Shift4 Payments, Inc. (FOUR-PA) Operating Margin (2019 - 2026)
Shift4 Payments' (FOUR-PA) quarterly Operating Margin came in at 4.46% in Q1 2026, up 151.0% YoY from 1.78% in Q1 2025, and down 58.55% on a QoQ basis from 10.76% in Q4 2025.
Shift4 Payments, Inc. (FOUR-PA) Operating Margin (2019 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Shift4 Payments (FOUR-PA) has 8 years of Operating Margin data on file, last reported at 4.46% in Q1 2026.
- Quarterly Operating Margin rose 151.0% year-over-year to 4.46% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 8.44% (up 122.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 8.4%, up 98.0% from the prior year.
- Operating Margin slipped to 4.46% in Q1 2026, from 10.76% in the prior quarter.
- In the past five years, Operating Margin ranged from a high of 10.76% in Q4 2025 to a low of 2.91% in Q1 2022.
- A 5-year average of 5.86% and a median of 5.58% in 2022 frame the typical range for Operating Margin.
- Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Operating Margin soared 1527 bps — and 2023, when it slumped 316 bps.
- Tracing FOUR-PA's Operating Margin over 5 years: stood at 5.58% in 2022, then fell by 30 bps to 3.91% in 2023, then soared by 148 bps to 9.69% in 2024, then increased by 11 bps to 10.76% in 2025, then plunged by 59 bps to 4.46% in 2026.
- The last three Operating Margin figures came in at 4.46% (Q1 2026), 10.76% (Q4 2025), and 9.74% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.
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Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 7.34% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 4.46% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 10.76% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 9.74% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 8.60% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 2.95% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 9.69% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 8.84% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 7.16% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 3.03% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 3.91% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 6.62% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 5.32% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 1.61% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 5.58% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 9.78% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 4.52% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | -2.91% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | -1.25% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | -1.48% |