Shift4 Payments (FOUR) Expected to Announce Quarterly Earnings on Tuesday

Shift4 Payments (NYSE:FOUR - Get Free Report) is anticipated to issue its quarterly earnings data after the market closes on Tuesday, February 18th. Analysts expect the company to announce earnings of $1.16 per share and revenue of $1.00 billion for the quarter. Parties that are interested in participating in the company's conference call can do so using this link.

Shift4 Payments Stock Up 1.4 %

Shares of FOUR stock traded up $1.67 on Friday, reaching $121.06. 1,093,629 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 1,204,608. The company has a current ratio of 2.98, a quick ratio of 2.97 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.71. The business's 50 day moving average price is $109.61 and its 200 day moving average price is $95.79. The company has a market capitalization of $10.91 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 65.79, a PEG ratio of 1.26 and a beta of 1.72. Shift4 Payments has a twelve month low of $55.87 and a twelve month high of $123.25.

Insider Transactions at Shift4 Payments

In related news, insider David Taylor Lauber sold 5,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, December 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $113.71, for a total transaction of $568,550.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider now directly owns 210,045 shares of the company's stock, valued at $23,884,216.95. This represents a 2.33 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, insider James J. Whalen sold 1,462 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Thursday, December 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of $101.07, for a total transaction of $147,764.34. Following the transaction, the insider now directly owns 37,089 shares of the company's stock, valued at $3,748,585.23. This represents a 3.79 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last quarter, insiders sold 11,462 shares of company stock worth $1,211,364. Company insiders own 30.57% of the company's stock.

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Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of equities analysts recently commented on FOUR shares. B. Riley boosted their target price on shares of Shift4 Payments from $110.00 to $150.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research note on Tuesday, November 26th. Wells Fargo & Company boosted their target price on shares of Shift4 Payments from $120.00 to $135.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a research note on Monday, February 3rd. Benchmark downgraded shares of Shift4 Payments from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research note on Thursday, December 5th. Oppenheimer upped their price objective on shares of Shift4 Payments from $120.00 to $121.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research note on Thursday, December 19th. Finally, DA Davidson upped their price objective on shares of Shift4 Payments from $118.00 to $126.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research note on Thursday, November 14th. Seven equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and fifteen have assigned a buy rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat, Shift4 Payments has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $108.24.

Shift4 Payments Company Profile

Shift4 Payments, Inc (NYSE FOUR) provides integrated payment processing and technology solutions in the United States. Its payments platform provides omni-channel card acceptance and processing solutions, including end-to-end payment processing for various payment types; merchant acquiring; proprietary omni-channel gateway; complementary software integrations; integrated and mobile point-of-sale (POS) solutions; security and risk management solutions; and reporting and analytical tools, as well as tokenization, risk management/underwriting, payment device and chargeback management, fraud prevention, and gift card solutions.