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Shift4 Payments (FOUR) Competitors

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FOUR vs. GRAB, AER, CPAY, GIB, RBA, TOST, Z, FTAI, ZG, and GFL

Should you be buying Shift4 Payments stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Shift4 Payments include Grab (GRAB), Aercap (AER), Corpay (CPAY), CGI Group (GIB), RB Global (RBA), Toast (TOST), Zillow Group (Z), FTAI Aviation (FTAI), Zillow Group (ZG), and GFL Environmental (GFL). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.

Shift4 Payments vs. Its Competitors

Grab (NASDAQ:GRAB) and Shift4 Payments (NYSE:FOUR) are both business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, dividends, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Shift4 Payments has higher revenue and earnings than Grab. Shift4 Payments is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Grab, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Grab$2.80B8.44-$105M$0.04146.50
Shift4 Payments$3.61B1.89$229.60M$2.7028.62

In the previous week, Shift4 Payments had 4 more articles in the media than Grab. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Shift4 Payments and 15 mentions for Grab. Shift4 Payments' average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat Grab's score of 0.51 indicating that Shift4 Payments is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Grab
4 Very Positive mention(s)
5 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Shift4 Payments
8 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Grab has a beta of 0.88, indicating that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Shift4 Payments has a beta of 1.69, indicating that its share price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Grab presently has a consensus target price of $5.90, suggesting a potential upside of 0.68%. Shift4 Payments has a consensus target price of $112.65, suggesting a potential upside of 45.78%. Given Shift4 Payments' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Shift4 Payments is more favorable than Grab.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Grab
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.58
Shift4 Payments
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
16 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.87

55.5% of Grab shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.9% of Shift4 Payments shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.6% of Grab shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 25.2% of Shift4 Payments shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Shift4 Payments has a net margin of 6.11% compared to Grab's net margin of 3.65%. Shift4 Payments' return on equity of 37.05% beat Grab's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Grab3.65% 1.75% 1.14%
Shift4 Payments 6.11%37.05%6.88%

Summary

Shift4 Payments beats Grab on 15 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding FOUR and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

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.
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FOUR vs. The Competition

MetricShift4 PaymentsFinancial Transaction Services IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$6.83B$33.34B$95.26T$21.42B
Dividend YieldN/A2.33%2.92%3.65%
P/E Ratio28.6236.5926.0828.89
Price / Sales1.8942.8875,310.8193.97
Price / Cash11.2516.4228.2917.82
Price / Book6.767.77185,976.754.51
Net Income$229.60M$1.11B$197.61M$1.01B
7 Day Performance-1.78%-4.61%3,934,137.92%-3.53%
1 Month Performance-11.70%-0.57%3,948,876.86%-1.39%
1 Year Performance-19.84%36.81%7,951,598.35%10.40%

Shift4 Payments Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FOUR
Shift4 Payments
4.7004 of 5 stars
$77.88
+0.8%
$112.65
+44.6%
-19.8%$6.88B$3.61B28.824,000Analyst Forecast
GRAB
Grab
1.752 of 5 stars
$6.39
+3.7%
$5.90
-7.7%
+60.5%$25.73B$3.07B159.7911,267
AER
Aercap
2.5964 of 5 stars
$125.13
-0.3%
$122.57
-2.0%
+28.2%$23.37B$8.00B7.78740
CPAY
Corpay
4.3346 of 5 stars
$288.64
+0.1%
$396.21
+37.3%
-17.4%$20.38B$3.97B19.6111,200Analyst Downgrade
GIB
CGI Group
3.5627 of 5 stars
$91.13
-0.6%
$148.25
+62.7%
-23.0%$20.31B$15.56B16.8490,250
RBA
RB Global
4.5193 of 5 stars
$107.63
-0.7%
$124.33
+15.5%
+29.9%$19.98B$4.42B53.287,800Positive News
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TOST
Toast
4.2976 of 5 stars
$36.98
+0.9%
$45.78
+23.8%
+23.6%$18.86B$4.96B108.765,700
Z
Zillow Group
3.8698 of 5 stars
$74.00
-3.6%
$90.38
+22.1%
+11.1%$17.93B$2.24B-284.625,720Gap Up
FTAI
FTAI Aviation
4.5833 of 5 stars
$171.46
+1.0%
$191.73
+11.8%
+11.4%$17.59B$1.73B42.4440Analyst Forecast
ZG
Zillow Group
4.4735 of 5 stars
$71.53
-3.8%
$86.92
+21.5%
+10.0%$17.33B$2.24B-275.126,856Gap Up
GFL
GFL Environmental
4.6262 of 5 stars
$46.07
-1.2%
$58.75
+27.5%
+13.4%$16.74B$5.62B7.2620,000Analyst Forecast

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