Company’s larger customers, which should benefit cash flow through 2029, but negatively impact Free Cash Flow in 2024 due to up-front incentives.

The Company continues to expect its year-end 2024 Net Leverage Ratio to be between 3.0x and 3.5x.

Conference Call and Webcast

CPI Card Group Inc. will hold a conference call on August 5, 2024 at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) to review its second quarter results. To participate in the Company's conference call via telephone or online:

U.S. dial-in number (toll-free): 888-330-3573
International: 646-960-0677
Conference ID: 8062733
Webcast Link: CPI Q2 Webcast or at https://investor.cpicardgroup.com

Participants are advised to login for the webcast 10 minutes prior to the scheduled start time.

A replay of the conference call will be available until August 19, 2024 at:
U.S. dial-in number (toll free): 800-770-2030
International: 609-800-9909
Conference ID: 8062733

A webcast replay of the conference call will also be available on CPI Card Group Inc.’s Investor Relations website: https://investor.cpicardgroup.com

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

In addition to financial results reported in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”), we have provided the following non-GAAP financial measures in this release, all reported on a continuing operations basis: EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA margin, Free Cash Flow, LTM Adjusted EBITDA and Net Leverage Ratio. These non-GAAP financial measures are utilized by management in comparing our operating performance on a consistent basis between fiscal periods. We believe that these financial measures are appropriate to enhance an overall understanding of our underlying operating performance trends compared to historical and prospective periods and our peers. Management also believes that these measures are useful to investors in their analysis of our results of operations and provide improved comparability between fiscal periods. Non-GAAP financial measures should not be considered in isolation from, or as a substitute for, financial information calculated in accordance with GAAP. Our non-GAAP measures may be different from similarly titled measures of other companies. Investors are encouraged to review the reconciliation of these historical non-GAAP measures to their most directly comparable GAAP financial measures included in Exhibit E to this press release.

Adjusted EBITDA

Adjusted EBITDA is presented on a continuing operations basis and is defined as EBITDA (which represents earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization) adjusted for litigation; stock-based compensation expense; estimated sales tax expense; restructuring and other charges, including executive retention and severance; costs related to production facility modernization efforts; loss on debt extinguishment; foreign currency gain or loss; and other items that are unusual in nature, infrequently occurring or not considered part of our core operations, as set forth in the reconciliation in Exhibit E. Adjusted EBITDA is intended to show our unleveraged, pre-tax operating results and therefore reflects our financial performance based on operational factors, excluding non-operational, unusual or non-recurring losses or gains. Adjusted EBITDA has important limitations as an analytical tool, and you should not consider it in isolation, or as a substitute for, analysis of our results as reported under GAAP. For example, Adjusted EBITDA does not reflect: (a) our capital expenditures, future requirements for capital expenditures or contractual commitments; (b) changes in, or cash requirements for, our working capital needs; (c) the significant interest expenses or the cash requirements necessary to service interest or principal payments on our debt; (d) tax payments that represent a reduction in cash available to us; (e) any cash requirements for the assets being depreciated and amortized that may have to be replaced in the future; (f) the impact of earnings or charges resulting from matters that we and the lenders under our credit agreement may not consider indicative of our ongoing operations; or (g) the impact of any discontinued operations. In particular, our definition of Adjusted EBITDA allows us to add back certain non-operating, unusual or non-recurring charges that are deducted in calculating net income, even though these are expenses that may recur, vary greatly and are difficult to predict and can represent the effect of long-term strategies as opposed to short-term results. In addition, certain of these expenses represent the reduction of cash that could be used for other purposes. Adjusted EBITDA margin percentage as shown in Exhibit E is computed as Adjusted EBITDA divided by total net sales.

We define LTM Adjusted EBITDA as Adjusted EBITDA (defined previously) for the last twelve months. LTM Adjusted EBITDA is used in the computation of Net Leverage Ratio, and is reconciled in Exhibit E.

