# Shift4 Payments share price today (Shift4 Payments, Inc., FOUR)

> Shift4 Payments, Inc. is reporting record margins. FOUR · Technology · Software - Infrastructure · data as of 3 November 2026. Page: https://www.sectoralpha.in/us/stocks/four

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## Key numbers

- Business trend: Getting worse, from the last 12 quarters
- Price: $41.49 (−40.0% in a year)
- P/E: 66.4× (higher than 88% of the last 4.1 years)
- Revenue (Jun 2026): $1.3 B (+34.1% on a year ago)
- Profit (Jun 2026): $7.0 M (−70.8% on a year ago)
- Operating margin: 7.5% (−1.6 points on a year ago)
- ROE: 4%, FY25
- ROIC: 5.6%, against a 7.7% cost of capital: −2.1 points

Biggest thing to watch: margins are the best this company has ever reported. Every ratio looks better at a record, so the story depends on margins staying high. ## What is the Shift4 Payments share price today? Shift4 Payments, Inc.'s share price was $41.49 at the close on 3 November 2026. It has been falling for 53 weeks. That is 9.9% below its average price over the last 200 trading days. In the last 52 weeks it traded between $36 and $74, and at that close it sat 14% of the way up from that low. Over the past 13 weeks it has done better than the S&P 500, and it has stayed ahead for 1 week in a row. Over the last 6.4 years the share price moved +19% while the S&P 500 moved +148%, so it is behind the index over that whole period. The chart above shows the 13-week comparison for every week. This page treats a rise as over when the price closes below its 200-day average on two Fridays in a row. ## What dividend does Shift4 Payments pay? Shift4 Payments, Inc. pays no dividend. In the last 12 reported quarters it declared no dividend per share, so there is no payout history to chart and no yield to show. Companies like this usually keep their earnings in the business, so the cash-flow sections show where that cash goes. ## Which stock lists is Shift4 Payments on? Shift4 Payments is on one of our US lists: US tech stocks. [US tech stocks](https://www.sectoralpha.in/us-tech-stocks)

