Shift4 Payments, Inc. (FOUR) stock forecast summary
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Shift4 Payments, Inc. is a mid-cap company with a market capitalization of $3.38B.
It ranks number 42 by market capitalization among the 60 Services-Business Services, NEC issuers in our coverage with a current forecast.
For FOUR, the Spearman rank correlation between our 90-day forecasts and the returns that followed is 47.0%, measured on 357 forecast dates between 2022-08-19 and 2026-08-07 on this stock's own recent history. A rank correlation runs from -100% to +100%: it measures whether higher forecasts were followed by higher returns, and a value near zero or below means the model has shown little skill on this stock. On the 30-day forecasts the same correlation is 16.0%, measured on 400 forecast dates between 2022-08-19 and 2026-10-07. Across our coverage, the out-of-sample test on 4629 stocks from 2025-01-06 to 2026-08-04 produced a positive net return in 92.9% of rebalance periods (factor-neutral book, net of estimated costs). Full backtest report
Expected return relative to the market over the horizon: a positive alpha means the model expects the stock to beat the market, whatever the market does.
Ratings: strong buy ≥ +3.1%, buy ≥ +1.5%, sell < -0.5%, strong sell < -1.8% (top 15%, next 20%, middle 30%, next 20%, bottom 15% of the 2026-11-06 signals)
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Cross-section · 2026-11-06
How FOUR ranks among 5150 stocks
90D Alpha forecasts of every company scored, cut into five relative ratings at the 15th, 35th, 65th and 85th percentiles (dashed lines).
Trailing twelve months. The industry median and the rank (1 = highest) are taken over the Services-Business Services, NEC peers listed below that report each metric.
Valuation & Market
Metric
FOUR
Industry median
Rank
Market Cap
$3.38B
$6.66B
42/60
P/E Ratio
29.33x
26.93x
19/44
P/B Ratio
11.32x
3.73x
10/47
Book Value/Share
$3.78
–
–
Revenue/Share
$62.36
–
–
FCF/Share
$7.90
–
–
Profitability & Margins
Metric
FOUR
Industry median
Rank
ROE
-12.3%
17.5%
34/38
Gross Margin
35.5%
47.5%
31/42
Operating Margin
26.7%
9.3%
9/51
Net Margin
-2.4%
9.4%
34/42
EBT Margin
10.5%
9.4%
25/53
Tax Rate
18.6%
–
–
Financial Health
Metric
FOUR
Industry median
Rank
Current Ratio
1.23x
1.32x
34/56
D/E Ratio
6.43x
1.52x
9/52
Interest Coverage
43.3x
5.1x
4/49
Working Capital
$521M
$316M
19/56
Cash Flow
Metric
FOUR
Industry median
Rank
Operating Cash Flow
$642M
$498M
24/54
Free Cash Flow
$624M
$474M
17/45
Capital Spending
-$18M
-$55M
16/45
OCF Growth YoY
15.5%
14.5%
22/46
FCF Growth YoY
14.3%
11.8%
18/40
FCF/Sales
12.7%
15.9%
27/45
CapEx/Sales
0.4%
1.5%
35/45
Operational Efficiency
Metric
FOUR
Industry median
Rank
Receivables Turnover
6.7x
6.8x
23/42
Fixed Assets Turnover
16.0x
19.3x
25/44
Days Sales Outstanding
55 days
54 days
20/42
Payables Period
74 days
26 days
6/36
Income Statement
Metric
FOUR
Industry median
Rank
Total Revenue
$4.92B
$3.91B
20/48
Operating Income
$403M
$349M
24/52
Net Income
-$37M
$249M
34/42
Cost of Goods Sold
$3.18B
$1.25B
16/43
Dividend & Shareholder Information
Metric
FOUR
Industry median
Rank
Shares Outstanding
79M
–
–
Balance Sheet Highlights (USD millions)
Total Current Assets
$2.83B
Cash & Short-term Investments
$1.24B
52.7% of assets
Accounts Receivable
$740M
31.4% of assets
Total Liabilities
$1.92B
81.5% of assets
Short-term Debt
$1.66B
70.5% of assets
Quarterly Financial Reports
FOUR quarterly financials and insider trading
Industry Peers · Services-Business Services, NEC
Shift4 Payments, Inc. (FOUR) industry peers
Companies classified under the same SEC industry code as Shift4 Payments, Inc. (Services-Business Services, NEC): 60 common-stock issuers with a forecast this week, one row per issuer, largest first. This is a classification match, not a curated list of competitors.
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All right. We're going to kick it off here. Kicking us off for the third day of the conference is Chris Cruz, CFO of Shift4. Chris, thanks for joining us. Yes. No, it's a great way to kind of think about us as we're coming into this year and really ...
Shift4 Payments, Inc. (NYSE:FOUR) announces a share repurchase program. Under the program, the company will repurchase up to $1,000 million worth of its class A common stock. 10:48am Shift4 Payments,
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Our AI scores Shift4 Payments, Inc. every trading day against every stock it covers. Create a free account and follow it to see its rating and price target.
How accurate are Shift4 Payments, Inc. stock predictions?
For FOUR, the Spearman rank correlation between our 90-day forecasts and the returns that followed is 47.0%, measured on 357 forecast dates between 2022-08-19 and 2026-08-07 on this stock's own recent history. A rank correlation runs from -100% to +100%: it measures whether higher forecasts were followed by higher returns, and a value near zero or below means the model has shown little skill on this stock. On the 30-day forecasts the same correlation is 16.0%, measured on 400 forecast dates between 2022-08-19 and 2026-10-07. Across our coverage, the out-of-sample test on 4629 stocks from 2025-01-06 to 2026-08-04 produced a positive net return in 92.9% of rebalance periods (factor-neutral book, net of estimated costs). Full backtest report
How often are Shift4 Payments, Inc. forecasts updated?
Shift4 Payments, Inc. forecasts are refreshed on trading days as the daily model run completes. The forecast on this page was produced on Nov. 6, 2026.
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