Technology · Software - Infrastructure
Price
$47.61
Market Cap
$4.3B
Employees
4,000
Beta
1.42
Avg Volume
1,745,354
CEO
David Taylor Lauber
Business Description
Shift4 Payments, Inc. delivers comprehensive integrated payment processing and technology solutions across the United States. The company facilitates omni-channel card acceptance and processing, encompassing traditional credit and debit cards, contactless payments, EMV, QR Pay, mobile wallets, and various alternative payment methods. Their offerings include a proprietary omni-channel gateway, merchant acquiring services, and both integrated and mobile point-of-sale (POS) systems. Key features also comprise robust security solutions like tokenization and fraud prevention, alongside risk and chargeback management. Furthermore, they provide insightful reporting and analytical tools, web-store development services (including design, hosting, shopping cart management, and fulfillment integration), and gift card solutions. Shift4's specialized platforms cater to diverse business needs. VenueNext empowers stadium and entertainment venues with mobile ordering, countertop POS, self-service kiosks, and digital wallet functionality to manage food, merchandise, and loyalty programs. Shift4Shop provides full-suite e-commerce solutions, featuring website builders, shopping carts, product catalogs, order management, marketing tools, search engine optimization, and secure hosting. Additionally, Lighthouse serves as a cloud-based business intelligence tool offering customer engagement, social media management, online reputation monitoring, scheduling, and pricing insights, while SkyTab provides integrated hybrid-cloud POS and mobile payment solutions. The company also supports seamless integrations with third-party applications via its marketplace technology. Beyond these products, Shift4 offers extensive merchant support services, covering underwriting, onboarding, activation, training, risk management, and ongoing assistance. They also provide software integration, compliance management, and comprehensive partner support. Established in 1999, Shift4 Payments is headquartered in Allentown, Pennsylvania.
Business History
Price History (1 Year)
Revenue & Net Income Trend
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Revenue
The top line — total sales before any costs or taxes are subtracted. A measure of how much business the company is doing.
Net Income
The bottom line — profit left after subtracting all expenses, interest, and taxes from revenue. Reflects accounting profitability, but includes non-cash items like depreciation, so it isn't the same as cash earned.
Operating Cash Flow
The real cash generated by the day-to-day business — selling products, paying suppliers, collecting from customers. Calculated from net income by adding back non-cash items and adjusting for timing (unpaid bills, unsold inventory). When OCF consistently lags net income, the reported profit may not be converting to real money.
| Period | Revenue | Net Income | Net Margin | YoY/QoQ |
|---|
Key Metrics
API Direct from provider
CALC Derived from statements
P/E Ratio (Price per dollar of earnings)
APIStock Price / EPS (Diluted)
34.34
Stock Price: $47.61
EPS (Diluted): 1.15
EPS (Diluted): 1.15
P/B Ratio (Price vs net asset value)
APIStock Price / Book Value Per Share
2.97
Stock Price: $47.61
Total Equity: $1.44B
Shares: 88,954,344
Total Equity: $1.44B
Shares: 88,954,344
EV/EBITDA (Total value vs operating profit)
APIEnterprise Value / EBITDA
9.87
Market Cap: $4.34B
Total Debt: $4.55B
Cash: $964.00M
EBITDA: $817.00M
Total Debt: $4.55B
Cash: $964.00M
EBITDA: $817.00M
Enterprise Value (Takeover price (cap + debt - cash))
APIMarket Cap + Total Debt - Cash