## Is Shift4 Payments profitable? Shift4 Payments, Inc. earned $7.0 M of net profit in the Jun 2026 quarter, −70.8% on the same quarter a year earlier. Full-year FY25 profit was $80.0 M. That is 0.5% of the quarter's revenue. The same quarter a year earlier earned $24.0 M. 1 of the last 12 reported quarters were loss-making. For the full year, FY25 profit was $80.0 M (−65.5% on the year before). Why profit moved: revenue changed +34.1% on a year earlier and the margin moved −1.6 percentage points. Sales did the work, and the margin was about flat. On average over the last four quarters, profit changed −82.5% and revenue +32.4%. Profit is growing slower than sales: rising costs are taking part of the growth. ## How much revenue does Shift4 Payments make, and is it growing? Shift4 Payments, Inc. reported $1.3 B of revenue in the Jun 2026 quarter, +34.1% on the same quarter a year earlier. That is the 12th quarter in a row with growth on the year before. Over 4 years it has grown 32.2% a year on average. The last full year, FY25, came in at $4.2 B. The last four reported quarters add to $4.8 B. FY25 revenue was $4.2 B, +25.5% on the year before. Recent pace: the last four quarters grew +32.4% on average, against 32.2% a year over the longer run, so this year is growing at about the same pace as its own long-run rate. Is growth speeding up? Revenue over the last 12 months grew +32.4%, against +28.1% a year over the last 8 quarters (accelerating); profit over the last 12 months grew −78.6%, against −34.4% a year (rolling over). ## How much of every $100 of sales does Shift4 Payments keep? Shift4 Payments, Inc.'s operating margin was 7.5% in the Jun 2026 quarter, 1.6 percentage points lower than the same quarter a year ago. Its latest full-year margin is the highest it has ever reported. Across 5 years it has been between −3.6% and 9.2%. The latest quarter is within that range. Across 5 years it has been between −3.6% and 9.2%, and FY25's 9.2% is the highest of them. Why the margin moved: operating margin changed −1.6 percentage points on the year while gross margin changed +4.2 points. So the drop came mostly from the gross margin, which means input costs and prices charged. When margins are at a record, every ratio built on profit looks better than usual, so watch whether they hold. ## Is Shift4 Payments' profit turning into cash? Over the last 3 years, 372% of Shift4 Payments, Inc.'s reported profit came in as cash from its operations, so the profit is backed by cash. In FY25 it brought in $634 M of operating cash against $80.0 M of profit. After $135 M of spending on assets, $499 M was left over as free cash. Cash-flow figures here are yearly, because quarterly cash statements are not published, so this section changes once a year. Why: the cash figure is clear, but the day counts behind it are not in our data, so we show it without guessing the reason. What to look at next: the main use of cash is spending on assets. The next section checks what that spending is building. ## Where does Shift4 Payments' cash go? Shift4 Payments, Inc. does not report the customer, stock and supplier day counts a cash cycle needs, so this section looks at its spending on assets instead. It spent $335 M on assets over the last 3 years. Averaged over those years that is 2.7% of FY25 revenue a year. Nothing is estimated in place of the missing day counts, so no cash-cycle chart is drawn. Spending on assets: $335 M over the last 3 years. In short: the cash is going into new capacity, not getting stuck in the daily cycle. The question is whether the new capacity earns. ## What is Shift4 Payments' P/E ratio, and how does it compare with its own history? Shift4 Payments, Inc.'s P/E is 66.4×, near the high end of its own history: higher than 88% of past readings. Its usual P/E (the middle reading) is 45.2×, over 4.1 years of weekly prices. This compares the share price with the company’s own past. It does not say what the business is worth. Why the multiple is where it is: over the past year earnings per share moved −64.5% while the price moved −40.0%. The price did better than earnings, which pushed the multiple up within its own range. Where the price move came from: over 3 years the price moved −5.0% a year; about −27.4% a year came from earnings growth and about +22.4 percentage points from the multiple (the market paying more). The split is approximate (price return minus earnings growth). It shows how much of the move came from the market paying a different multiple. In short: the multiple is high against its own past, so the earnings trend underneath matters more than the multiple. ## Is the Shift4 Payments business getting better or worse? Shift4 Payments, Inc.'s business is getting worse. Profit and EPS growth are shrinking: profit growth is −78.6% in the latest quarter, against +179.4% at its best in 12 quarters, with ROCE steady at 6.6%. This is based on 12 quarters of 4 measures. Why it matters: falling lines mean any ratio below that looks low should be read with that direction in mind. ## How much does Shift4 Payments earn on its capital? Shift4 Payments, Inc. earned a ROE of 4% in FY25. That is up from a low of −12% in FY21. Its return on capital used (ROIC) is 2.1 percentage points below its cost of capital, so growth here does not yet pay for the capital it uses. It comes from a 1.9% net margin and 0.48× asset turnover (sales divided by assets). Why the return is what it is (FY25): a 1.9% net margin × 0.48× asset turnover × 4.45× leverage (assets divided by equity) ≈ 4.1% on equity. The margin does its share; borrowing is a big part of it. The key test, return on capital used minus the cost of capital: 5.6% − 7.7% = −2.1 percentage points. The 7.7% is an estimate of this company's own cost of capital. Read the sign and size of the gap, not the decimals. Negative: growth at these returns loses value until returns improve. The 5.6% ROIC above is the latest reading, as reported. The yearly chart below shows FY25 at 7.0%, and the quarterly chart works out each 12-month window from the quarterly figures, so the readings differ by date, not by method. ## Does Shift4 Payments have too much debt? Shift4 Payments, Inc. has total debt of $4.6 B against shareholder equity of $1.7 B as of Jun 2026, so its debt is 2.62× its equity. Year by year, that ratio went from 4.41 in FY21 to 2.36 in FY25. Keep that borrowing in mind when reading the returns on this page. ## What is the Shift4 Payments shareholding pattern? 31.7% of Shift4 Payments, Inc.'s tradable shares are in short positions, which are bets that the price will fall, so a large group of traders is betting against it. At normal trading volumes, closing those positions would take about 6.9 days. US companies do not publish a quarter-by-quarter list of owners, so this page uses short interest instead. It is a single reading at one point in time; we do not have its history. Why it is at this level: the figure does not say who holds the short positions or why, so we show the level without guessing the story. ## How far is Shift4 Payments from balance-sheet trouble? For Shift4 Payments, Inc., the Z-score is 1.06. A Z-score above about 3 is safe and below about 1.8 signals danger, so this is in the danger zone. It estimates how far the balance sheet is from trouble; it is not a forecast of failure. Why it matters: a Z-score of 1.06 is inside the danger zone, so the balance sheet is a real risk. ## How does Shift4 Payments rank in its industry? There is no score against its industry: Shift4 Payments, Inc. is not among the largest members shown in this industry comparison for Software - Infrastructure. The score ranks a company within its industry: each measure is scored against the other members. Without that group there is no score, so none is shown. ## Which companies is Shift4 Payments compared with? No sector comparison is shown here, not among the largest members shown in this industry comparison. ## Which companies are close to Shift4 Payments in size? Shift4 Payments is the 53rd largest of 117 Software - Infrastructure companies on Sector Alpha by market value (scores of 3 November 2026). Just above it: Appian Corporation, Bullish and AvePoint, Inc. Just below it: Teradata Corporation, Wix.com and Cellebrite DI. ### Software - Infrastructure companies close in size

