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Shift4 Payments, Inc. FOUR
$36.17 +1.66% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $3.29B
Weak trend
Next earnings report: Nov 5, 2026
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Three things to know
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $0.58, down 77.1% year over year.
- The diluted share count fell 10.8% in a year, mainly through buybacks.
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $4.78B, up 32.4% from a year earlier, accelerating from 28.3% a quarter earlier.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Technology sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 16%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 15%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 35%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 13%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 25%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 49%
- Gross marginBottom 28%
- Operating marginTop 41%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 11%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 46%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 8%
- Interest coverBottom 40%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 44%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 6%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 7%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 23%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 26%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 13%
- 6-month returnBottom 14%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 9%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 15%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 10%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 26%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 31%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 48%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 34%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 33%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 29%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 33%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 8%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 28.3% | 32.4% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | -71.0% | -77.1% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 30.5% | 35.9% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 7.6% | 8.1% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 13.6% | 10.7% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 32.4% | 28.3% | ↑ | Top 16% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | -77.1% | -71.0% | ↓ | Bottom 15% |
| Gross margin | 35.9% | 30.5% | ↑ | Bottom 28% |
| Operating margin | 8.1% | 7.6% | ↑ | Top 41% |
| Net margin | 1.9% | 6.1% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 10.7% | 13.6% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 4.4% | — | Top 49% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 28.0% | — | Top 13% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 3.00×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -5.8%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 1.3%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +84.6 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 4.61×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 1.5×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.46%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 16.67%
- Shareholder yield
- 17.13%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -10.8%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +9.8%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 6, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 1
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 5 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +1.3%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -3.8%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 2 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $52.13
- Target vs current price
- +44.1%
- Analysts with a rating
- 30
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 63%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2026 | +4.8% | -18.8% | -17.7% | -17.1% | — |
| May 7, 2026 | -2.0% | +9.3% | -4.7% | -8.4% | +26.6% |
| Feb 26, 2026 | +1.9% | -15.6% | -17.3% | -14.8% | -24.1% |
| Nov 6, 2025 | +0.7% | -0.5% | +9.0% | +3.3% | -19.4% |
| Aug 5, 2025 | -8.3% | -15.4% | -18.8% | -12.8% | -26.5% |
| Apr 29, 2025 | +50.7% | +12.8% | +3.7% | +14.2% | +31.6% |
| Feb 18, 2025 | +16.4% | +3.6% | -20.0% | -28.1% | -24.1% |
| Nov 12, 2024 | -1.9% | -5.5% | -4.1% | -6.1% | +16.7% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2026 | $1.32 | $1.26 | +4.8% | $624.0M |
| May 7, 2026 | $0.97 | $0.99 | -2.0% | $549.0M |
| Feb 26, 2026 | $1.60 | $1.57 | +1.9% | $610.0M |
| Nov 6, 2025 | $1.47 | $1.46 | +0.7% | $1.18B |
| Aug 5, 2025 | $1.10 | $1.20 | -8.3% | $966.2M |
| Apr 29, 2025 | $1.07 | $0.71 | +50.7% | $848.3M |
| Feb 18, 2025 | $1.35 | $1.16 | +16.4% | $887.0M |
| Nov 12, 2024 | $1.04 | $1.06 | -1.9% | $909.2M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 61.9× | 43.7× | 81th | Top 44% |
| P/E (forward) | 5.7× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 8.2× | — | — | Top 7% |
| EV / Sales | 1.57× | — | — | Top 23% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 15.59% | — | — | Top 6% |
| Earnings yield | 1.62% | — | — | Top 44% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 31.9× – 114.2× since Sep 30, 2022. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- -53.0%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- -77.1%
- Change in P/E multiple
- +119.0%
Most of the move came from earnings growth.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -7.6%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -5.5%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -18.7%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -26.0%
- RSI (14)
- 34.1
- Relative volume
- 0.81×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 73.9%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 82th percentile · High for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.17
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.32
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -54.5%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -71.7%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 18, 2025 | Oct 1, 2026 | -71.7% | 407 days | Not yet recovered |
| Apr 9, 2021 | Jun 16, 2022 | -70.0% | 300 days | 604 days (Nov 11, 2024) |
| Oct 12, 2020 | Nov 2, 2020 | -20.4% | 15 days | 5 days (Nov 9, 2020) |
| Mar 15, 2021 | Mar 24, 2021 | -17.6% | 7 days | 10 days (Apr 8, 2021) |
| Dec 31, 2020 | Jan 27, 2021 | -14.8% | 17 days | 7 days (Feb 5, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $3.29B
- P/E (TTM)
- 61.9
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $0.58
- Revenue (TTM)
- $4.78B
- 52-week range
- $34.56 – $80.98
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.37B | $1.99B | $2.56B | $3.33B | $4.18B |
| Gross profit | $278.4M | $470.2M | $687.8M | $973.1M | $1.43B |
| Operating income | -$49.2M | $94.7M | $114.8M | $247.0M | $351.0M |
| Net income | -$48.9M | $75.1M | $86.2M | $229.6M | $119.0M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.89 | $1.05 | $1.43 | $3.03 | $1.08 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $909.2M | $887.0M | $848.3M | $966.2M | $1.18B | $1.19B | $1.12B | $1.29B |
| Net income | $53.8M | $116.0M | $16.7M | $34.0M | $28.1M | $25.0M | $15.0M | $22.0M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.60 | $1.43 | $0.20 | $0.32 | $0.14 | $0.37 | -$0.01 | $0.09 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $29.2M | $275.4M | $388.3M | $500.3M | $634.0M |
| Capital expenditure | -$85.5M | -$380.0M | -$137.6M | -$189.7M | -$135.0M |
| Free cash flow | -$56.3M | -$104.6M | $250.7M | $310.6M | $499.0M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | -$30.0M |
| Net share buybacks | -$19.5M | -$185.9M | -$105.4M | -$145.9M | -$487.0M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $356.0M
- Total assets
- $8.70B
- Total liabilities
- $6.96B
- Total debt
- $4.57B
- Net debt
- $4.21B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $1.62B
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 6, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 14,843,102
- Days to cover
- 7.00
- Change vs previous report
- +8.4%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.