Shift4 Payments, Inc. (NYSE:FOUR) Receives Consensus Recommendation of “Hold” from Brokerages

Shares of Shift4 Payments, Inc. (NYSE:FOUR) have received an average rating of “Hold” from the twenty-three ratings firms that are presently covering the company, MarketBeat Ratings reports. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell recommendation, ten have assigned a hold recommendation and eleven have assigned a buy recommendation to the company. The average twelve-month price target among analysts that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $71.3810.

A number of research analysts recently issued reports on FOUR shares. Evercore set a $45.00 price objective on Shift4 Payments in a research note on Monday, May 18th. BMO Capital Markets started coverage on Shift4 Payments in a research note on Tuesday, April 21st. They set a “market perform” rating and a $50.00 price objective for the company. Zacks Research downgraded Shift4 Payments from a “hold” rating to a “strong sell” rating in a research note on Friday, May 1st. Seaport Research Partners downgraded Shift4 Payments from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating in a research note on Thursday, April 16th. Finally, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods boosted their price objective on Shift4 Payments from $50.00 to $52.00 and gave the company a “market perform” rating in a research note on Friday, May 8th.

Insider Activity

In related news, major shareholder Jared Isaacman acquired 195,500 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, May 11th. The stock was bought at an average cost of $41.41 per share, for a total transaction of $8,095,655.00. Following the purchase, the insider owned 1,594,455 shares in the company, valued at $66,026,381.55. The trade was a 13.97% increase in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. In the last ninety days, insiders purchased 774,257 shares of company stock worth $33,609,188. Insiders own 25.15% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in FOUR. Advisors Asset Management Inc. lifted its holdings in Shift4 Payments by 100.0% in the 1st quarter. Advisors Asset Management Inc. now owns 434 shares of the company’s stock worth $35,000 after purchasing an additional 217 shares in the last quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers lifted its holdings in Shift4 Payments by 18.8% in the 2nd quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 5,443 shares of the company’s stock worth $539,000 after purchasing an additional 860 shares in the last quarter. Prudential Financial Inc. lifted its holdings in Shift4 Payments by 29.6% in the 2nd quarter. Prudential Financial Inc. now owns 5,410 shares of the company’s stock worth $529,000 after purchasing an additional 1,235 shares in the last quarter. Cresset Asset Management LLC purchased a new position in Shift4 Payments in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $249,000. Finally, Cerity Partners LLC lifted its holdings in Shift4 Payments by 4.4% in the 2nd quarter. Cerity Partners LLC now owns 5,317 shares of the company’s stock worth $527,000 after purchasing an additional 225 shares in the last quarter. 98.87% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Shift4 Payments Trading Down 1.0%

Shift4 Payments stock opened at $42.81 on Wednesday. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $44.40 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $55.92. The company has a market cap of $3.40 billion, a P/E ratio of 50.96, a P/E/G ratio of 0.48 and a beta of 1.44. Shift4 Payments has a 52-week low of $39.61 and a 52-week high of $108.50. The company has a quick ratio of 1.22, a current ratio of 1.22 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.55.

Shift4 Payments (NYSE:FOUR) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, May 7th. The company reported $0.97 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.99 by ($0.02). The firm had revenue of $1.12 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.09 billion. Shift4 Payments had a net margin of 2.63% and a return on equity of 33.55%. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 49.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $1.07 earnings per share. Shift4 Payments has set its FY 2026 guidance at 5.500-5.700 EPS. Analysts predict that Shift4 Payments will post 4.65 EPS for the current year.

Shift4 Payments Company Profile

Shift4 Payments is a U.S.-based provider of integrated payment processing and technology solutions, serving merchants across the hospitality, retail, e-commerce, gaming and lodging industries. The company’s platform enables businesses to accept in-store, online and mobile payments through a combination of point-of-sale hardware, payment gateway services and back-office software. By centralizing transaction processing and reporting, Shift4 aims to simplify payments, enhance security and streamline operations for its merchant customers.

The company’s core offerings include encrypted point-of-sale terminals, cloud-based payment gateways, and developer-friendly APIs for online and mobile checkouts.