$9.3B
Market Cap: $4.34B
Total Debt: $4.55B
Cash: $964.00M
Total Debt: $4.55B
Cash: $964.00M
Gross Margin (Revenue left after direct costs)
APIGross Profit / Revenue
34.2%
Gross Profit: $1.43B
Revenue: $4.18B
Revenue: $4.18B
Operating Margin (Revenue left after all operations)
APIOperating Income / Revenue
8.4%
Operating Income: $351.00M
Revenue: $4.18B
Revenue: $4.18B
Net Margin (Revenue left as actual profit)
APINet Income / Revenue
2.8%
Net Income: $119.00M
Revenue: $4.18B
Revenue: $4.18B
ROE (Profit from shareholder equity)
APINet Income / Total Equity
6.4%
Net Income: $119.00M
Total Equity: $1.44B
Total Equity: $1.44B
ROIC (Profit from all invested capital)
APINOPAT / Invested Capital
4.3%
Operating Income: $351.00M
Tax Rate: 24.6%
Equity: $1.44B
Total Debt: $4.55B
Cash: $964.00M
Tax Rate: 24.6%
Equity: $1.44B
Total Debt: $4.55B
Cash: $964.00M
Current Ratio (Can it pay short-term bills)
APICurrent Assets / Current Liabilities
1.66
Current Assets: $2.18B
Current Liabilities: $1.31B
Current Liabilities: $1.31B
Debt/Equity (Leverage — debt vs equity)
CALCTotal Debt / Total Equity
3.15
Short-Term Debt: $10.00M
Long-Term Debt: $4.54B
Total Debt: $4.55B
Total Equity: $1.44B
Long-Term Debt: $4.54B
Total Debt: $4.55B
Total Equity: $1.44B
Rev/Share (Top-line per share)
CALCRevenue / Shares Outstanding
$46.99
Revenue: $4.18B
Shares: 88,954,344
Shares: 88,954,344
Book Value/Share (Net assets per share)
CALC(Total Assets - Total Liabilities) / Shares
$16.21
Total Equity: $1.44B
Shares: 88,954,344
Shares: 88,954,344
FCF/Share (Real cash generated per share)
CALC(Operating Cash Flow + CapEx) / Shares
$5.61
Operating CF: $634.00M
CapEx: -$135.00M
Shares: 88,954,344
CapEx: -$135.00M
Shares: 88,954,344
CapEx is negative (outflow) — added to OCF to get FCF
Div Yield (Annual income from holding)
APILast Annual Dividend / Stock Price
0.7%
Last Dividend: N/A
Stock Price: $47.61
Stock Price: $47.61
Payout Ratio (Earnings paid out as dividends)
Dividends Paid / Net Income
—
Dividends Paid: N/A
Net Income: $119.00M
Net Income: $119.00M
Dividends paid not available in cash flow statement
Industry Benchmarks
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industry. One research call per industry, cached indefinitely — every stock in the same industry
reuses the same baseline.
Deep Analysis
Pre-flight intelligence scans the company first, then routes to the right analytical methods.
0
Company Classification
— What type of company is this?
1
Industry Landscape
— Where is the industry headed?
2
Company Momentum
— Where is this company trending?
3
Forward Projection
— 1Y & 2Y projected metrics (requires Layer 1 + 2)
4a
DCF Valuation
— Present value of future cash flows
4b
Earnings Power Value
— Floor value — worth with zero growth
4c
Anchored PE
— Industry PE adjusted for growth differential
4d
Reverse DCF
— What growth is the market pricing in?
4e
Revenue-Based DCF
— For growth/narrative companies (skip if mature earner)
4f
Anchored P/S
— Price-to-Sales peer comparison (skip if mature earner)
4g
Scenario Analysis
— Bull / Base / Bear (skip if mature earner)
4h
Dividend Discount Model
— For dividend/income stocks only
4i
Book Value Analysis
— For deep value / turnaround stocks only
4j
Insider Activity
— Are insiders buying or selling?
4f
Cash Flow Quality
— How trustworthy is the FCF?
4g
Debt Maturity Risk
— Can it handle its debt?
4h
Macro Environment
— Rates, market valuation, volatility
4i
Sector Intelligence
— How does this company compare within its sector?
4j
Revenue Confidence
— How reliable is the growth projection?
4k
Sensitivity Analysis
— How fragile is the fair value estimate?
4l
Sector Demand Cycle
— Is the sector in a boom, steady state, or contraction?
