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

Shift4 Payments (FOUR) posted EBITDA Margin of 6.42% for Q1 2026, down 17.74% quarter-over-quarter from 7.81% in Q4 2025, and up 312.0% year-on-year from 1.56% in Q1 2025.

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

Shift4 Payments (FOUR) has reported EBITDA Margin for 8 consecutive years, with 6.42% the latest figure, recorded in Q1 2026.

  • EBITDA Margin for Q1 2026 came in at 6.42%, up 312.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 8.65% (up 107.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 8.83%, up 105.0% from the prior year.
  • EBITDA Margin was 6.42% for Q1 2026 at Shift4 Payments, down from 7.81% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, EBITDA Margin peaked at 11.27% in Q3 2022 and troughed at 2.59% in Q1 2022.
  • Average EBITDA Margin over 5 years is 6.85%, with a median of 7.81% recorded in 2025.
  • Year-over-year, EBITDA Margin jumped 1509 bps in 2022 and slumped 328 bps in 2023.
  • Over 5 years, EBITDA Margin stood at 10.15% in 2022, then retreated by 20 bps to 8.09% in 2023, then increased by 24 bps to 10.07% in 2024, then fell by 23 bps to 7.81% in 2025, then declined by 18 bps to 6.42% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant data, the three most recent EBITDA Margin figures were 6.42% in Q1 2026, 7.81% in Q4 2025, and 10.17% in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) EBITDA Margin (Qtr)
1 Microsoft 2,853.66 Bn 2,775.39 Bn 56.06 Bn 46.33%
2 Oracle 408.21 Bn 376.86 Bn 17.12 Bn 31.97%
3 Palantir Technologies 300.98 Bn 293.06 Bn 1.42 Bn 46.18%
4 Palo Alto Networks 247.84 Bn 243.30 Bn 1.91 Bn 15.30%
5 CrowdStrike Holdings 193.63 Bn 190.57 Bn 993.68 Mn 1.06%
6 Fortinet 117.45 Bn 114.16 Bn 1.49 Bn 31.36%
7 Cloudflare 86.88 Bn 85.93 Bn 455.60 Mn -9.69%
8 Synopsys 86.18 Bn 86.06 Bn 1.77 Bn 8.43%
9 Block 46.10 Bn 39.21 Bn 2.91 Bn -2.84%
10 Shift4 Payments 3.62 Bn 3.16 Bn 392.00 Mn 6.42%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 6.42%
Dec 31, 2025 7.81%
Sep 30, 2025 10.17%
Jun 30, 2025 10.40%
Mar 31, 2025 3.30%
Dec 31, 2024 10.07%
Sep 30, 2024 9.21%
Jun 30, 2024 7.50%
Mar 31, 2024 3.38%
Dec 31, 2023 8.09%
Sep 30, 2023 8.00%
Jun 30, 2023 6.61%
Mar 31, 2023 1.88%
Dec 31, 2022 10.15%
Sep 30, 2022 11.27%
Jun 30, 2022 4.76%
Mar 31, 2022 -2.59%
Dec 31, 2021 -0.93%
Sep 30, 2021 -1.09%
Jun 30, 2021 1.79%