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Lesaka Technologies Inc. (LSAK)

As-reported financials and SEC filings for Lesaka Technologies Inc. The latest annual period is FY2026. The latest reported quarter is Q4 FY2026. Financial statements come straight from the company’s EDGAR filings; valuation figures such as P/E and market cap use market data.

About Lesaka Technologies Inc.

Lesaka Technologies Inc provides financial services and payment solutions to consumers, merchants, and enterprises in Southern Africa. The company serves over 2 million consumers with banking, credit, insurance, and payout services, supports more than 125,000 merchants with payment acceptance solutions, and facilitates secure payments for over 750 enterprises. Lesaka operates in countries including South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zambia, and Kenya, focusing on improving financial inclusion and daily financial management for underserved markets.

Snapshot

Revenue
$620.8M
Revenue growth (YoY)
4.4%
Net income
$2.8M
Diluted EPS
$0.03
Gross margin
—
Operating margin
2.0%
Net margin
0.4%
FCF margin
5.1%
ROE
—
net income / fiscal-year-end equity
P/E
156.0×
trailing when available, otherwise FY EPS
Market cap
$401.5M
Long-term debt / equity
—
non-current term debt only

Fundamentals are from SEC filings for FY2026, the latest annual period (ended June 30, 2026). P/E and market cap are derived from stored market prices, last retrieved on a rolling basis and typically within the past week.

What changed at Lesaka Technologies

  • Revenue grew 4.4% to $621M in FY2026, slower than the 14.8% the year before.
  • Operating margin turned positive at 2.0% in FY2026, from a 18.1% operating loss in FY2022.
  • Most recent quarter Q4 FY2026: revenue $88M, down 15.2% from Q4 FY2025.
  • Free cash flow was $32M in FY2026, 5.1% of revenue.
  • Net income turned positive at $3M in FY2026, from a $91M loss in FY2025.

Computed from the as-reported figures in the statements below. A change we cannot state from filed figures is left out rather than estimated.

Peer comparison

Where Lesaka Technologies’s fundamentals sit among the 424 Financials companies. Each figure is ranked only against peers that report it, from lowest (left) to highest (right).

Operating margin2.0%
32nd percentile of 141
Net margin0.4%
16th percentile of 372
FCF margin5.1%
25th percentile of 266
Revenue growth (YoY)+4.4%
29th percentile of 419
P/E156.0×
99th percentile of 307
Short interest1.77d
18th percentile of 419

Lesaka Technologies’s P/E of 156.0 ranks in the 99th percentile of the 307 peers with a meaningful P/E.

2 reported insider purchases (code P) totaling $183,837 in the last 90 days. For context, about 15% of companies in the universe saw any reported insider purchase (code P) in the same window. Browse insider activity →

Percentiles describe where a figure sits among sector peers reporting it (100th = highest). They are position within a peer group, not a rating, and not investment advice. Short interest ranking uses days to cover from FINRA Consolidated Short Interest data; FINRA is the owner and source of that data, included at no additional charge.

Institutional ownership

Held by 4 quant / multi-strat books among the superinvestors we track; no conviction manager currently reports a position.

Conviction investors
0
+4 quant / multi-strat
Initiated / added
3
2 new, 1 added
Reduced / exited
1
1 trimmed, 0 exited
Combined position
$3.0M
reported long value
InvestorAs ofPosition valueSharesChange
Citadel AdvisorsquantQ2 2026$2.0M400.4KAdded
Renaissance TechnologiesquantQ2 2026$835,457168.1KReduced
Millennium ManagementquantQ2 2026$147,34129.6KNew
Point72 Asset ManagementquantQ2 2026$63,20312.7KNew

From quarterly Form 13F filings, which can be up to 45 days delayed. Long US-listed positions only: excludes short positions, options, cash, bonds, and non-US holdings, so this is not a manager’s complete portfolio. Counts are of the investors we track, not all institutions. Not investment advice.

Recent insider activity

Non-derivative buys and sells (codes P/S) reported by officers, directors and 10% owners on SEC Form 4.