5
AI Investigation
— Adaptive research engine (Claude)
5b
Thesis Evaluation
— What does the market believe? (narrative/platform stocks only)
6
Valuation Synthesis
— Weighted verdict from all methods (requires Layer 4)
Income Statement (Annual)
Last updated: Jun 21, 2026 7:45pm (5d ago)| Metric | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.4B | $2.0B | $2.6B | $3.3B | $4.2B |
| Cost of Revenue | $1.1B | $1.5B | $1.9B | $2.4B | $2.8B |
| Gross Profit | $278.4M | $470.2M | $687.8M | $973.1M | $1.4B |
| Operating Expenses | $327.4M | $375.5M | $573.0M | $726.1M | $1.1B |
| Operating Income | -$49.2M | $94.7M | $114.8M | $247.0M | $351.0M |
| Net Income | -$48.9M | $75.1M | $86.2M | $229.6M | $119.0M |
| EBITDA | $55.3M | $268.5M | $366.2M | $356.8M | $817.0M |
| EPS | $-0.89 | $1.34 | $1.45 | $3.36 | $1.15 |
| EPS (Diluted) | — | — | — | — | — |
Balance Sheet (Annual)
Last updated: Jun 21, 2026 7:45pm (5d ago)| Metric | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash & Equivalents | $1.2B | $776.5M | $455.0M | $1.2B | $964.0M |
| Total Current Assets | $1.5B | $991.7M | $1.2B | $1.9B | $2.2B |
| Total Assets | $2.3B | $2.6B | $3.4B | $5.0B | $8.7B |
| Current Liabilities | $183.8M | $268.3M | $704.4M | $1.4B | $1.3B |
| Long-Term Debt | $1.7B | $1.7B | $1.8B | $2.2B | $4.5B |
| Total Liabilities | $1.9B | $2.1B | $2.5B | $4.0B | $6.8B |
| Total Equity | $272.8M | $347.3M | $653.3M | $806.6M | $1.4B |
| Retained Earnings | -$325.3M | -$363.6M | -$346.7M | -$228.2M | -$467.0M |
Cash Flow (Annual)
Last updated: Jun 21, 2026 7:45pm (5d ago)| Metric | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Cash Flow | $29.2M | $275.4M | $388.3M | $500.3M | $634.0M |
| Capital Expenditure | -$85.5M | -$380.0M | -$137.6M | -$189.7M | -$135.0M |
| Free Cash Flow | -$56.3M | -$104.6M | $250.7M | $310.6M | $499.0M |
| Acquisitions (net) | -$54.5M | -$135.3M | -$169.7M | -$554.6M | -$2.7B |
| Debt Repayment | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dividends Paid | — | — | — | — | — |
| Stock Buybacks | -$19.5M | -$185.9M | -$105.4M | -$145.9M | -$487.0M |
| Net Change in Cash | $303.7M | -$455.0M | -$54.7M | $716.8M | -$253.6M |
Analyst Estimates (Annual)
Last updated: Jun 27, 2026 7:32am (2h ago)| Metric | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue |
$5.1B $4.9B – $5.2B
|
$2.9B $2.8B – $3.1B
|
$6.9B $6.2B – $7.7B
|
$3.7B $3.5B – $4.0B
|
| EBITDA |
$1.6B $1.5B – $1.7B
|
$906.5M $865.6M – $972.6M
|
$2.2B $1.9B – $2.4B
|
$1.2B $1.1B – $1.3B
|
| Net Income |
$497.5M $469.7M – $519.5M
|
$606.7M $567.5M – $676.1M
|
$319.7M $212.3M – $493.7M
|
$750.8M $688.7M – $836.1M
|
| EPS | — | — | — | — |
Growth Trends (YoY %)
Last updated: Jun 21, 2026 7:45pm (5d ago)| Metric | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue Growth | +45.8% | +28.7% | +29.9% | +25.5% |
| Gross Profit Growth | +68.9% | +46.3% | +41.5% | +46.7% |
| Operating Income Growth | +292.5% | +21.2% | +115.2% | +42.1% |
| Net Income Growth | +253.6% | +14.8% | +166.4% | -48.2% |
| EBITDA Growth | +385.5% | +36.4% | -2.6% | +129.0% |
Insider Trading (Recent)
Last updated: Jun 27, 2026 7:32am (2h ago)
Type codes
PPurchase
SSale
AAward / grant
MOption exercise
FIn-kind (tax)
CConversion
GGift
DReturn to issuer
All SEC Form 4 codes
Open market
- P Purchase
- Open-market or private purchase of shares.
