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Shift4 Payments, Inc. FOUR
Shift4 Payments, Inc. (FOUR) earns a Piotroski F-score of 6/9 (mixed financial health), with an Altman Z″ in the distress zone. It does not currently pay a dividend. FY2025 revenue was $4.2B at a 2.8% net margin.
Quality score trend · recomputed for each fiscal year
Each year's score is computed from that year's filing — a rising Piotroski F or Altman Z″ means improving financial health, a fall is worth a look.
Analyst price target
Recent analyst actions
| Date | Firm | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-25 | Loop Capital | Hold (init) |
| 2026-05-27 | Truist Securities | Hold (main) |
| 2026-05-12 | DA Davidson | Buy (main) |
| 2026-05-08 | RBC Capital | Outperform (main) |
| 2026-05-08 | Keefe, Bruyette & Woods | Market Perform (main) |
| 2026-05-07 | BTIG | Buy (reit) |
Wall Street analyst consensus — a sentiment gauge, not our scoring.
How it ranks in Services · percentile among 982 companies
Percentile vs other Services companies we cover — e.g. “stronger than 90%” means only 10% score higher on that measure.
Piotroski F breakdown · 6/9 tests passed
- Positive return on assets
- Positive operating cash flow
- Rising ROA
- Cash flow exceeds net income
- Lower long-term debt
- Rising current ratio
- No share dilution
- Rising gross margin
- Rising asset turnover
Altman Z″ components · distress zone
| Component | Value |
|---|---|
| Working capital / assets | 0.1 |
| Retained earnings / assets | -0.054 |
| EBIT / assets | 0.04 |
| Equity / liabilities | 0.288 |
Sector peers · similar-size Services companies compare side by side →
| Ticker | Company | Piotroski F | Altman Z″ | P / E | Revenue growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FOUR | Shift4 Payments, Inc. | 6/9 | 1.05 | 31.8 | +25.5% |
| AKAM | AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES INC | 5/9 | 2.86 | 36.4 | +5.4% |
| WU | Western Union CO | 5/9 | — | 4.5 | -3.8% |
| CPAY | CORPAY, INC. | 5/9 | 1.88 | 20.3 | +13.9% |
| RBA | RB GLOBAL INC. | 6/9 | 1.78 | 71.3 | +7.2% |
| ADV | Advantage Solutions Inc. | 5/9 | -2.13 | — | -0.7% |
| TNET | TRINET GROUP, INC. | 6/9 | — | 14.8 | -0.9% |
About Shift4 Payments, Inc.
Shift4 Payments, Inc. engages in the provision of software and payment processing solutions in the United States and internationally. The company offers a payments platform, which provides omnichannel card acceptance; and processing solutions across multiple payment types, including credit, debit, contactless card, Europay, MasterCard and Visa, QR Pay, and mobile wallets, as well as alternative payment methods, such as Apple Pay, Google Pay, Alipay, and WeChat Pay. It also provides technology solutions, such as SkyTab POS, which provides purpose-built POS workstations; SkyTab Mobile, which provides pay-at-the-table, order-at-the-table, delivery, customer feedback, and email marketing solutions; SkyTab Venue, which provides mobile ordering, countertop POS, self-service kiosk, and digital wallet solutions; Lighthouse, a cloud-based suite of business intelligence tools that includes customer engagement, social media management, online reputation management, scheduling and product pricing, extensive reporting, and analytics; The Giving Block, a cryptocurrency donation marketplace; Shift4Shop, an e-commerce platform that creates a web store and tools to manage product catalog, order fulfillment and inventory management, search engine optimization, and secure hosting; and Marketplace, which enables integrations into third-party applications, as well as loyalty and inventory management. In addition, the company offers merchant operations and support services, including underwriting, onboarding, and activation; training; risk management; and support services. Further, it provides software partner operations and support services, including software integrations and compliance management; partner support; and partner services. The company distributes its products through independent software vendors, internal sales and support networks, enterprises, and value-added resellers. Shift4 Payments, Inc. was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Center Valley, Pennsylvania.
FAQ
Is FOUR financially healthy?
Shift4 Payments, Inc.'s Piotroski F-score is 6/9 (8–9 is excellent, 0–3 weak), and its Altman Z″ distress score is in the distress zone.
Does FOUR pay a dividend?
No, Shift4 Payments, Inc. does not currently pay a dividend.
How profitable is FOUR?
In FY2025, Shift4 Payments, Inc. had a net margin of 2.8% and a return on equity of 6.1%.
What is FOUR's P/E ratio?
Shift4 Payments, Inc.'s trailing price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio is about 31.8×, based on its latest annual earnings.
What is the analyst price target for FOUR?
The average Wall-Street price target for Shift4 Payments, Inc. is $60.14, about 36.9% above the recent price, from 21 analysts (consensus: buy).
Is FOUR a good stock to buy?
Stocktoria doesn't give buy or sell advice, but here is the data on Shift4 Payments, Inc.: a Piotroski F-score of 6/9, an Altman Z″ in the distress zone, a P/E of about 31.8×. Weigh these quality and valuation signals against your own goals.
Computed from company filings · US · as of 2025-12-31. Facts plus Stocktoria's own computed scores — not investment advice.