Shift4 Payments FOUR
NYSE FOUR
$46.71 +2.36 (+5.32%)
At close: Aug 18, 2026 · 3:59 PM UTC

Shift4 Payments (FOUR) EBIT Margin (2019 - 2026)

Shift4 Payments' (FOUR) quarterly EBIT Margin came in at 4.46% in Q1 2026, up 151.0% YoY from 1.78% in Q1 2025, and down 58.55% on a QoQ basis from 10.76% in Q4 2025.

Shift4 Payments (FOUR) EBIT Margin (2019 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Shift4 Payments (FOUR) has 8 years of EBIT Margin data on file, last reported at 4.46% in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly EBIT Margin rose 151.0% year-over-year to 4.46% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 8.44% (up 122.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 8.4%, up 98.0% from the prior year.
  • EBIT Margin slipped to 4.46% in Q1 2026, from 10.76% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, EBIT Margin ranged from a high of 10.76% in Q4 2025 to a low of 2.91% in Q1 2022.
  • A 5-year average of 5.86% and a median of 5.58% in 2022 frame the typical range for EBIT Margin.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — EBIT Margin soared 1527 bps — and 2023, when it slumped 316 bps.
  • Tracing FOUR's EBIT Margin over 5 years: stood at 5.58% in 2022, then fell by 30 bps to 3.91% in 2023, then soared by 148 bps to 9.69% in 2024, then increased by 11 bps to 10.76% in 2025, then plunged by 59 bps to 4.46% in 2026.
  • The last three EBIT Margin figures came in at 4.46% (Q1 2026), 10.76% (Q4 2025), and 9.74% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) EBIT Margin (Qtr)
1 Microsoft 3,576.39 Bn 3,443.64 Bn 60.48 Bn 45.11%
2 Palantir Technologies 412.58 Bn 403.17 Bn 1.64 Bn 47.12%
3 Oracle 407.66 Bn 375.77 Bn - 31.97%
4 Palo Alto Networks 299.27 Bn 296.16 Bn 2.03 Bn -6.10%
5 Fortinet 115.83 Bn 111.76 Bn 1.64 Bn 33.66%
6 Cloudflare 106.65 Bn 102.48 Bn 499.52 Mn -29.55%
7 Synopsys 76.61 Bn 74.41 Bn 1.77 Bn 8.43%
8 CoreWeave 51.53 Bn 45.99 Bn 1.70 Bn -1.90%
9 Block 47.55 Bn 41.12 Bn 3.17 Bn 6.75%
10 Shift4 Payments 3.69 Bn 3.33 Bn 446.00 Mn 7.34%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jun 30, 2026 7.34%
Mar 31, 2026 4.46%
Dec 31, 2025 10.76%
Sep 30, 2025 9.74%
Jun 30, 2025 8.60%
Mar 31, 2025 2.95%
Dec 31, 2024 9.69%
Sep 30, 2024 8.84%
Jun 30, 2024 7.16%
Mar 31, 2024 3.03%
Dec 31, 2023 3.91%
Sep 30, 2023 6.62%
Jun 30, 2023 5.32%
Mar 31, 2023 1.61%
Dec 31, 2022 5.58%
Sep 30, 2022 9.78%
Jun 30, 2022 4.52%
Mar 31, 2022 -2.91%
Dec 31, 2021 -1.25%
Sep 30, 2021 -1.48%