- S Sale
- Open-market or private sale of shares.
Compensation (Rule 16b-3)
- A Award / grant
- Grant or award of securities (RSUs, options, etc.) under Rule 16b-3.
- D Return to issuer
- Securities disposed back to the company under Rule 16b-3.
- F In-kind (tax)
- Shares withheld or delivered to pay the option-exercise price or tax — not an open-market sale.
- I Discretionary
- Discretionary transaction under an employee plan — Rule 16b-3(f).
- M Option exercise
- Exercise or conversion of a derivative (option/RSU) into shares — exempt.
Derivatives
- C Conversion
- Conversion of a derivative security into the underlying shares.
- E Short expiration
- Expiration of a short derivative position.
- H Long expiration
- Expiration or cancellation of a long derivative position with value received.
- O OTM exercise
- Exercise of an out-of-the-money derivative.
- X ITM exercise
- Exercise of an in-the-money or at-the-money derivative.
Other exempt
- G Gift
- Bona fide gift of securities.
- L Small acquisition
- Small acquisition under Rule 16a-6.
- W Inheritance
- Acquisition or disposition by will or the laws of descent.
- Z Voting trust
- Deposit into or withdrawal from a voting trust.
Other
- J Other
- Other acquisition or disposition (explained in a Form 4 footnote).
- K Equity swap
- Transaction in an equity swap or similar instrument.
- U Tender / buyout
- Disposition via tender of shares in a change-of-control transaction.
Compensation-plan codes (A, D, F, M) are routine and rarely directional. Open-market P (buy) and S (sale) carry the most signal.
| Date | Insider | Type | Shares | Price | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-15 | Bakhshandehpour Sam | A-Award | 5,100.00 | $41.18 | $210,018 |
| 2026-06-15 | Goldsmith-Grover Sarah | A-Award | 5,100.00 | $41.18 | $210,018 |
| 2026-06-15 | Dallaire Seth | A-Award | 5,100.00 | $41.18 | $210,018 |
| 2026-06-15 | Davis Karen Roter | A-Award | 5,100.00 | $41.18 | $210,018 |
| 2026-06-15 | Halkyard Jonathan S | A-Award | 5,100.00 | $41.18 | $210,018 |
| 2026-06-15 | Disman Nancy | A-Award | 7,343.00 | $41.18 | $302,385 |
| 2026-06-05 | Lauber David Taylor | F-InKind | 5,193.00 | $39.29 | $204,033 |
| 2026-05-12 | Isaacman Jared | P-Purchase | 193,000.00 | $40.66 | $7.8M |
| 2026-05-11 | Isaacman Jared | P-Purchase | 195,500.00 | $41.41 | $8.1M |
| 2026-03-17 | Isaacman Jared | G-Gift | 1,600.00 | $0.00 | $0 |
| 2026-03-10 | Isaacman Jared | P-Purchase | 43,827.00 | $45.75 | $2.0M |
| 2026-02-27 | Frankel Jordan | A-Award | 62,514.00 | $44.07 | $2.8M |
| 2026-02-28 | Frankel Jordan | F-InKind | 3,199.00 | $44.07 | $140,980 |
| 2026-03-02 | Frankel Jordan | F-InKind | 4,175.00 | $44.07 | $183,992 |
| 2026-02-20 | Frankel Jordan | F-InKind | 2,750.00 | $58.49 | $160,848 |
| 2026-03-02 | Isaacman Jared | P-Purchase | 45,693.00 | $43.83 | $2.0M |
| 2026-02-27 | Whalen James J. | A-Award | 17,018.00 | $44.07 | $749,983 |
| 2026-02-28 | Whalen James J. | F-InKind | 902.00 | $44.07 | $39,751 |
| 2026-02-20 | Whalen James J. | F-InKind | 3,916.00 | $58.49 | $229,047 |
| 2026-02-27 | Lauber David Taylor | A-Award | 222,373.00 | $44.07 | $9.8M |
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