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

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

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

Shift4 Payments (FOUR) has reported Deferred Taxes for 8 consecutive years, with -$32.0 million the latest figure, recorded in Q1 2026.

  • Deferred Taxes for Q1 2026 came in at -$32.0 million, down 77.78% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was -$7.0 million (up 97.94% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $7.0 million, up 102.17% from the prior year.
  • Deferred Taxes was -$32.0 million for Q1 2026 at Shift4 Payments, down from $14.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Deferred Taxes peaked at $14.0 million in Q4 2025 and troughed at -$290.8 million in Q3 2024.
  • Average Deferred Taxes over 5 years is -$22.3 million, with a median of -$2.6 million recorded in 2023.
  • Year-over-year, Deferred Taxes sank 145300.0% in 2024 and surged 163.93% in 2025.
  • Over 5 years, Deferred Taxes stood at $2.3 million in 2022, then sank by 73.91% to $600000.0 in 2023, then sank by 3750.0% to -$21.9 million in 2024, then surged by 163.93% to $14.0 million in 2025, then slumped by 328.57% to -$32.0 million in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant data, the three most recent Deferred Taxes figures were -$32.0 million in Q1 2026, $14.0 million in Q4 2025, and $13.5 million in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Deferred Taxes (Qtr)
1 Microsoft 2,853.66 Bn 2,775.39 Bn 56.06 Bn 2.60 Bn
2 Oracle 408.21 Bn 376.86 Bn 17.12 Bn -1.49 Bn
3 Palantir Technologies 300.98 Bn 293.06 Bn 1.42 Bn -
4 Palo Alto Networks 247.84 Bn 243.30 Bn 1.91 Bn 5.00 Mn
5 CrowdStrike Holdings 193.63 Bn 190.57 Bn 993.68 Mn -9.44 Mn
6 Fortinet 117.45 Bn 114.16 Bn 1.49 Bn -11.00 Mn
7 Cloudflare 86.88 Bn 85.93 Bn 455.60 Mn -800,000.00
8 Synopsys 86.18 Bn 86.06 Bn 1.77 Bn -51.78 Mn
9 Block 46.10 Bn 39.21 Bn 2.91 Bn -79.03 Mn
10 Shift4 Payments 3.62 Bn 3.16 Bn 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