Free Cash Flow

We define Free Cash Flow as cash flow provided by (used in) operating activities less capital expenditures. We use this metric in analyzing our ability to service and repay our debt. However, this measure does not represent funds available for investment or other discretionary uses since it does not deduct cash used to make principal payments on outstanding debt and financing lease liabilities. Free Cash Flow should not be considered in isolation, or as a substitute for, cash (used in) provided by operating activities or any other measures of liquidity derived in accordance with GAAP.

Financial Expectations for 2024

We have provided Adjusted EBITDA expectations for 2024 on a non-GAAP basis because certain reconciling items are dependent on future events that either cannot be controlled or cannot be reliably predicted because they are not part of the Company’s routine activities, any of which could be significant.

Net Leverage Ratio

Management and various investors use the ratio of debt principal outstanding, plus finance lease obligations, less cash, divided by LTM Adjusted EBITDA, or “Net Leverage Ratio”, as a measure of our financial strength when making key investment decisions and evaluating us against peers.

About CPI Card Group Inc.

CPI Card Group is a payments technology company providing a comprehensive range of credit, debit, and prepaid card and digital solutions, including Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) instant issuance. With a focus on building personal relationships and earning trust, we help our customers navigate the constantly evolving world of payments, while delivering innovative solutions that spark connections and support their brands. We serve clients across industry, size, and scale through our team of experienced, dedicated employees and our network of high-security production and card services facilities—located in the United States. CPI was named one of the 2024 Best Companies to Work For by U.S. News and World Report and is committed to exceeding our customers’ expectations, transforming our industry, and enhancing the way people pay every day. Learn more at www.CPIcardgroup.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

Certain statements and information in this release (as well as information included in other written or oral statements we make from time to time) may contain or constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). The words “believe,” “estimate,” “project,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “affirm,” “plan,” “intend,” “foresee,” “should,” “would,” “could,” “continue,” “committed,” “attempt,” “aim,” “target,” “objective,” “guides,” “seek,” “focus,” “provides guidance,” “provides outlook” or other similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements, which are not historical in nature. These forward-looking statements, including statements about our strategic initiatives and market opportunities, are based on our current expectations and beliefs concerning future developments and their potential effect on us and other information currently available. Such forward-looking statements, because they relate to future events, are by their very nature subject to many important risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results or other events to differ materially from those contemplated.

