Shift4 Payments (FOUR) Debt Ratio (2019 - 2026)

Shift4 Payments (FOUR) reported Debt Ratio of 0.52 for Q1 2026, down 9.13% on a YoY basis from 0.57 in Q1 2025, and down 1.03% quarter-over-quarter from 0.52 in Q4 2025.

Shift4 Payments (FOUR) Debt Ratio (2019 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Shift4 Payments has reported Debt Ratio for 8 years, with the latest figure at 0.52 in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Debt Ratio fell 9.13% year-over-year to 0.52; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 0.52 (down 9.13% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 0.52, down 7.42% from the prior year.
  • Debt Ratio for Q1 2026 stood at 0.52, down from 0.52 in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for Debt Ratio was 0.76 in Q2 2022, with the low at 0.5 in Q2 2024.
  • Historically, Debt Ratio has averaged 0.6 across 5 years, with a median of 0.56 in 2024.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Debt Ratio climbed 17.05% — and 2024, when it retreated 25.51%.
  • Shift4 Payments' Debt Ratio stood at 0.68 in 2022, then decreased by 24.25% to 0.52 in 2023, then advanced by 9.09% to 0.56 in 2024, then decreased by 7.42% to 0.52 in 2025, then fell by 1.03% to 0.52 in 2026.
  • The last three Debt Ratio figures came in at 0.52 (Q1 2026), 0.52 (Q4 2025), and 0.52 (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Debt Ratio (Qtr)
1 Microsoft 2,998.30 Bn 2,920.03 Bn 56.06 Bn 0.06
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 0.51
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 -
6 CrowdStrike Holdings 161.69 Bn 158.63 Bn 993.68 Mn 0.07
7 Fortinet 102.35 Bn 99.06 Bn 1.49 Bn 0.05
8 Synopsys 88.25 Bn 88.13 Bn 1.77 Bn 0.21
9 Cloudflare 83.26 Bn 82.32 Bn 455.60 Mn 0.21
10 Shift4 Payments 2.80 Bn 2.34 Bn 392.00 Mn 0.52

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 0.52
Dec 31, 2025 0.52
Sep 30, 2025 0.52
Jun 30, 2025 0.53
Mar 31, 2025 0.57
Dec 31, 2024 0.56
Sep 30, 2024 0.56
Jun 30, 2024 0.50
Mar 31, 2024 0.51
Dec 31, 2023 0.52
Sep 30, 2023 0.66
Jun 30, 2023 0.67
Mar 31, 2023 0.67
Dec 31, 2022 0.68
Sep 30, 2022 0.70
Jun 30, 2022 0.76
Mar 31, 2022 0.71
Dec 31, 2021 0.74
Sep 30, 2021 0.74
Jun 30, 2021 0.65