Shift4

FOUR · NYSE · Financials · Financials, fiscal 2018 to 2025

FOUR · Last close · October 26, 2026

$36.99

Shift4's revenue rose 25.5% to $4.2 billion in fiscal 2025. Its operating margin was 8.4%, up from 7.4% a year earlier. Free cash flow was $624 million, up 26.6%. It paid out $453 million in dividends and buybacks, 73% of free cash flow. The diluted share count fell 20.1%.

SHIFT4 PAYMENTS, INC. Latest fiscal year ended December 31, 2025 10-K filed February 27, 2026 · 0001794669-26-000010 Updated October 18, 2026

Revenue

$4.2B

25.5%

Operating margin

8.4%

1.0 pts

Net income

$119M

48.3%

Free cash flow

$624M

26.6%

Return on capital

6.5%

1.6 pts

Market cap

$48M

Oct 26 close

P/E

—

Operating margin is operating income as a share of revenue. Free cash flow is cash from operations minus capital spending. Return on capital is after-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash. Market cap is the last closing share price times the latest diluted share count, so it is approximate. P/E is the last close divided by diluted earnings per share over the last four quarters, or the latest fiscal year where the quarters aren't available; there is none when the company made a loss.

Charts show fiscal years, from the 10-K filings.

Revenue and margins

Revenue

US$ billions, fiscal years

Margins

Percent of revenue

GrossOperatingNetFree cash flow

Net income and earnings per share

From fiscal 2022 to 2025, net income grew 16.6% a year; the filings' structured data doesn't give diluted earnings per share.

Net income

US$ billions, fiscal years; loss years in red.

Diluted earnings per share

US$ per share, fiscal years, restated for any stock splits; loss years in red. Where the filings' structured data doesn't give a year's earnings per share, the column is blank.

Returns on capital

Return on capital and on equity

Percent. Return on capital is after-tax operating income over the money invested in the business (debt plus equity, minus cash); return on equity is net income over shareholders' equity. Both use the average of opening and closing balances.

Return on capitalReturn on equity

Cash flow

Free cash flow

US$ billions. Cash from operations minus capital expenditure; negative years in red.

Payouts and share count

Dividends and buybacks

US$ billions, cash paid in each fiscal year

DividendsShare buybacks

Diluted share count

Weighted-average diluted shares, millions

Valuation

Two ways to value Shift4 yourself, both starting from its filings: a discounted cash flow model and the price-to-earnings method.

Discounted cash flow (DCF)

A discounted cash flow (DCF) model values a business as the cash it may generate in future, discounted back to today. The starting figures come from Shift4's 10-K (or, for net cash and shares, its latest 10-Q) and the assumptions are yours: start from one of three example scenarios, then change any figure to see what it implies for a share, and how that compares with the last share price.

Value per share on three example scenarios, from Shift4's fiscal 2025 free cash flow of $624M, net cash of −$3.6B at December 31, 2025 and 1 million diluted shares, from its filings. The scenarios are fitted to Shift4: the base scenario's growth in years 1 to 5 is its revenue growth over the last 3 years, 28.0% a year, kept between 0% and 20%; the cautious and optimistic ones are lower and higher, and growth in years 6 to 10 is halfway to the long-run rate. The base scenario's discount rate is 11%: 9% for a business of moderate risk (Transaction & Payment Processing Services), plus 1 point as a smaller company, worth $48M, plus 1 point for unsteady results (a loss in fiscal 2021); the cautious and optimistic ones use a point more and a point less. Select one to load it into the calculator. These are the model's arithmetic on those assumptions, not a forecast or a price target.

From the filings

Starting free cash flow, US$ millions

Cash from operations minus capital spending in fiscal 2025.

Net cash, US$ millions

Cash and short-term investments minus debt and finance leases at December 31, 2025. Negative means net debt.

Diluted shares, millions Weighted-average diluted shares in fiscal 2025.

Your assumptions

Start from

Fitted to Shift4's own revenue growth, as above. Cautious: growth of 10% then 6% a year, 2% after year 10, a 12% discount rate. Base: growth of 20% then 11% a year, 2.5% after year 10, a 11% discount rate. Optimistic: growth of 25% then 14% a year, 3% after year 10, a 10% discount rate.