These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: a deterioration in general economic conditions, including inflationary conditions and resulting in reduced consumer confidence and business spending, and a decline in consumer credit worthiness impacting demand for our products; the unpredictability of our operating results, including an inability to anticipate changes in customer inventory management practices and its impact on our business; a disruption or other failure in our supply chain, including as a result of foreign conflicts and with respect to single source suppliers, or the failure or inability of suppliers to comply with our code of conduct or contractual requirements, or political unrest in countries in which our suppliers operate, or inflationary pressures, resulting in increased costs and inability to pass those costs on to our customers and extended production lead times and difficulty meeting customers’ delivery expectations; our failure to retain our existing customers or identify and attract new customers; our inability to recruit, retain and develop qualified personnel, including key personnel, and implement effective succession processes; adverse conditions in the banking system and financial markets, including the failure of banks and financial institutions; system security risks, data protection breaches and cyber-attacks; interruptions in our operations, including our information technology systems, or in the operations of the third parties that operate computing infrastructure on which we rely; our inability to develop, introduce and commercialize new products and services; the usage, or lack thereof, of artificial intelligence technologies; our substantial indebtedness, including inability to make debt service payments or refinance such indebtedness; the restrictive terms of our indebtedness and covenants of future agreements governing indebtedness and the resulting restraints on our ability to pursue our business strategies; our status as an accelerated filer and complying with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the costs associated with such compliance and implementation of procedures thereunder; our failure to maintain effective internal control over financial reporting; disruptions in production at one or more of our facilities; problems in production quality, materials and process and costs relating to product defects and any related product liability and/or warranty claims; environmental, social and governance (“ESG”) preferences and demands of various stakeholders and our ability to conform to such preferences and demands and to comply with any related regulatory requirements; the effects of climate change, negative perceptions of our products due to the impact of our products and production processes on the environment and other ESG-related risks; damage to our reputation or brand image; disruptions in production due to weather conditions, climate change, political instability or social unrest; our inability to adequately protect our trade secrets and intellectual property rights from misappropriation, infringement claims brought against us and risks related to open source software; defects in our software and computing systems; our limited ability to raise capital; costs and impacts to our financial results relating to the obligatory collection of sales tax and claims for uncollected sales tax in states that impose sales tax collection requirements on out-of-state businesses or unclaimed property, as well as potential new U.S. tax legislation increasing the corporate income tax rate and challenges to our income tax positions; our inability to successfully execute on our divestitures or acquisitions; our inability to realize the full value of our long-lived assets; our inability to renew licenses with key technology licensors; the highly competitive, saturated and consolidated nature of our marketplace; costs and potential liabilities associated with compliance or failure to comply with regulations, customer contractual requirements and evolving industry standards regarding consumer privacy and data use and security; new and developing technologies that make our existing technology solutions and products obsolete or less relevant or our failure to introduce new products and services in a timely manner; our failure to operate our business in accordance with the Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council security standards or other industry standards; the effects of restrictions, delays or interruptions in our ability to source raw materials and components used in our products from foreign countries; the effects on the global economy of ongoing foreign conflicts; our failure to comply with environmental, health and safety laws and regulations that apply to our products and the raw materials we use in our production processes; risks associated with the majority stockholders’ ownership of our stock; potential conflicts of interest that may arise due to our board of directors being comprised in part of directors who are principals of our majority stockholders; the influence of securities analysts over the trading market for and price of our common stock; failure to meet the continued listing standards of the Nasdaq Global Market; the impact of stockholder activism or securities litigation on the trading price and volatility of our common stock; our inability to fully execute on our share repurchase program strategy; certain provisions of our organizational documents and other contractual provisions that may delay or prevent a change in control and make it difficult for stockholders other than our majority stockholders to change the composition of our board of directors; our ability to comply with a wide variety of complex laws and regulations and the exposure to liability for any failure to comply; the effect of legal and regulatory proceedings; and other risks that are described in Part I, Item 1A – Risk Factors in our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on March 7, 2024 in Part II, Item 1A – Risk Factors of our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and our other reports filed from time to time with the SEC.

We caution and advise readers not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. These statements are based on assumptions that may not be realized and involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results or other events to differ materially from the expectations and beliefs contained herein. We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements after the date they are made, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

For more information:

CPI encourages investors to use its investor relations website as a way of easily finding information about the Company. CPI promptly makes available on this website the reports that the Company files or furnishes with the SEC, corporate governance information and press releases.

CPI Card Group Inc. Earnings Release Supplemental Financial Information
Exhibit A		Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income - Unaudited for the three and six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023
Exhibit B		Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets – Unaudited as of June 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023
Exhibit C		Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows – Unaudited for the six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023
Exhibit D		Segment Summary Information – Unaudited for the three and six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023
Exhibit E		Supplemental GAAP to Non-GAAP Reconciliations – Unaudited for the three and six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023

