Shift4 Payments (FOUR) Expected to Announce Earnings on Tuesday

Shift4 Payments (NYSE:FOUR - Get Free Report) is expected to be posting its Q1 2025 quarterly earnings results before the market opens on Tuesday, April 29th. Analysts expect Shift4 Payments to post earnings of $0.76 per share and revenue of $886.09 million for the quarter.

Shift4 Payments (NYSE:FOUR - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February 18th. The company reported $1.22 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.16 by $0.06. The business had revenue of $405.00 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1 billion. Shift4 Payments had a return on equity of 29.00% and a net margin of 6.89%. On average, analysts expect Shift4 Payments to post $4 EPS for the current fiscal year and $5 EPS for the next fiscal year.

Shift4 Payments Price Performance

FOUR stock traded down $0.50 during midday trading on Friday, hitting $80.13. 1,361,408 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 1,599,235. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.12, a quick ratio of 2.97 and a current ratio of 1.38. The stock has a market cap of $7.14 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 26.10, a PEG ratio of 1.04 and a beta of 1.80. Shift4 Payments has a fifty-two week low of $56.10 and a fifty-two week high of $127.50. The stock's 50-day moving average price is $85.58 and its 200-day moving average price is $98.69.

Insider Activity

In other news, President David Taylor Lauber sold 2,500 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction on Thursday, March 6th. The shares were sold at an average price of $91.70, for a total transaction of $229,250.00. Following the transaction, the president now owns 264,856 shares in the company, valued at approximately $24,287,295.20. This trade represents a 0.94 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. Also, CFO Nancy Disman sold 10,000 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction dated Friday, March 14th. The shares were sold at an average price of $84.98, for a total value of $849,800.00. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer now owns 177,622 shares in the company, valued at approximately $15,094,317.56. This trade represents a 5.33 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold 12,695 shares of company stock worth $1,097,380 over the last 90 days. 30.57% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Analyst Ratings Changes

FOUR has been the subject of a number of recent research reports. Piper Sandler dropped their price objective on shares of Shift4 Payments from $143.00 to $113.00 and set an "overweight" rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, April 10th. Oppenheimer reduced their price objective on shares of Shift4 Payments from $142.00 to $135.00 and set an "outperform" rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, February 20th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft began coverage on shares of Shift4 Payments in a research note on Monday, February 3rd. They issued a "hold" rating and a $120.00 target price for the company. Stephens reaffirmed an "overweight" rating and issued a $125.00 price objective on shares of Shift4 Payments in a research report on Wednesday, February 19th. Finally, DA Davidson reduced their target price on Shift4 Payments from $140.00 to $124.00 and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, February 24th. Seven research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, thirteen have given a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $111.30.

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.