Free cash flow growth, years 1 to 5 (% a year)

Free cash flow growth, years 6 to 10 (% a year)

Growth after year 10 (% a year)Long-run growth forever after year 10. Usually close to inflation, and always below the discount rate.

Discount rate (% a year)The yearly return an investor wants for the risk. A higher rate gives a lower value.

Value per share on these assumptions

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Last close, October 26, 2026: $36.99
Value on these assumptions, against the last close: —

Cash flows in years 1 to 10, valued today: —
Everything after year 10, valued today: —
Plus net cash: —
Share of value from after year 10: —

Projected free cash flow

US$ billions. Each column is one year's projected free cash flow, split into what it is worth today and the part removed by discounting.

Value todayRemoved by discounting

How the value changes with two assumptions

Value per share in US$, with the growth rates above. The highlighted cell matches the current assumptions.

How the model works. Free cash flow grows at the first rate for five years and the second rate for five more, and each year is discounted at the discount rate. Everything after year 10 is valued as year-10 cash flow × (1 + growth after year 10) ÷ (discount rate − growth after year 10), discounted back ten years. Net cash is added and the total is divided by diluted shares. The result depends entirely on the assumptions. It is not a forecast, a price target or a recommendation. The last close is the consolidated US closing price, from Databento.

Price-to-earnings (P/E) method

Another common way to value a company is to multiply its earnings per share by a price-to-earnings (P/E) multiple: the number of years of today's earnings an investor pays for a share. A higher multiple usually means investors expect earnings to grow. Choose a multiple, for example from similar companies, to see the value it gives.

The P/E method needs positive earnings, and Shift4's latest diluted earnings per share were not available.

Balance sheet

Fiscal year end	FY21	FY22	FY23	FY24	FY25
Cash and short-term investments	1,232	702	455	1,212	964
Debt incl. finance leases	1,738	1,772	1,750	2,841	4,546
Net debt (negative means net cash)	507	1,070	1,295	1,629	3,582
Net debt to EBITDA	9.2x	4.4x	3.9x	3.0x	4.6x
Debt to equity	6.4x	5.1x	2.7x	3.5x	3.1x
Interest coverage	−1.8x	2.9x	3.6x	4.0x	1.9x
Current ratio	7.9x	3.7x	1.6x	1.4x	1.7x
Quick ratio	7.9x	3.7x	1.6x	1.4x	1.7x

US$ millions unless stated, at each fiscal year end. Net debt to EBITDA is debt minus cash, divided by operating income before depreciation and amortization: roughly how many years of those earnings the net debt equals. Debt to equity is debt as a multiple of shareholders' equity. Interest coverage is operating income divided by interest expense. The current ratio is current assets over current liabilities; the quick ratio leaves out inventory.

Insider trades

Over the 12 months between October 27, 2025 and October 26, 2026, 1 insider bought $33.6 million of Shift4 shares on the open market, and 3 insiders sold $1.3 million, all of it under trading plans set up in advance.

Date	Insider	Trade	Shares	Price	Value	Filing
May 12, 2026	Jared Isaacman10% owner	Bought	193,000	$40.66	$7.8 million	Form 4
May 11, 2026	Jared Isaacman10% owner	Bought	195,500	$41.41	$8.1 million	Form 4
Mar 10, 2026	Jared Isaacman10% owner	Bought	43,827	$45.75	$2.0 million	Form 4
Mar 2, 2026	Jared Isaacman10% owner	Bought	45,693	$43.83	$2.0 million	Form 4
Feb 27, 2026	Jared Isaacman10% owner	Bought	159,244	$44.15	$7.0 million	Form 4
Feb 26, 2026	Jared Isaacman10% owner	Bought	136,993	$48.38	$6.6 million	Form 4
Dec 11, 2025	David Taylor LauberChief Executive Officer, Director	Sold plan	12,000	$69.00	$828,054	Form 4
Dec 11, 2025	Nancy DismanDirector	Sold plan	5,000	$69.50	$347,500	Form 4
Nov 12, 2025	James J. WhalenSee Remarks	Sold plan	1,438	$71.50	$102,817	Form 4

Open-market purchases and sales by officers, directors and 10% owners, from their Form 4 filings with the SEC: one row per person, day and filing, at the day's average price. Grants, option exercises and shares withheld for tax aren't counted. Insiders buy and sell for many reasons, such as taxes, spreading their savings or a plan set up months earlier, so a trade on its own says little about where a company is heading. For information only, not investment advice. Insider trades at all companies

Piotroski F-score

The F-score counts how many of nine simple tests of profitability, funding and efficiency a company passed in a year (Piotroski, 2000). The more tests passed, the stronger the year: 8 or 9 is strong, 0 to 2 weak. Companies that report no gross profit are scored on the other eight.