EXHIBIT A
CPI Card Group Inc. and Subsidiaries
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income
(in thousands, except share and per share amounts)
(Unaudited)
		Three Months Ended June 30,								Six Months Ended June 30,
		2024				2023				2024				2023
Net sales:
Products		$	63,844			$	63,946			$	122,002			$	139,736
Services			54,974				51,014				108,752				96,076
Total net sales			118,818				114,960				230,754				235,812
Cost of sales:
Products (exclusive of depreciation and amortization shown below)			41,893				41,308				79,695				87,288
Services (exclusive of depreciation and amortization shown below)			31,743				30,214				61,672				59,618
Depreciation and amortization			2,794				2,613				5,481				4,987
Total cost of sales			76,430				74,135				146,848				151,893
Gross profit			42,388				40,825				83,906				83,919
Operating expenses:
Selling, general and administrative (exclusive of depreciation and amortization shown below)			26,225				21,885				52,268				42,951
Depreciation and amortization			1,254				1,448				2,584				2,878
Total operating expenses			27,479				23,333				54,852				45,829
Income from operations			14,909				17,492				29,054				38,090
Other expense, net:
Interest, net			(6,530	)			(6,740	)			(12,955	)			(13,521	)
Other expense, net			(78	)			(78	)			(143	)			(192	)
Total other expense, net			(6,608	)			(6,818	)			(13,098	)			(13,713	)
Income before income taxes			8,301				10,674				15,956				24,377
Income tax expense			(2,300	)			(4,151	)			(4,500	)			(6,981	)
Net income		$	6,001			$	6,523			$	11,456			$	17,396
Basic and diluted earnings per share:
Basic earnings per share		$	0.54			$	0.57			$	1.03			$	1.52
Diluted earnings per share		$	0.51			$	0.55			$	0.97			$	1.46
Basic weighted-average shares outstanding			11,049,968				11,427,404				11,158,334				11,411,162
Diluted weighted-average shares outstanding			11,776,894				11,876,568				11,817,584				11,888,219
Comprehensive income:
Net income		$	6,001			$	6,523			$	11,456			$	17,396
Total comprehensive income		$	6,001			$	6,523			$	11,456			$	17,396

EXHIBIT B
CPI Card Group Inc. and Subsidiaries
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
(in thousands, except share and per share amounts)
(Unaudited)
	June 30,				December 31,
	2024				2023
Assets
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	7,479			$	12,413
Accounts receivable, net		76,425				73,724
Inventories, net		85,907				70,594
Prepaid expenses and other current assets		9,934				8,647
Total current assets		179,745				165,378
Plant, equipment, leasehold improvements and operating lease right-of-use assets, net		60,773				63,053
Intangible assets, net		12,245				14,122
Goodwill		47,150				47,150
Other assets		21,533				3,980
Total assets	$	321,446			$	293,683
Liabilities and stockholders’ deficit
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable	$	20,279			$	12,802
Accrued expenses		47,350				35,803
Deferred revenue and customer deposits		1,320				840
Total current liabilities		68,949				49,445
Long-term debt		269,654				264,997
Deferred income taxes		4,958				7,139
Other long-term liabilities		22,442				24,038
Total liabilities		366,003				345,619
Commitments and contingencies
Series A Preferred Stock; $0.001 par value—100,000 shares authorized; 0 shares issued and outstanding at June 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023		—				—
Stockholders’ deficit:
Common stock; $0.001 par value—100,000,000 shares authorized; 11,186,596 and 11,446,155 shares issued and outstanding at June 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively		11				11
Capital deficiency		(106,300	)			(102,223	)
Accumulated earnings		61,732				50,276
Total stockholders’ deficit		(44,557	)			(51,936	)
Total liabilities and stockholders’ deficit	$	321,446			$	293,683