Buys (90d)
2
1 insider
Bought (90d)
$184K
code P value
Sells (90d)
0
—
Reported activity
Net buying
by $ value, 90d
Trade dateInsiderTypeSharesPriceValue
2026-09-16
filed 2026-09-17
Ali MazanderaniExecutive ChairmanBuy14.8K$4.40$65K
2026-09-15
filed 2026-09-17
Ali MazanderaniExecutive ChairmanBuy28.2K$4.21$119K
2026-04-16
International Finance Corp10% ownerSell66.4K$4.90$326K
2026-04-15
filed 2026-04-16
International Finance Corp10% ownerSell19.5K$4.90$96K
2026-04-14
filed 2026-04-16
International Finance Corp10% ownerSell106.9K$4.90$524K

Reported non-derivative purchases and sales (codes P/S), which may be open-market or private. Excludes option exercises, grants, and shares withheld for taxes. Dates shown are the trade date; a Form 4 can be filed days to years later. A sale can be routine (e.g. a pre-set 10b5-1 plan), so read individual transactions in context. From SEC Form 4. Not investment advice.

Short interest

Total shares sold short as of each twice-monthly FINRA settlement. Rising short interest means more investors are positioned against the stock; days to cover estimates how many trading days of average volume that position represents.

Shares short
322.2K
settled 2026-09-30
Change vs prior
+17.1%
vs previous settlement
Days to cover
1.77
at avg daily volume
Avg daily volume
181.6K
FINRA reported
SettlementShares shortChangeDays to cover
2026-09-30322.2K+17.1%1.77
2026-09-15275.1K+24.9%2.45
2026-08-31220.3K-4.3%2.21
2026-08-14230.3K-20.8%1.70
2026-07-31290.9K+19.5%2.30
2026-07-15243.4K-4.1%2.64
2026-06-30253.7K-1.0%1.83
2026-06-15256.4K-3.8%1.55

Source: FINRA Consolidated Short Interest. FINRA is the owner and source of the FINRA-supplied data, which is included at no additional charge for your own personal or professional use; republishing or redistributing it is not permitted. Settlement dates are shown; FINRA publishes each settlement about nine business days later, so the latest figure can be two to four weeks old. Not presented as a percentage of float. No FINRA endorsement of this product is implied. Not investment advice.

Income statement (as reported)

 FY2026FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue$620.8M$594.6M$518.0M$528.0M$222.6M
Gross profit—————
Operating income$12.7M$-28.0M$2.8M$-15.3M$-40.2M
Net income$2.8M$-91.0M$-18.5M$-35.1M$-43.9M
Diluted EPS$0.03$-1.19$-0.29$-0.56$-0.75

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (tap or hover a figure to see how it was calculated or what was filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Balance sheet (as reported)

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (tap or hover a figure to see how it was calculated or what was filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Cash flow (as reported)

 FY2026FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Operating cash flow$52.4M$-9.1M$28.8M$410,000$-37.2M
Capital expenditure$20.6M$17.2M$12.7M$16.2M$4.6M
Free cash flow

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (tap or hover a figure to see how it was calculated or what was filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueRevenue YoYNet incomeDiluted EPS
Q4 FY2026-15.2%
Q3 FY2026$183.1M13.4%$552,000$0.01
Q2 FY2026$178.7M1.4%$3.6M$0.04
Q1 FY2026$171.4M11.6%$-4.3M$-0.05
Q4 FY20253.5%
Q3 FY2025$161.4M16.8%$-22.4M$-0.28
Q2 FY2025$176.2M22.5%$-32.5M$-0.40
Q1 FY2025$153.6M12.8%$-4.5M$-0.07

Latest 8 quarters, from company XBRL filings on SEC EDGAR. A dotted underline marks a fourth-quarter figure we calculated from the full year and the first nine months. Revenue YoY is our calculation too: each quarter against the same quarter a year earlier.

Company facts

ExchangeNasdaq
SectorFinancials
SIC industryFunctions Related To Depository Banking, NEC
Latest annual periodFY2026 (ended June 30, 2026)
Latest reported quarterQ4 FY2026 (ended June 30, 2026)
Oldest indexed filing2008
SEC CIK1041514

Selected SEC filings

10-K2026-09-09
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10-K/A2026-02-04
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10-Q2026-05-06
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10-Q2026-02-04
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10-Q2025-11-05
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8-K2026-09-29
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8-K2026-09-14
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8-K2026-09-09
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Data sourced from SEC EDGAR. Figures are as-reported and may be unaudited or restated; verify against the source filing before relying on them. Informational only. Not investment advice.