William Blair Predicts Weaker Earnings for Shift4 Payments

Shift4 Payments, Inc. (NYSE:FOUR) – Stock analysts at William Blair decreased their Q2 2025 earnings estimates for shares of Shift4 Payments in a research report issued to clients and investors on Wednesday, April 30th. William Blair analyst A. Jeffrey now forecasts that the company will post earnings of $0.81 per share for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of $0.82. William Blair has a “Outperform” rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for Shift4 Payments’ current full-year earnings is $3.70 per share. William Blair also issued estimates for Shift4 Payments’ Q3 2025 earnings at $0.92 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $1.25 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $3.73 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $4.34 EPS.

A number of other equities research analysts have also recently commented on the company. Barclays decreased their price target on Shift4 Payments from $117.00 to $110.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, April 3rd. Stephens reiterated an “overweight” rating and set a $125.00 price objective on shares of Shift4 Payments in a research report on Wednesday, February 19th. UBS Group dropped their target price on Shift4 Payments from $138.00 to $125.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, April 30th. DA Davidson cut their price target on shares of Shift4 Payments from $140.00 to $124.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Monday, February 24th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company upped their price objective on Shift4 Payments from $100.00 to $111.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, April 30th. Six analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, fourteen have given a buy rating and two have issued a strong buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $112.38.

Shift4 Payments Price Performance

NYSE FOUR opened at $83.07 on Monday. The stock has a market cap of $7.40 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 27.06, a PEG ratio of 1.04 and a beta of 1.80. Shift4 Payments has a 12 month low of $56.10 and a 12 month high of $127.50. The company’s 50 day moving average is $83.51 and its two-hundred day moving average is $98.12. The company has a current ratio of 1.38, a quick ratio of 2.97 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.12.

Shift4 Payments (NYSE:FOUR) last announced its earnings results on Tuesday, April 29th. The company reported $1.07 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.76 by $0.31. The business had revenue of $368.50 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $886.09 million. Shift4 Payments had a net margin of 6.89% and a return on equity of 29.00%. The firm’s revenue was up 39.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $0.54 earnings per share.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Shift4 Payments

A number of institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of FOUR. Heck Capital Advisors LLC purchased a new position in Shift4 Payments during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $26,000. Rakuten Securities Inc. grew its stake in shares of Shift4 Payments by 153.9% during the 4th quarter. Rakuten Securities Inc. now owns 259 shares of the company’s stock worth $27,000 after purchasing an additional 157 shares during the period. Central Pacific Bank Trust Division purchased a new position in shares of Shift4 Payments during the 4th quarter valued at approximately $28,000. UMB Bank n.a. acquired a new position in shares of Shift4 Payments in the 4th quarter valued at $29,000. Finally, Elequin Capital LP boosted its holdings in Shift4 Payments by 62.3% during the fourth quarter. Elequin Capital LP now owns 297 shares of the company’s stock worth $31,000 after buying an additional 114 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 98.87% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, President David Taylor Lauber sold 2,500 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, March 6th. The shares were sold at an average price of $91.70, for a total transaction of $229,250.00. Following the sale, the president now directly owns 264,856 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $24,287,295.20. The trade was a 0.94 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, CFO Nancy Disman sold 10,000 shares of the firm’s 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 owns 177,622 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $15,094,317.56. The trade was a 5.33 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 12,695 shares of company stock worth $1,097,380 in the last 90 days. 30.57% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

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.