Shift4 Payments (FOUR-PA) Deferred Taxes (2019 - 2026)

Shift4 Payments (FOUR-PA) reported Deferred Taxes of -$32.0 million for Q1 2026, down 77.78% on a YoY basis from -$144.0 million in Q1 2025, and down 328.57% quarter-over-quarter from $14.0 million in Q4 2025.

Shift4 Payments (FOUR-PA) Deferred Taxes (2019 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Shift4 Payments has reported Deferred Taxes for 8 years, with the latest figure at -$32.0 million in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Deferred Taxes fell 77.78% year-over-year to -$32.0 million; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at -$7.0 million (up 97.94% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was $7.0 million, up 102.17% from the prior year.
  • Deferred Taxes for Q1 2026 stood at -$32.0 million, down from $14.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for Deferred Taxes was $14.0 million in Q4 2025, with the low at -$290.8 million in Q3 2024.
  • Historically, Deferred Taxes has averaged -$22.3 million across 5 years, with a median of -$2.6 million in 2023.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2024 — Deferred Taxes tumbled 145300.0% — and 2025, when it soared 163.93%.
  • Shift4 Payments' Deferred Taxes stood at $2.3 million in 2022, then slumped by 73.91% to $600000.0 in 2023, then slumped by 3750.0% to -$21.9 million in 2024, then surged by 163.93% to $14.0 million in 2025, then tumbled by 328.57% to -$32.0 million in 2026.
  • The last three Deferred Taxes figures came in at -$32.0 million (Q1 2026), $14.0 million (Q4 2025), and $13.5 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Deferred Taxes (Qtr)
1 Microsoft 2,998.30 Bn 2,920.03 Bn 56.06 Bn 2.60 Bn
2 Alarum Technologies 1,040.72 Bn 1,026.57 Bn 7.23 Mn -
3 Oracle 590.32 Bn 551.74 Bn 15.14 Bn -627.00 Mn
4 Palantir Technologies 316.31 Bn 308.39 Bn 1.42 Bn -
5 Palo Alto Networks 181.17 Bn 176.63 Bn 1.91 Bn 5.00 Mn
6 CrowdStrike Holdings 161.69 Bn 158.63 Bn 993.68 Mn -9.44 Mn
7 Fortinet 102.35 Bn 99.06 Bn 1.49 Bn -11.00 Mn
8 Synopsys 88.25 Bn 88.13 Bn 1.77 Bn -51.78 Mn
9 Cloudflare 83.26 Bn 82.32 Bn 455.60 Mn -800,000.00
10 Shift4 Payments - - 392.00 Mn -32.00 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 -32.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 14.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 13.50 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 -2.50 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 -18.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 -21.90 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 -290.80 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 -9.30 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 600,000.00
Sep 30, 2023 -200,000.00
Jun 30, 2023 -2.80 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 -5.60 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 2.30 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 1.10 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 800,000.00
Mar 31, 2022 -6.30 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 1.80 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 -2.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 -2.20 Mn
Mar 31, 2021 -100,000.00