Shift4 Payments (FOUR) Competitors $86.64 -1.51 (-1.71%) Closing price 03/25/2025 03:58 PM EasternExtended Trading$86.45 -0.19 (-0.22%) As of 03/25/2025 07:17 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock FOUR vs. BR, CPAY, GPN, KSPI, RBA, GRAB, Z, ZG, AKAM, and CARTShould you be buying Shift4 Payments stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Shift4 Payments include Broadridge Financial Solutions (BR), Corpay (CPAY), Global Payments (GPN), Joint Stock Company Kaspi.kz (KSPI), RB Global (RBA), Grab (GRAB), Zillow Group (Z), Zillow Group (ZG), Akamai Technologies (AKAM), and Maplebear (CART). These companies are all part of the "business services, not elsewhere classified" industry. Shift4 Payments vs. Broadridge Financial Solutions Corpay Global Payments Joint Stock Company Kaspi.kz RB Global Grab Zillow Group Zillow Group Akamai Technologies Maplebear Broadridge Financial Solutions (NYSE:BR) and Shift4 Payments (NYSE:FOUR) are both business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, dividends, profitability, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment and analyst recommendations. Do analysts rate BR or FOUR? Broadridge Financial Solutions currently has a consensus target price of $241.00, suggesting a potential upside of 1.67%. Shift4 Payments has a consensus target price of $115.30, suggesting a potential upside of 33.08%. Given Shift4 Payments' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Shift4 Payments is more favorable than Broadridge Financial Solutions.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Broadridge Financial Solutions 0 Sell rating(s) 5 Hold rating(s) 1 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.17Shift4 Payments 0 Sell rating(s) 7 Hold rating(s) 13 Buy rating(s) 1 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.71 Which has better earnings and valuation, BR or FOUR? Broadridge Financial Solutions has higher revenue and earnings than Shift4 Payments. Shift4 Payments is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Broadridge Financial Solutions, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioBroadridge Financial Solutions$6.68B4.15$698.10M$6.3937.10Shift4 Payments$3.33B2.32$86.20M$3.0728.22 Does the media refer more to BR or FOUR? In the previous week, Broadridge Financial Solutions had 4 more articles in the media than Shift4 Payments. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Broadridge Financial Solutions and 14 mentions for Shift4 Payments. Broadridge Financial Solutions' average media sentiment score of 1.35 beat Shift4 Payments' score of 1.32 indicating that Broadridge Financial Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Broadridge Financial Solutions 13 Very Positive mention(s) 2 Positive mention(s) 3 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Shift4 Payments 12 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 2 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of BR or FOUR? 90.0% of Broadridge Financial Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.9% of Shift4 Payments shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of Broadridge Financial Solutions shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 30.6% of Shift4 Payments shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term. Does the MarketBeat Community believe in BR or FOUR? Broadridge Financial Solutions received 296 more outperform votes than Shift4 Payments when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.27% of users gave Shift4 Payments an outperform vote while only 49.63% of users gave Broadridge Financial Solutions an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformBroadridge Financial SolutionsOutperform Votes40249.63% Underperform Votes40850.37% Shift4 PaymentsOutperform Votes10661.27% Underperform Votes6738.73% Which has more risk and volatility, BR or FOUR? Broadridge Financial Solutions has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Shift4 Payments has a beta of 1.76, meaning that its share price is 76% more volatile than the S&P 500. Is BR or FOUR more profitable? Broadridge Financial Solutions has a net margin of 11.36% compared to Shift4 Payments' net margin of 6.89%. Broadridge Financial Solutions' return on equity of 44.40% beat Shift4 Payments' return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Broadridge Financial Solutions11.36% 44.40% 12.04% Shift4 Payments 6.89%29.00%6.69% SummaryBroadridge Financial Solutions beats Shift4 Payments on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks. Remove Ads Get Shift4 Payments News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for FOUR and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart FOUR vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricShift4 PaymentsBusiness services IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$7.72B$21.34B$7.61B$19.75BDividend YieldN/A2.62%2.52%3.75%P/E Ratio28.2234.3130.9034.05Price / Sales2.328.41150.3828.57Price / Cash14.5732.3031.5117.54Price / Book7.675.645.024.63Net Income$86.20M$681.84M$194.85M$1.02B7 Day Performance-1.81%0.39%0.52%0.14%1 Month Performance-10.09%-3.84%-3.37%-1.17%1 Year Performance28.87%1.88%7.72%7.30% Shift4 Payments Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)FOURShift4 Payments4.5657 of 5 stars$86.64-1.7%$115.30+33.1%+25.2%$7.72B$3.33B28.223,030Positive NewsBRBroadridge Financial Solutions4.6519 of 5 stars$231.06+1.5%$239.17+3.5%+17.1%$27.03B$6.68B36.1514,600Positive NewsCPAYCorpay3.608 of 5 stars$348.27+3.1%$399.71+14.8%N/A$24.46B$3.97B24.9010,500Positive NewsGPNGlobal Payments4.9729 of 5 stars$95.85+1.7%$134.33+40.2%-25.5%$23.72B$10.11B15.5027,000Positive NewsKSPIJoint Stock Company Kaspi.kz4.1106 of 5 stars$99.55+4.1%$150.67+51.3%-20.3%$19.91B$2.52T9.638,772RBARB Global3.8389 of 5 stars$97.88+2.2%$107.64+10.0%+32.3%$18.08B$4.28B48.709,600High Trading VolumeGRABGrab2.7481 of 5 stars$4.47+1.5%$5.62+25.9%+44.6%$17.98B$2.80B-223.259,490Positive NewsZZillow Group3.7686 of 5 stars$71.68+1.6%$82.00+14.4%+49.2%$17.38B$2.24B-152.425,720Positive NewsZGZillow Group4.2314 of 5 stars$69.57+1.6%$83.00+19.3%+48.3%$16.86B$2.24B-147.935,720AKAMAkamai Technologies4.7864 of 5 stars$83.57+3.5%$107.55+28.7%-24.6%$12.56B$3.99B25.6410,250Analyst RevisionCARTMaplebear3.9781 of 5 stars$40.66+5.4%$50.52+24.3%+10.1%$10.74B$3.38B27.243,380Positive News Remove Ads Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Broadridge Financial Solutions Alternatives Corpay Alternatives Global Payments Alternatives Joint Stock Company Kaspi.kz Alternatives RB Global Alternatives Grab Alternatives Zillow Group Alternatives Zillow Group Alternatives Akamai Technologies Alternatives Maplebear Alternatives Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NYSE:FOUR) was last updated on 3/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersDOGE could send 6 AI stocks through the roofStay alert for Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency's next move … Expect an announcement f...Weiss Ratings | SponsoredNew “Trump” currency proposed in DCAccording to one of the most connected men in Washington… A surprising new bill was just introduced in Wash...Paradigm Press | SponsoredThe Dirty Secret About Gold Mining Stocks...Here's something most gold analysts won't tell you: 90% of gold mining companies actually destroy sharehold...Golden Portfolio | SponsoredDOGE officially begins retirement transformationElon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency ("DOGE") just announced the first-ever "fully digital retireme...Altimetry | SponsoredCollect $7k per month from Tesla’s SECRET dividendTesla doesn't pay a traditional dividend.... 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