Test	FY23	FY24	FY25
Net income is positive	Pass	Pass	Pass
Cash from operations is positive	Pass	Pass	Pass
Return on assets rose	Pass	Pass	Fail
Cash from operations exceeds net income	Pass	Pass	Pass
Debt fell relative to assets	Pass	Fail	Pass
Current ratio rose	Fail	Fail	Pass
Share count didn't rise	Pass	Pass	Pass
Gross margin rose	—	—	—
Revenue rose relative to assets	Pass	Fail	Fail
F-score	7 of 8	5 of 8	6 of 8
Accruals ratio	−8.8%	−6.4%	−7.5%

The accruals ratio is net income minus cash from operations, over average total assets.

Compare

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Shift4	FY25	25.5%	8.4%	14.9%	6.5%	4.6x	6
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Affirm	FY26	32.1%	9.8%	23.3%	—	—	—	Compare
Western Union	FY25	−3.8%	18.7%	12.5%	24.0%	1.8x	—	Compare
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Each company's latest fiscal year. Fiscal years end in different months, so the periods don't line up exactly. Free cash flow margin is free cash flow as a share of revenue. Net debt to EBITDA is explained under the balance sheet, and the F-score above.

8 years of figures

Fiscal year	FY18	FY19	FY20	FY21	FY22	FY23	FY24	FY25
Income statement
Revenue	561	731	767	1,368	1,994	2,565	3,331	4,180
Revenue growth	—	30.5%	4.8%	78.3%	45.8%	28.7%	29.9%	25.5%
Gross profit	141	173	178	278	—	—	—	—
Research and development	2	2	1	2	0	1	4	6
Operating income	−13	−4	−58	−49	95	115	247	351
Net income	−55	−57	−18	−48	75	86	230	119
Diluted EPS (US$)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Diluted shares (millions)	—	—	—	—	4	2	2	1
Cash flow
Cash from operations	26	8	4	3	275	346	500	634
Capital expenditure	2	8	5	8	8	14	7	10
Free cash flow	24	−0	−1	−5	267	332	493	624
Dividends paid	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Share buybacks	0	0	0	20	186	105	146	453
Acquisitions	2	60	50	54	135	170	555	2,745
Stock-based compensation	—	0	66	41	50	57	65	82
Balance sheet at fiscal year end
Cash and short-term investments	—	4	928	1,232	702	455	1,212	964
Debt incl. finance leases	—	657	1,028	1,738	1,772	1,750	2,841	4,546
Total assets	—	784	1,779	2,343	2,554	3,388	5,041	8,713
Total liabilities	—	774	1,109	1,943	2,073	2,519	4,023	6,756
Shareholders' equity	36	−33	460	273	347	653	807	1,442
Margins and ratios
Gross margin	25.1%	23.7%	23.2%	20.4%	—	—	—	—
Operating margin	−2.3%	−0.6%	−7.5%	−3.6%	4.8%	4.5%	7.4%	8.4%
Net margin	−9.9%	−7.7%	−2.4%	−3.5%	3.8%	3.4%	6.9%	2.9%
Free cash flow margin	4.3%	−0.0%	−0.1%	−0.4%	13.4%	12.9%	14.8%	14.9%
Return on capital	—	—	−6.5%	−4.6%	7.7%	6.2%	8.1%	6.5%
Return on equity	—	—	−8.6%	−13.2%	24.2%	17.2%	31.5%	10.6%
Return on assets	—	—	−1.4%	−2.3%	3.1%	2.9%	5.5%	1.7%
Net debt to EBITDA	—	11.2x	3.8x	9.2x	4.4x	3.9x	3.0x	4.6x

US$ millions unless stated. Where a later 10-K restated a year, the latest filed figure is shown. Download all figures (CSV, US$ millions)

Source: Shift4's Form 10-K filings, from SEC EDGAR. For information only, not investment advice. The Filing Desk is not affiliated with Shift4.