Shift4 Payments (FOUR) Expected to Announce Quarterly Earnings on Tuesday

Shift4 Payments (NYSE:FOUR) will likely be issuing its Q1 2025 quarterly earnings data before the market opens on Tuesday, April 29th. Analysts expect the company to announce earnings of $0.76 per share and revenue of $886.09 million for the quarter.

Shift4 Payments (NYSE:FOUR) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February 18th. The company reported $1.22 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.16 by $0.06. The company had revenue of $405.00 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1 billion. Shift4 Payments had a net margin of 6.89% and a return on equity of 29.00%. On average, analysts expect Shift4 Payments to post $4 EPS for the current fiscal year and $5 EPS for the next fiscal year.

Shift4 Payments Trading Down 0.6 %

Shares of NYSE FOUR opened at $80.13 on Monday. The stock has a market cap of $7.14 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 26.10, a P/E/G ratio of 1.04 and a beta of 1.80. Shift4 Payments has a twelve month low of $56.10 and a twelve month high of $127.50. The company’s fifty day moving average is $85.58 and its 200-day moving average is $98.73. The company has a quick ratio of 2.97, a current ratio of 1.38 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.12.

Insider Activity at Shift4 Payments

In other news, CFO Nancy Disman sold 10,000 shares of Shift4 Payments stock in a transaction dated Friday, March 14th. The stock was sold at an average price of $84.98, for a total value of $849,800.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer now directly owns 177,622 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $15,094,317.56. This trade represents a 5.33 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. Also, President David Taylor Lauber sold 2,500 shares of Shift4 Payments stock in a transaction dated Thursday, March 6th. The stock was sold at an average price of $91.70, for a total value of $229,250.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the president now directly owns 264,856 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $24,287,295.20. This trade represents a 0.94 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold a total of 12,695 shares of company stock valued at $1,097,380 in the last 90 days. 30.57% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several equities research analysts recently commented on FOUR shares. Evercore ISI started coverage on shares of Shift4 Payments in a research report on Wednesday, April 9th. They issued an “in-line” rating and a $80.00 price objective on the stock. BTIG Research cut their price objective on shares of Shift4 Payments from $135.00 to $110.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, April 10th. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods cut their price objective on shares of Shift4 Payments from $125.00 to $95.00 and set a “market perform” rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, March 31st. Morgan Stanley cut their price objective on shares of Shift4 Payments from $109.00 to $107.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, February 27th. Finally, Barclays cut their price target on shares of Shift4 Payments from $117.00 to $110.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, April 3rd. Seven analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, thirteen have assigned a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $111.30.

Shift4 Payments Company Profile

Shift4 Payments, Inc (NYSE FOUR) provides integrated payment processing and technology solutions in the United States. Its payments platform provides omni-channel card acceptance and processing solutions, including end-to-end payment processing for various payment types; merchant acquiring; proprietary omni-channel gateway; complementary software integrations; integrated and mobile point-of-sale (POS) solutions; security and risk management solutions; and reporting and analytical tools, as well as tokenization, risk management/underwriting, payment device and chargeback management, fraud prevention, and gift card solutions.