EXHIBIT C
CPI Card Group Inc. and Subsidiaries
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(in thousands)
(Unaudited)
	Six Months Ended June 30,
	2024				2023
Operating activities
Net income	$	11,456			$	17,396
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation expense		6,188				5,931
Amortization expense		1,877				1,934
Stock-based compensation expense		5,154				1,831
Amortization of debt issuance costs and debt discount		917				936
Loss on debt extinguishment		—				218
Deferred income taxes		(2,181	)			426
Other, net		302				253
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable, net		(2,720	)			5,287
Inventories		(15,584	)			(7,351	)
Prepaid expenses and other assets		(20,316	)			(1,381	)
Income taxes, net		1,598				(772	)
Accounts payable		7,079				(1,758	)
Accrued expenses and other liabilities		9,858				(9,784	)
Deferred revenue and customer deposits		480				(2,844	)
Cash provided by operating activities		4,108				10,322
Investing activities
Capital expenditures for plant, equipment and leasehold improvements, net		(2,744	)			(6,594	)
Other		—				128
Cash used in investing activities		(2,744	)			(6,466	)
Financing activities
Principal payments on 2026 Senior Notes		—				(14,877	)
Proceeds from 2026 ABL Revolver		4,000				13,000
Payments on finance lease obligations		(2,413	)			(1,739	)
Common stock repurchased		(6,481	)			—
Other		(1,404	)			(120	)
Cash used in financing activities		(6,298	)			(3,736	)
Effect of exchange rates on cash		—				11
Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents		(4,934	)			131
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period		12,413				11,037
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period	$	7,479			$	11,168
Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information
Cash paid (refunded) during the period for:
Interest	$	12,332			$	13,135
Income taxes paid	$	6,481			$	7,408
Income taxes refunded	$	(272	)		$	(26	)
Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for lease obligations:
Operating leases	$	1,292			$	168
Financing leases	$	983			$	2,169
Accounts payable and accrued expenses for capital expenditures for plant, equipment and leasehold improvements	$	500			$	368
Unsettled share repurchases included in accrued expenses	$	2,197			$	—

EXHIBIT D
CPI Card Group Inc. and Subsidiaries
Segment Summary Information
For the Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 2024 and 2023
(dollars in thousands)
(Unaudited)
Net Sales
		Three Months Ended June 30,
		2024				2023				$ Change				% Change
Net sales by segment:
Debit and Credit		$	95,620			$	93,194			$	2,426			2.6	%
Prepaid Debit			23,815				21,821				1,994			9.1	%
Eliminations			(617	)			(55	)			(562	)		*	%
Total		$	118,818			$	114,960			$	3,858			3.4	%
* Calculation not meaningful

		Six Months Ended June 30,
		2024				2023				$ Change				% Change
Net sales by segment:
Debit and Credit		$	183,593			$	195,179			$	(11,586	)		(5.9	)%
Prepaid Debit			48,013				40,951				7,062			17.2	%
Eliminations			(852	)			(318	)			(534	)		*	%
Total		$	230,754			$	235,812			$	(5,058	)		(2.1	)%

Gross Profit
		Three Months Ended June 30,
		2024				% of Net Sales				2023				% of Net Sales			$ Change				% Change
Gross profit by segment:
Debit and Credit		$	34,164				35.7	%		$	33,038			35.5	%		$	1,126			3.4	%
Prepaid Debit			8,224				34.5	%			7,787			35.7	%			437			5.6	%
Total		$	42,388				35.7	%		$	40,825			35.5	%		$	1,563			3.8	%

		Six Months Ended June 30,
		2024				% of Net Sales				2023				% of Net Sales			$ Change				% Change
Gross profit by segment:
Debit and Credit		$	65,659				35.8	%		$	71,222			36.5	%		$	(5,563	)		(7.8	)%
Prepaid Debit			18,247				38.0	%			12,697			31.0	%			5,550			43.7	%
Total		$	83,906				36.4	%		$	83,919			35.6	%		$	(13	)		(0.0	)%

Income from Operations
		Three Months Ended June 30,
		2024				% of Net Sales				2023				% of Net Sales				$ Change			% Change
Income (loss) from operations by segment:
Debit and Credit		$	25,389				26.6	%		$	25,081			26.9	%		$	308			1.2	%
Prepaid Debit			6,909				29.0	%			7,628			35.0	%			(719	)		(9.4	)%
Other			(17,389	)			*	%			(15,217	)		*	%			(2,172	)		14.3	%
Total		$	14,909				12.5	%		$	17,492			15.2	%		$	(2,583	)		(14.8	)%

