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

Shift4 Payments (FOUR) posted Debt Ratio of 0.52 for Q1 2026, down 1.03% on a QoQ basis from 0.52 in Q4 2025, and down 26.83% year-over-year from 0.71 in Q1 2025.

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

Shift4 Payments' Debt Ratio history runs 8 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 0.52 for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Debt Ratio fell 26.83% year-over-year to 0.52 in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 0.52 (down 26.83% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 0.52, down 7.42% from the prior year.
  • Debt Ratio was 0.52 for Q1 2026 at Shift4 Payments, down from 0.52 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Debt Ratio topped out at 0.76 in Q2 2022 and bottomed at 0.5 in Q2 2024.
  • A 5-year average of 0.61 and a median of 0.6 in 2025 frame the typical range for Debt Ratio.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2025 — Debt Ratio surged 37.25% — and 2026, when it declined 26.83%.
  • Shift4 Payments' Debt Ratio stood at 0.68 in 2022, then dropped by 24.25% to 0.52 in 2023, then grew by 9.09% to 0.56 in 2024, then dropped by 7.42% to 0.52 in 2025, then decreased by 1.03% to 0.52 in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows FOUR's Debt Ratio at 0.52 in Q1 2026, 0.52 in Q4 2025, and 0.6 in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Debt Ratio (Qtr)
1 Microsoft 2,921.46 Bn 2,797.02 Bn 56.06 Bn 0.06
2 PagSeguro Digital 2,686.70 Bn 2,686.70 Bn 358.92 Mn -
3 Oracle 344.13 Bn 312.24 Bn - 0.47
4 Repay Holdings 342.29 Bn 342.15 Bn - 0.36
5 Palantir Technologies 294.57 Bn 286.54 Bn 1.42 Bn -
6 Palo Alto Networks 224.46 Bn 219.93 Bn 1.91 Bn -
7 CrowdStrike Holdings 182.52 Bn 179.42 Bn 993.68 Mn 0.07
8 Fortinet 111.29 Bn 107.99 Bn 1.49 Bn 0.05
9 Cloudflare 93.63 Bn 92.68 Bn 455.60 Mn 0.21
10 Shift4 Payments 4.05 Bn 3.58 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 0.60
Jun 30, 2025 0.53
Mar 31, 2025 0.71
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 0.73
Dec 31, 2021 0.74
Sep 30, 2021 0.74
Jun 30, 2021 0.65