Shift4 Payments (FOUR) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

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. The company also offers suite of technology solutions, such as Lighthouse, a cloud-based business intelligence tool that includes customer engagement, social media management, online reputation management, scheduling, and product pricing, as well as reporting and analytics; integrated POS for merchants business; and Skytab, a mobile payment solution. In addition, it provides marketplace technology that enable seamless integrations into third-party applications, which includes online delivery services, payroll, timekeeping, and other human resource services. Further, the company offers merchant management, training and education, marketing management, and incentives tracking solutions. Additionally, it provides merchant underwriting, onboarding and activation, training, risk management, and support services; and software integrations and compliance management, and partner support and services. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Allentown, Pennsylvania.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $96.47 to $99.53
• 50-Day Range: $98.79 to $126.04
• 52-Week Range: $55.87 to $127.50
• Volume: 784,970 shs
• Average Volume: 1.63 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $8.66 billion
• P/E Ratio: 31.33
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $114.19
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Shift4 Payments Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Shift4 Payments scored higher than 82% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 47th out of 326 stocks in the business services sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.3 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Shift4 Payments has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.68, and is based on 15 buy ratings, 7 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Shift4 Payments has been the subject of 11 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 27.30%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Shift4 Payments are expected to grow by 27.30% in the coming year, from $3.70 to $4.71 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Shift4 Payments is 32.28, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 21.25.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Shift4 Payments is 32.28, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Business Services sector average P/E ratio of about 24.80.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Shift4 Payments has a PEG Ratio of 1.09. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Shift4 Payments has a P/B Ratio of 9.69. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 4.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

7.85% of the outstanding shares of Shift4 Payments have been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Shift4 Payments has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.9, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Shift4 Payments has recently decreased by 8.06%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: N/A

Dividend Yield

Shift4 Payments does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

Shift4 Payments does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: N/A
• Environmental Score: N/A

Percentage of Shares Shorted

7.85% of the outstanding shares of Shift4 Payments have been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Shift4 Payments has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.9, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Shift4 Payments has recently decreased by 8.06%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.6 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.67

News Sentiment

Shift4 Payments has a news sentiment score of 0.67. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This news sentiment score is similar to the average news sentiment of Business Services companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 49 news articles for Shift4 Payments this week, compared to 10 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

39 people have searched for FOUR on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 388% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

Only 4 people have added Shift4 Payments to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -43% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 4.2 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Shift4 Payments insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $1,211,364.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

30.57% of the stock of Shift4 Payments is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

Percentage Held by Institutions

98.87% of the stock of Shift4 Payments is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

FOUR Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have FOUR shares performed this year?

Shift4 Payments' stock was trading at $103.78 at the beginning of the year. Since then, FOUR shares have decreased by 6.0% and is now trading at $97.5450.
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How were Shift4 Payments' earnings last quarter?

Shift4 Payments, Inc. (NYSE:FOUR) released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February, 18th. The company reported $1.22 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.16 by $0.06. The business had revenue of $405 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1 billion. Shift4 Payments had a net margin of 6.89% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 29.38%.

When did Shift4 Payments IPO?

Shift4 Payments (FOUR) raised $300 million in an IPO on Friday, June 5th 2020. The company issued 15,000,000 shares at $19.00-$21.00 per share. Citigroup, Credit Suisse and Goldman Sachs acted as the underwriters for the IPO and BofA Securities, Morgan Stanley, RBC Capital Markets, Evercore ISI, Raymond James, SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Wolfe Capital Markets and Advisory, Citizens Capital Markets, Scotiabank, TD Securities and Telsey Advisory Group were co-managers.

Who are Shift4 Payments' major shareholders?

Shift4 Payments' top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (7.26%), Wasatch Advisors LP (6.45%), Durable Capital Partners LP (5.69%) and Darlington Partners Capital Management LP (2.79%). Insiders that own company stock include Jared Isaacman, Jordan Frankel, David Taylor Lauber, Nancy Disman and Sarah Goldsmith-Grover.
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How do I buy shares of Shift4 Payments?

Shares of FOUR stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

What other stocks do shareholders of Shift4 Payments own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Shift4 Payments investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Meta Platforms (META), Broadcom (AVGO), Arista Networks (ANET), CrowdStrike (CRWD), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) and Adobe (ADBE).

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 2/18/2025
• Today: 2/20/2025
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 5/07/2025
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Business Services
• Industry: Business services, not elsewhere classified
• Sub-Industry: N/A
• Current Symbol: NYSE:FOUR
• CUSIP: N/A
• CIK: 1794669
• Web: www.shift4.com
• Phone: 888-276-2108
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 3,030
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Stock Price Target: $114.19
• High Stock Price Target: $154.00
• Low Stock Price Target: $53.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +15.6%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.68
• Research Coverage: 22 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): $3.07
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 32.18
• Forward P/E Ratio: 26.70
• P/E Growth: 1.32
• Net Income: $86.20 million
• Net Margins: 6.89%
• Pretax Margin: -3.30%
• Return on Equity: 29.38%
• Return on Assets: 7.14%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 2.71
• Current Ratio: 2.98
• Quick Ratio: 2.97

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $3.15 billion
• Price / Sales: 2.83
• Cash Flow: $4.02 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 24.58
• Book Value: $10.07 per share
• Price / Book: 9.81

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 90,102,000
• Free Float: 62,558,000
• Market Cap: $8.90 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.72