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Shift4 Payments FOUR
$ 39.51 -2.35%
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Quarterly report 2026-Q2
added 08-06-2026

Shift4 Payments Financial Ratios 2025-2011 | FOUR

Brief overview of Shift4 Payments's valuation multiples

The review covers five available annual periods spanning 2021 to 2025.

The current valuation set is P/E 0.4x (median 1.12x), EV/EBITDA 7.47x (median 6.87x), P/S 0.01x (median 0.07x). On average, this basket is 78.6% below its own five-year medians. The market values the business at a discount to recent history.

Current measures of operating quality are ROE 10.2%, ROA 1.7%, ROCE 24.3%. Capital returns look adequate and support overall financial resilience.

Price, earnings and growth produce a PEG of 3.66x. A high value reduces the cushion if growth slows.

The cash conversion cycle shortened from 10.2 days to -13.2 days, or 23.5 days. Working capital returns faster.

Overall assessment

Shift4 Payments's multiples are below five-year reference levels despite strong quality metrics, providing valuation cushion but not eliminating hidden risks.

Annual Financial Ratios Shift4 Payments

2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011

P/E

0.4 0.6 1.6 3.0 - - - - - - - - - - -

P/S

0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 - - - - - - - - - - -

EV (Enterprise Value)

5.85 B 2.99 B 2.27 B 1.63 B 711 M 182 M 817 M 697 M - - - - - - -

EBITDA per Share

587 326 170 63.1 - - - - - - - - - - -

EV/EBITDA

7.5 5.5 6.9 6.7 12.9 -631.9 - - - - - - - - -

PEG

- - - - - 3.66 - - - - - - - - -

P/B

0.0 0.2 0.2 0.5 - - - - - - - - - - -

P/CF

0.1 0.3 0.6 1.0 - - - - - - - - - - -

ROE %

10.19 36.49 18.81 24.96 -17.67 -2.75 172.04 - - - - - - - -

ROA %

1.69 5.84 3.63 3.39 -2.06 -1.03 -7.18 - - - - - - - -

ROCE %

24.34 30.61 17.60 4.40 -2.42 -3.43 -0.67 - - - - - - - -

Current Ratio

1.3 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.6 1.0 - - - - - - - -

DSO

47.6 33.2 32.1 36.7 39.8 22.1 - - - - - - - - -

DIO

0.6 1.0 0.8 1.0 0.8 0.5 - - - - - - - - -

DPO

61.5 35.0 36.1 34.5 30.4 18.8 - - - - - - - - -

Operating Cycle

48.2 34.1 32.9 37.7 40.7 22.5 - - - - - - - - -

Cash Conversion Cycle

-13.2 -0.9 -3.2 3.2 10.2 3.8 - - - - - - - - -

All numbers in USD currency

Quarterly Financial Ratios Shift4 Payments

2026-Q2 2026-Q1 2025-Q3 2025-Q2 2025-Q1 2024-Q3 2024-Q2 2024-Q1 2023-Q3 2023-Q2 2023-Q1 2022-Q4 2022-Q3 2022-Q2 2022-Q1 2021-Q4 2021-Q3 2021-Q2 2021-Q1 2020-Q4 2020-Q3 2020-Q2 2020-Q1 2019-Q4 2019-Q3 2019-Q2 2019-Q1 2018-Q4 2018-Q3 2018-Q2 2018-Q1 2017-Q4 2017-Q3 2017-Q2 2017-Q1 2016-Q4 2016-Q3 2016-Q2 2016-Q1 2015-Q4 2015-Q3 2015-Q2 2015-Q1 2014-Q4 2014-Q3 2014-Q2 2014-Q1 2013-Q4 2013-Q3 2013-Q2 2013-Q1 2012-Q4 2012-Q3 2012-Q2 2012-Q1 2011-Q4 2011-Q3 2011-Q2 2011-Q1

EBITDA per Share

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.86 0.25 -0.22 0.12 0.7 -0.26 0.33 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

ROE %

6.09 6.80 12.52 16.43 17.35 23.42 23.83 22.12 33.31 29.02 18.82 14.94 12.83 -0.41 -13.55 -10.39 -13.09 -12.07 -13.29 -5.13 38.29 117.24 145.83 78.43 77.85 28.37 -68.53 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

ROA %

1.22 1.30 2.20 3.01 3.13 4.02 3.93 3.58 4.71 2.94 1.58 0.80 1.06 -0.67 -3.49 -2.95 -3.65 -3.54 -3.85 -1.33 -2.34 -4.91 -5.90 -1.71 -2.86 -1.04 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

ROCE %

20.98 18.26 25.14 26.72 24.68 32.69 24.35 16.28 15.68 13.08 10.98 10.60 10.34 8.08 -3.09 -2.55 -2.92 -2.93 -7.11 -3.92 -3.46 -4.69 -0.11 -1.21 -1.50 0.72 -0.51 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Current Ratio

1.2 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 - 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.4 1.4 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.0 1.0 1.0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

DSO

53.0 59.6 44.4 33.2 34.9 31.5 31.0 31.2 31.1 31.4 33.7 - 21.9 20.1 48.7 - 30.6 25.5 42.1 40.1 39.4 59.6 39.2 35.5 37.0 19.9 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

DIO

- 0.4 0.8 0.9 1.1 1.1 0.8 0.5 0.5 0.7 1.0 - 0.7 0.3 0.9 - 0.5 0.5 0.8 0.9 0.8 1.2 2.9 5.0 5.2 2.8 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

DPO

67.1 80.4 58.2 37.1 39.7 36.7 37.4 35.6 34.1 35.2 38.7 - 19.6 15.6 37.2 - 35.3 34.1 36.0 34.6 33.9 50.2 34.7 34.5 35.7 19.2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Operating Cycle

- - - - - - - - - 32.1 34.8 - 22.5 20.4 49.6 - 31.1 26.1 42.8 41.0 40.2 60.9 42.1 40.5 42.2 22.7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Cash Conversion Cycle

- - - - - - - - - -3.2 -3.9 - 2.9 4.8 12.4 - -4.2 -8.0 6.8 6.3 6.4 10.7 7.4 6.0 6.5 3.5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

All numbers in USD currency

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