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

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

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

Shift4 Payments' Deferred Taxes history runs 8 years deep, the most recent figure standing at -$32.0 million for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Deferred Taxes fell 77.78% year-over-year to -$32.0 million in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was -$7.0 million (up 97.94% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at $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.
  • Across five years, Deferred Taxes topped out at $14.0 million in Q4 2025 and bottomed at -$290.8 million in Q3 2024.
  • A 5-year average of -$22.3 million and a median of -$2.6 million in 2023 frame the typical range for Deferred Taxes.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2024 — Deferred Taxes slumped 145300.0% — and 2025, when it soared 163.93%.
  • Shift4 Payments' Deferred Taxes stood at $2.3 million in 2022, then plunged by 73.91% to $600000.0 in 2023, then plunged by 3750.0% to -$21.9 million in 2024, then jumped by 163.93% to $14.0 million in 2025, then sank by 328.57% to -$32.0 million in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows FOUR's Deferred Taxes at -$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 2,920.72 Bn 2,796.28 Bn 56.06 Bn 2.60 Bn
2 PagSeguro Digital 2,685.31 Bn 2,685.31 Bn 358.92 Mn 4.78 Mn
3 Oracle 336.16 Bn 304.27 Bn - -622.00 Mn
4 Repay Holdings 334.04 Bn 333.89 Bn - -
5 Palantir Technologies 296.67 Bn 288.65 Bn 1.42 Bn -
6 Palo Alto Networks 221.87 Bn 217.33 Bn 1.91 Bn 5.00 Mn
7 CrowdStrike Holdings 180.59 Bn 177.49 Bn 993.68 Mn -9.44 Mn
8 Fortinet 108.12 Bn 104.82 Bn 1.49 Bn -11.00 Mn
9 Cloudflare 93.22 Bn 92.27 Bn 455.60 Mn -800,000.00
10 Shift4 Payments 4.06 Bn 3.58 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