1. [Appian Corporation](https://www.sectoralpha.in/us/stocks/appn) $3.5 billion
2. [Bullish](https://www.sectoralpha.in/us/stocks/blsh) $3.5 billion
3. [AvePoint, Inc.](https://www.sectoralpha.in/us/stocks/avpt) $3.5 billion
4. Shift4 Payments, Inc. $3.3 billion
5. [Teradata Corporation](https://www.sectoralpha.in/us/stocks/tdc) $3.1 billion
6. [Wix.com Ltd.](https://www.sectoralpha.in/us/stocks/wix) $3.1 billion
7. [Cellebrite DI Ltd.](https://www.sectoralpha.in/us/stocks/clbt) $3.1 billion

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## What else do people ask about Shift4 Payments? ### What were Shift4 Payments's latest quarterly results? Shift4 Payments, Inc. reported revenue of $1.3 B and net profit of $7.0 M for the Jun 2026 quarter. Revenue rose 34.1% and profit fell 70.8% compared with a year earlier. Earnings per share were $0.08. The operating margin was 7.5%, 1.6 percentage points lower than a year earlier (as of 3 November 2026). ### What is Shift4 Payments's market cap? Shift4 Payments, Inc.'s market capitalisation is $3.3 B at a stock price of $41.49. Market cap is the share price times the number of shares, so it changes whenever the price moves (as of 3 November 2026). ### How is Shift4 Payments performing? Shift4 Payments, Inc.'s share price has been falling for 53 weeks. In its latest quarter, revenue rose 34.1% and profit fell 70.8% compared with a year earlier. Over the past 13 weeks it has done better than the S&P 500, for 1 week running (as of 3 November 2026). ### Will Shift4 Payments's stock price go up? This page does not forecast Shift4 Payments, Inc.'s stock price. What it shows instead: the stock price is $41.49, and it has been falling for 53 weeks. Its P/E of 66.4× is higher than 88% of its own last 4 years (as of 3 November 2026). ### Where is Shift4 Payments in its business cycle? Shift4 Payments, Inc.'s FY25 operating margin was 9.2%, against a 5-year range of −3.6% to 9.2%: the top of its range, a record year. When profit is at a record, every ratio looks better than usual, and the story depends on margins staying high. The latest quarter was 7.5%. Comparing margins with a company's own long history is a good way to see where it is in its cycle (as of 3 November 2026). ### What could break the Shift4 Payments story? Biggest thing to watch: margins are the best this company has ever reported. Every ratio looks better at a record, so the story depends on margins staying high. On price, this page treats a rise as over when the share price closes below its 200-day average on two Fridays in a row (as of 3 November 2026). ### Is Shift4 Payments a stock worth studying right now? What the numbers show: Shift4 Payments, Inc. is reporting record margins. The main open question: the next one or two quarters of results. Every number on this page is worked out by code from the published figures, with no forecasts and no price opinions (as of 3 November 2026). ## Lists

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