Stock Research: Shift4 Payments

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Shift4 Payments

NYQ:FOUR US82452J1097
31
  • Value
    67
  • Growth
    23
  • Safety
    Safety
    21
  • Combined
    18
  • Sentiment
    71
  • 360° View
    360° View
    31
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Company Description

Shift4 Payments, Inc. is an independent provider of software and payment processing solutions. The company offers omni-channel card acceptance and processing across various payment types and alternative methods, integrating with over 550 software suites through its proprietary gateway. It primarily operates in the United States. In the last fiscal year, the company had a market cap of $8950 million, profits of $973 million, and revenue of $3331 million, with 4000 employees.

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ANALYSIS: With an Obermatt 360° View of 31 (better than 31% compared with alternatives), overall professional sentiment and financial characteristics for the stock Shift4 Payments are below the industry average. The 360° View is based on consolidating four consolidated indicators, with half the metrics below and half above average for Shift4 Payments. The consolidated Value Rank has an attractive rank of 67, which means that the share price of Shift4 Payments is on the lower side compared with the typical size in indicators such as revenues, profits, and invested capital. This means that the stock price is lower than for 67% of alternative stocks in the same industry. The consolidated Sentiment Rank has a good rank of 71, which means that professional investors are more optimistic about the stock than for 71% of alternative investment opportunities. But the consolidated Growth Rank has a low rank of 23, which means that the company exhibits below-average growth momentum when looking at financial metrics such as revenue, profit, invested capital growth, and stock returns. The consolidated Safety Rank has a riskier rank of 21, meaning the company has a riskier financing structure than 79 comparable companies when looking at the amount of its debt, its refinancing requirements, and its ability to service debt. ...read more

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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Value
67 35 14 13
Growth
23 87 100 65
Safety
Safety
21 36 18 55
Sentiment
71 33 68 15
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360° View
31 36 41 15
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Analyst Opinions
38 67 73 71
Opinions Change
65 46 50 37
Pro Holdings
n/a 61 60 18
Market Pulse
77 14 44 26
Sentiment
71 33 68 15
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Value
67 35 14 13
Growth
23 87 100 65
Safety Safety
21 36 18 55
Combined
18 55 33 28
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Price vs. Sales (P/S)
82 62 67 71
Price vs. Earnings (P/E)
76 49 34 6
Price vs. Book (P/B)
41 27 9 19
Dividend Yield
1 1 1 1
Value
67 35 14 13
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Revenue Growth
83 86 98 90
Profit Growth
64 55 96 93
Capital Growth
1 67 92 4
Stock Returns
6 89 81 27
Growth
23 87 100 65
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Leverage
19 11 18 30
Refinancing
73 51 54 94
Liquidity
27 67 48 23
Safety Safety
21 36 18 55

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With good value and positive sentiment, but low growth and risky financing, this combination is generally dangerous as debt requires growth to sustain it. Only investors with a strong belief in future growth potential and a high-risk tolerance should consider this stock.

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The 360° View Rank indicates a company's overall performance across all major financial and non-financial metrics tracked by Obermatt. A 360° View Rank of 75 means the company is more well-rounded than 75% of similar companies. A high score indicates that the company is strong across the board; it is attractively priced, growing sustainably, financially stable, and well-regarded by the market. Learn more.

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