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Shift4 Payments (FOUR) Stock Price, News & Analysis

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$96.97 -1.81 (-1.83%)
(As of 11/15/2024 ET)

About Shift4 Payments Stock (NYSE:FOUR)

Key Stats

Today's Range
$95.91
$98.67
50-Day Range
$75.72
$104.91
52-Week Range
$55.87
$106.31
Volume
1.26 million shs
Average Volume
1.37 million shs
Market Capitalization
$8.59 billion
P/E Ratio
52.70
Dividend Yield
N/A
Price Target
$100.15
Consensus Rating
Moderate Buy

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.

Shift4 Payments Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

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72nd Percentile Overall Score

FOUR MarketRank™: 

Shift4 Payments scored higher than 72% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 107th out of 338 stocks in the business services sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

  • Consensus Rating

    Shift4 Payments has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.86, and is based on 18 buy ratings, 3 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

  • Amount of Analyst Coverage

    Shift4 Payments has been the subject of 12 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

  • Read more about Shift4 Payments' stock forecast and price target.
  • Earnings Growth

    Earnings for Shift4 Payments are expected to grow by 29.61% in the coming year, from $3.04 to $3.94 per share.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

    The P/E ratio of Shift4 Payments is 52.72, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 125.55.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

    The P/E ratio of Shift4 Payments is 52.72, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Business Services sector average P/E ratio of about 39.06.

  • Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

    Shift4 Payments has a PEG Ratio of 1.18. 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 8.20. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

  • Read more about Shift4 Payments' valuation and earnings.
  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    8.72% 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 6.2.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in Shift4 Payments has recently decreased by 9.17%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.
  • Dividend Yield

    Shift4 Payments does not currently pay a dividend.

  • Dividend Growth

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

  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    8.72% 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 6.2.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in Shift4 Payments has recently decreased by 9.17%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.
  • News Sentiment

    Shift4 Payments has a news sentiment score of 0.30. 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 is a lower news sentiment than the 0.60 average news sentiment score of Business Services companies.
  • News Coverage This Week

    MarketBeat has tracked 41 news articles for Shift4 Payments this week, compared to 9 articles on an average week.
  • Search Interest

    17 people have searched for FOUR on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 55% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • MarketBeat Follows

    Only 7 people have added Shift4 Payments to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -30% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • 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 $2,658,125.00 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.

  • Read more about Shift4 Payments' insider trading history.
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FOUR Stock News Headlines

Shift4 Payments Set to Join the S&P MidCap 400
Shift4 Payments Q1 EPS Forecast Decreased by William Blair
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Shift4 Payments price target raised to $126 from $118 at DA Davidson
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RBC Capital Remains a Buy on Shift4 Payments (FOUR)
Shift4 Payments price target raised to $120 from $105 at Susquehanna
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FOUR Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

Shift4 Payments' stock was trading at $74.34 on January 1st, 2024. Since then, FOUR shares have increased by 30.5% and is now trading at $97.01.
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Shift4 Payments, Inc. (NYSE:FOUR) released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, November, 12th. The company reported $0.91 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, hitting the consensus estimate of $0.91. The firm earned $365.10 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $369.07 million. Shift4 Payments had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 23.86% and a net margin of 4.04%.

Shift4 Payments (FOUR) raised $300 million in an initial public offering 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 served 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.

Shift4 Payments' top institutional shareholders include Wasatch Advisors LP (6.64%), Jennison Associates LLC (3.20%), Westfield Capital Management Co. LP (1.64%) and Janus Henderson Group PLC (1.64%). Insiders that own company stock include Jared Isaacman, David Taylor Lauber, Jordan Frankel, Nancy Disman and Sarah Goldsmith-Grover.
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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.
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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
11/12/2024
Today
11/15/2024
Fiscal Year End
12/31/2024
Next Earnings (Estimated)
2/25/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

Industry
Business services, not elsewhere classified
Sub-Industry
N/A
Fax
N/A
Employees
3,030
Year Founded
N/A

Price Target and Rating

Average Stock Price Target
$100.15
High Stock Price Target
$126.00
Low Stock Price Target
$53.00
Potential Upside/Downside
+1.7%
Consensus Rating
Moderate Buy
Rating Score (0-4)
2.86
Research Coverage
21 Analysts

Profitability

Net Income
$86.20 million
Pretax Margin
-3.30%

Debt

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales
$2.56 billion
Cash Flow
$4.97 per share
Book Value
$11.83 per share

Miscellaneous

Free Float
61,512,000
Market Cap
$8.73 billion
Optionable
Optionable
Beta
1.64
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This page (NYSE:FOUR) was last updated on 11/15/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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