Q3 Earnings Estimate for Shift4 Payments Issued By B. Riley

Shift4 Payments, Inc. (NYSE:FOUR) – Investment analysts at B. Riley issued their Q3 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of Shift4 Payments in a report issued on Tuesday, April 29th. B. Riley analyst H. Goetsch forecasts that the company will post earnings of $1.32 per share for the quarter. The consensus estimate for Shift4 Payments’ current full-year earnings is $3.70 per share. B. Riley also issued estimates for Shift4 Payments’ Q4 2025 earnings at $1.63 EPS.

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

Several other research firms have also commented on FOUR. BTIG Research decreased 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. DA Davidson dropped their price objective on shares of Shift4 Payments from $140.00 to $124.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Monday, February 24th. Stephens reaffirmed an “overweight” rating and issued a $125.00 target price on shares of Shift4 Payments in a research note on Wednesday, February 19th. Susquehanna increased their target price on Shift4 Payments from $100.00 to $125.00 and gave the company a “positive” rating in a report on Wednesday. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company boosted their price target on Shift4 Payments from $100.00 to $111.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Wednesday. 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 stock. According to MarketBeat, Shift4 Payments presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $112.38.

Shift4 Payments Price Performance

FOUR stock opened at $82.13 on Friday. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $84.08 and a 200-day moving average of $98.27. The company has a market cap of $7.32 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 26.75, 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 has a current ratio of 1.38, a quick ratio of 2.97 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.12.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Shift4 Payments

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of FOUR. Heck Capital Advisors LLC acquired a new position in shares of Shift4 Payments in the 4th quarter valued at $26,000. Rakuten Securities Inc. raised its holdings in shares of Shift4 Payments by 153.9% during the fourth quarter. Rakuten Securities Inc. now owns 259 shares of the company’s stock valued at $27,000 after acquiring an additional 157 shares during the period. Central Pacific Bank Trust Division purchased a new stake in shares of Shift4 Payments in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $28,000. UMB Bank n.a. purchased a new position in Shift4 Payments during the 4th quarter worth approximately $29,000. Finally, Valley National Advisers Inc. acquired a new stake in Shift4 Payments during the 4th quarter valued at $31,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 98.87% of the company’s stock.

Insiders Place Their Bets

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

About Shift4 Payments

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.