		Six Months Ended June 30,
		2024				% of Net Sales				2023				% of Net Sales			$ Change				% Change
Income (loss) from operations by segment:
Debit and Credit		$	48,143				26.2	%		$	55,107			28.2	%		$	(6,964	)		(12.6	)%
Prepaid Debit			15,654				32.6	%			11,305			27.6	%			4,349			38.5	%
Other			(34,743	)			*	%			(28,322	)		*	%			(6,421	)		22.7	%
Total		$	29,054				12.6	%		$	38,090			16.2	%		$	(9,036	)		(23.7	)%

EBITDA
		Three Months Ended June 30,
		2024				% of Net Sales				2023				% of Net Sales			$ Change				% Change
EBITDA by segment:
Debit and Credit		$	27,625				28.9	%		$	27,455			29.5	%		$	170			0.6	%
Prepaid Debit			7,803				32.8	%			8,333			38.2	%			(530	)		(6.4	)%
Other			(16,549	)			*	%			(14,313	)		*	%			(2,236	)		15.6	%
Total		$	18,879				15.9	%		$	21,475			18.7	%		$	(2,596	)		(12.1	)%

		Six Months Ended June 30,
		2024				% of Net Sales				2023				% of Net Sales			$ Change				% Change
EBITDA by segment:
Debit and Credit		$	52,467				28.6	%		$	59,647			30.6	%		$	(7,180	)		(12.0	)%
Prepaid Debit			17,418				36.3	%			12,634			30.9	%			4,784			37.9	%
Other			(32,909	)			*	%			(26,518	)		*	%			(6,391	)		24.1	%
Total		$	36,976				16.0	%		$	45,763			19.4	%		$	(8,787	)		(19.2	)%

Reconciliation of Income (Loss) from
Operations by Segment to EBITDA by Segment
	Three Months Ended June 30, 2024
	Debit and Credit				Prepaid Debit				Other				Total
EBITDA by segment:
Income (loss) from operations	$	25,389			$	6,909			$	(17,389	)		$	14,909
Depreciation and amortization		2,237				895				916				4,048
Other income (expenses)		(1	)			(1	)			(76	)			(78	)
EBITDA	$	27,625			$	7,803			$	(16,549	)		$	18,879
	Three Months Ended June 30, 2023
	Debit and Credit				Prepaid Debit				Other				Total
EBITDA by segment:
Income (loss) from operations	$	25,081			$	7,628			$	(15,217	)		$	17,492
Depreciation and amortization		2,353				704				1,004				4,061
Other income (expenses)		21				1				(100	)			(78	)
EBITDA	$	27,455			$	8,333			$	(14,313	)		$	21,475
	Six Months Ended June 30, 2024
	Debit and Credit				Prepaid Debit				Other				Total
EBITDA by segment:
Income (loss) from operations	$	48,143			$	15,654			$	(34,743	)		$	29,054
Depreciation and amortization		4,387				1,766				1,912				8,065
Other income (expenses)		(63	)			(2	)			(78	)			(143	)
EBITDA	$	52,467			$	17,418			$	(32,909	)		$	36,976
	Six Months Ended June 30, 2023
	Debit and Credit				Prepaid Debit				Other				Total
EBITDA by segment:
Income (loss) from operations	$	55,107			$	11,305			$	(28,322	)		$	38,090
Depreciation and amortization		4,514				1,328				2,023				7,865
Other income (expenses)		26				1				(219	)			(192	)
EBITDA	$	59,647			$	12,634			$	(26,518	)		$	45,763

