Shift4 Payments (FOUR) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Shift4 Payments, Inc. (NYSE: FOUR) provides integrated payment processing and commerce technology for businesses. Its platform combines payment acceptance, payment gateway services, acquiring, fraud prevention, reporting and other merchant services, allowing businesses to manage transactions across in-person, online and mobile channels.

The company serves a range of industries, including restaurants, hotels, resorts, sports and entertainment venues, gaming, retail and e-commerce. Its offerings include point-of-sale and payment solutions such as SkyTab for restaurants, as well as tools designed to support venue operations, online ordering, hotel payments and other specialized commerce needs.

Shift4 has expanded its operations internationally through organic growth and acquisitions, including the purchase of Finaro, a global payment processing company. The company supports merchants and payment activity across numerous international markets and payment methods. Shift4 was founded by Jared Isaacman, who became executive chairman following a leadership transition that named Taylor Lauber president and chief executive officer effective in 2025.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $42.39 to $45.65
• 50-Day Range: $40.92 to $55.99
• 52-Week Range: $34.56 to $88.51
• Volume: 2.20 million shs
• Average Volume: 1.86 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $3.57 billion
• P/E Ratio: 75.34
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $60.24
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Shift4 Payments Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Shift4 Payments scored higher than 85% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 227th out of 851 stocks in the finance sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 4.2 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Shift4 Payments has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.39, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 11 buy ratings, 10 hold ratings, and 2 sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Shift4 Payments has a consensus price target of $60.24, representing about 33.3% upside from its current price of $45.20.

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: 3.1 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 22.63%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Shift4 Payments are expected to grow by 22.63% in the coming year, from $4.33 to $5.31 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Shift4 Payments is 75.34, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 39.15.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Shift4 Payments is 75.34, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 25.67.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Shift4 Payments has a PEG Ratio of 0.56. PEG Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Shift4 Payments has a P/B Ratio of 3.93. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 2.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

17.61% of the float of Shift4 Payments has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Shift4 Payments has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 7.33.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Shift4 Payments has recently decreased by 2.60%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving.

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.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.7 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.32

News Sentiment

Shift4 Payments has a news sentiment score of 0.32. 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 0.87 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 9 news articles for Shift4 Payments this week, compared to 6 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 13 people have searched for FOUR on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -46% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

7 people have added Shift4 Payments to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.8 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Shift4 Payments insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

1.54% of the stock of Shift4 Payments is held by insiders.

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.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 8/06/2026
• Today: 9/12/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/05/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Finance
• Industry: Financial Services
• Sub-Industry: Transaction & Payment Processing Services
• Current Symbol: NYSE:FOUR
• CIK: 1794669
• Web: www.shift4.com
• Phone: +88827621081220
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 6,300
• Year Founded: 1999

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Shift4 Payments: $60.24
• High Price Target: $101.00
• Low Price Target: $40.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +33.3%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.39
• Research Coverage: 23 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $0.60
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 75.34
• Forward P/E Ratio: 10.44
• P/E Growth: 0.56
• Net Income: $119 million
• Net Margins: 2.20%
• Pretax Margin: 3.20%
• Return on Equity: 28.40%
• Return on Assets: 4.61%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 2.59
• Current Ratio: 1.21
• Quick Ratio: 1.21

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $4.78 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.75
• Cash Flow: $10.76 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 4.20
• Book Value: $11.51 per share
• Price / Book: 3.93

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 78,960,000
• Free Float: 77,744,000
• Market Cap: $3.57 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.38