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LESAKA TECHNOLOGIES INC LSAK
LESAKA TECHNOLOGIES INC (LSAK) earns a Piotroski F-score of 2/9 (weak financial health), with an Altman Z″ in the grey zone. It does not currently pay a dividend. FY2025 revenue was $659.7M at a -13.3% net margin.
Quality score trend · recomputed for each fiscal year
Each year's score is computed from that year's filing — a rising Piotroski F or Altman Z″ means improving financial health, a fall is worth a look.
Beneish M-score: -3.1 — low (below −2.22 — no manipulation red flag) . A statistical screen for earnings manipulation, not proof — and it doesn't apply to most banks/insurers.
Analyst price target
Wall Street analyst consensus — a sentiment gauge, not our scoring.
Smart money · insiders, last 12 months
Open-market insider purchases minus sells (SEC Form 4) — real buying with their own money is a bullish “smart money” signal; grants and option exercises are excluded.
How it ranks in Finance, Insurance & Real Estate · percentile among 1129 companies
Percentile vs other Finance, Insurance & Real Estate companies we cover — e.g. “stronger than 90%” means only 10% score higher on that measure.
Piotroski F breakdown · 2/9 tests passed
- Positive return on assets
- Positive operating cash flow
- Rising ROA
- Cash flow exceeds net income
- Lower long-term debt
- Rising current ratio
- No share dilution
- Rising gross margin
- Rising asset turnover
Altman Z″ components · grey zone
| Component | Value |
|---|---|
| Working capital / assets | 0.122 |
| Retained earnings / assets | 0.335 |
| EBIT / assets | -0.041 |
| Equity / liabilities | 0.425 |
Sector peers · similar-size Finance, Insurance & Real Estate companies compare side by side →
| Ticker | Company | Piotroski F | Altman Z″ | P / E | Revenue growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LSAK | LESAKA TECHNOLOGIES INC | 2/9 | 2.06 | — | +16.9% |
| USIO | Usio, Inc. | 2/9 | -1.2 | — | +3% |
| EEFT | EURONET WORLDWIDE, INC. | 5/9 | 2.36 | 8.7 | +6.4% |
| MUFG | MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GROUP INC | 4/9 | — | — | +9.5% |
| MFG | MIZUHO FINANCIAL GROUP INC | 4/9 | — | — | +7.6% |
| NMR | NOMURA HOLDINGS INC | 2/9 | — | — | +0.5% |
| IX | ORIX CORP | 7/9 | — | — | +15.9% |
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About LESAKA TECHNOLOGIES INC
Lesaka Technologies, Inc. provides financial technology (fintech) products and services through its platform in South Africa and internationally. It operates in three segments: Merchant, Consumer, and Enterprise. The company offers merchant solutions comprising merchant acquiring, integrated POS software and hardware for the hospitality industry, cash management and digitalization, and small cash advances and business credit solutions; and alternative digital products (ADP), including bill payments, international money transfers, and supplier enabled payments, as well as prepaid solutions for airtime, data, electricity, and gaming. It also provides low-cost EasyPay Everywhere transactional bank accounts, short-term personal loans, life and funeral insurance, and secure payout solutions; Adumo, a payments and commerce enablement platform that provides payment processing and integrated software solutions; and Recharger, a prepaid electricity platform that provides submetering administration and payment processing solutions. In addition, the company offers card acquiring, payment gateway, cash management, payment, digital wallet, and various value-added services. Further, it engages in the sale of POS devices, SIM cards, and other consumables; and the licensing of rights to use certain technology developed by the company. The company serves unbanked and underbanked consumers; small-to-medium and micro merchants; and corporate and government organizations, including banks, mobile network operators, and municipalities. The company was formerly known as Net 1 UEPS Technologies, Inc. and changed its name to Lesaka Technologies, Inc. in May 2022. Lesaka Technologies, Inc. was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa.
FAQ
Is LSAK financially healthy?
LESAKA TECHNOLOGIES INC's Piotroski F-score is 2/9 (8–9 is excellent, 0–3 weak), and its Altman Z″ distress score is in the grey zone.
Does LSAK pay a dividend?
No, LESAKA TECHNOLOGIES INC does not currently pay a dividend.
How profitable is LSAK?
In FY2025, LESAKA TECHNOLOGIES INC had a net margin of -13.3% and a return on equity of -51.9%.
Is LSAK overvalued or undervalued?
LESAKA TECHNOLOGIES INC trades at about 4.4× trailing earnings — below its 10-year norm (10-year range 6.0×–25.9×, median 8.3×). Stocktoria reports the data, not buy/sell advice.
What is the analyst price target for LSAK?
The average Wall-Street price target for LESAKA TECHNOLOGIES INC is $8.00, about 68.1% above the recent price, from 1 analysts.
Is LSAK a good stock to buy?
Stocktoria doesn't give buy or sell advice, but here is the data on LESAKA TECHNOLOGIES INC: a Piotroski F-score of 2/9, an Altman Z″ in the grey zone. Weigh these quality and valuation signals against your own goals.
Computed from company filings · US · as of 2025-06-30. Facts plus Stocktoria's own computed scores — not investment advice.