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LESAKA TECHNOLOGIES INC (LSAK)

As-reported financials and SEC filings for LESAKA TECHNOLOGIES INC. The latest annual period is FY2025. The latest reported quarter is Q3 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
$659.7M
Revenue growth (YoY)
16.9%
Net income
$-87.5M
Diluted EPS
$-1.14
Gross margin
Operating margin
-4.1%
Net margin
-13.3%
FCF margin
-4.0%
ROE
net income / fiscal-year-end equity
P/E
trailing when available, otherwise FY EPS
Market cap
$395.5M
Long-term debt / equity
non-current term debt only

Fundamentals are from SEC filings for FY2025, the latest annual period (ended June 30, 2025). 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 16.9% to $660M in FY2025, faster than the 6.9% the year before.
  • Operating margin is -4.1% in FY2025, +37.1 pp against -41.2% in FY2021.
  • Most recent quarter Q3 FY2026: revenue $183M, up 13.4% from Q3 FY2025.
  • Free cash flow was negative $26M in FY2025.
  • Net loss widened to $88M in FY2025, from $17M in FY2024.

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 425 Financials companies. Each figure is ranked only against peers that report it, from lowest (left) to highest (right).

Operating margin-4.1%
24th percentile of 146
Net margin-13.3%
9th percentile of 377
FCF margin-4.0%
16th percentile of 272
Revenue growth (YoY)+16.9%
64th percentile of 420
Short interest1.70d
15th percentile of 420

Lesaka Technologies’s net margin of -13.3% ranks in the 9th percentile of the 377 Financials companies reporting it.

No reported insider transactions (codes P/S) 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)
0
code P
Bought (90d)
code P value
Sells (90d)
0
Reported activity
Quiet
by $ value, 90d
Trade dateInsiderTypeSharesPriceValue
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
230.3K
settled 2026-08-14
Change vs prior
-20.8%
vs previous settlement
Days to cover
1.70
at avg daily volume
Avg daily volume
135.8K
FINRA reported
SettlementShares shortChangeDays to cover
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
2026-05-29266.5K-9.4%1.02
2026-05-15294.1K+1.6%2.45
2026-04-30289.5K-2.1%3.13

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)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Revenue$659.7M$564.2M$528.0M$222.6M$130.8M
Gross profit
Operating income$-27.1M$3.6M$-15.3M$-40.2M$-53.9M
Net income$-87.5M$-17.4M$-35.1M$-43.9M$-38.1M
Diluted EPS$-1.14$-0.27$-0.56$-0.75$-0.67

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 (hover to see the figure as 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 (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Cash flow (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Operating cash flow$-9.1M$28.8M$410,000$-37.2M$-58.4M
Capital expenditure$17.2M$12.7M$16.2M$4.6M$4.3M
Free cash flow$-26.3M$16.1M$-15.7M$-41.8M$-62.7M

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 (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Quarterly trend (as reported)

QuarterRevenueRevenue YoYNet incomeDiluted EPS
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 FY2025$168.5M15.4%$-27.8M$-0.32
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
Q4 FY2024$146.0M9.7%$-5.0M$-0.08

Latest 8 reported quarters, from company XBRL filings on SEC EDGAR.

Company facts

ExchangeNasdaq
SectorFinancials
SIC industryFunctions Related To Depository Banking, NEC
Latest annual periodFY2025 (ended June 30, 2025)
Latest reported quarterQ3 FY2026 (ended March 31, 2026)
Oldest indexed filing2007
SEC CIK1041514

Selected SEC filings

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-K2026-08-03
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8-K2026-07-30
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8-K2026-06-17
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8-K2026-05-18
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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.