EXHIBIT E
CPI Card Group Inc. and Subsidiaries
Supplemental GAAP to Non-GAAP Reconciliation
(dollars in thousands)
(Unaudited)
	Three Months Ended June 30,								Six Months Ended June 30,
	2024				2023				2024				2023
EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA:
Net income	$	6,001			$	6,523			$	11,456			$	17,396
Interest, net		6,530				6,740				12,955				13,521
Income tax expense		2,300				4,151				4,500				6,981
Depreciation and amortization		4,048				4,061				8,065				7,865
EBITDA	$	18,879			$	21,475			$	36,976			$	45,763
Adjustments to EBITDA:
Stock-based compensation expense	$	2,094			$	1,290			$	5,154			$	1,831
Sales tax (benefit) expense (1)		—				(78	)			—				35
Restructuring and other charges (2)		939				557				2,758				557
Loss on debt extinguishment (3)		—				99				—				218
Foreign currency gain		—				(21	)			—				(26	)
Subtotal of adjustments to EBITDA	$	3,033			$	1,847			$	7,912			$	2,615
Adjusted EBITDA	$	21,912			$	23,322			$	44,888			$	48,378
Net income margin (% of Net sales)		5.1	%			5.7	%			5.0	%			7.4	%
Net income growth (% Change 2024 vs. 2023)		(8.0	)%							(34.1	)%
Adjusted EBITDA margin (% of Net sales)		18.4	%			20.3	%			19.5	%			20.5	%
Adjusted EBITDA growth (% Change 2024 vs. 2023)		(6.0	)%							(7.2	)%
	Three Months Ended June 30,								Six Months Ended June 30,
	2024				2023				2024				2023
Free Cash Flow:
Cash (used in) provided by operating activities	$	(4,757	)		$	2,321			$	4,108			$	10,322
Capital expenditures for plant, equipment and leasehold improvements, net		(1,238	)			(2,449	)			(2,744	)			(6,594	)
Free Cash Flow	$	(5,995	)		$	(128	)		$	1,364			$	3,728

____________________
(1)		Represents estimated sales tax (benefit) expense relating to a contingent liability due to historical activity in certain states where it is probable that the Company will be subject to sales tax plus interest and penalties.
(2)		Represents executive retention and severance costs, as well as costs related to production facility modernization efforts.
(3)		The Company redeemed a portion of the 8.625% Senior Secured Notes due 2026 in 2023 and expensed the associated portion of the unamortized deferred financing costs.

	Last Twelve Months Ended
	June 30,				December 31,
	2024				2023
Reconciliation of net income to LTM EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA:
Net income	$	18,045			$	23,985
Interest, net		26,347				26,913
Income tax expense		7,996				10,477
Depreciation and amortization		16,131				15,931
EBITDA	$	68,519			$	77,306
Adjustments to EBITDA:
Stock-based compensation expense	$	10,830			$	7,507
Sales tax benefit (1)		(105	)			(70	)
Restructuring and other charges (2)		6,732				4,531
Loss on debt extinguishment (3)		25				243
Foreign currency gain		—				(26	)
Subtotal of adjustments to EBITDA	$	17,482			$	12,185
LTM Adjusted EBITDA	$	86,001			$	89,491

	As of
	June 30,				December 31,
	2024				2023
Calculation of Net Leverage Ratio:
2026 Senior Notes	$	267,897			$	267,897
2026 ABL revolver		4,000				—
Finance lease obligations		16,663				18,106
Total debt		288,560				286,003
Less: Cash and cash equivalents		(7,479	)			(12,413	)
Total net debt (a)	$	281,081			$	273,590
LTM Adjusted EBITDA (b)	$	86,001			$	89,491
Net Leverage Ratio (a)/(b)		3.3				3.1

 

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FAQ

What were CPI Card Group's Q2 2024 net sales?

Net sales increased 3% to $119 million.

How did CPI Card Group's net income perform in Q2 2024?

Net income decreased 8% to $6 million.

What is CPI Card Group's updated outlook for 2024?

The company expects mid-single digit growth in net sales and a slight increase in Adjusted EBITDA.

What recent financial actions did CPI Card Group take?

The company completed $285 million in debt refinancing and entered into a new $75 million revolving credit facility.

What was CPI Card Group's Adjusted EBITDA in Q2 2024?

Adjusted EBITDA decreased 6% to $22 million.