Growth Metrics

Shift4 Payments (FOUR-PA) Operating Margin (2019 - 2026)

Shift4 Payments filings provide 7 years of Operating Margin readings, the most recent being 10.76% for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Operating Margin rose 107.0% to 10.76% in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was 8.4%, a 98.0% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at 8.4%, up 98.0% from a year prior.
  • Operating Margin hit 10.76% in Q4 2025 for Shift4 Payments, up from 9.74% 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 18.18% in Q1 2021.
  • Median Operating Margin over the past 5 years was 4.92% (2022), compared with a mean of 3.79%.
  • The widest YoY moves for Operating Margin: up 4145bps in 2021, down -2249bps in 2021.
  • Shift4 Payments' Operating Margin stood at 1.25% in 2021, then skyrocketed by 546bps to 5.58% in 2022, then decreased by -30bps to 3.91% in 2023, then surged by 148bps to 9.69% in 2024, then grew by 11bps to 10.76% in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Operating Margin were 10.76% (Q4 2025), 9.74% (Q3 2025), and 8.6% (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.