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

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

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

Shift4 Payments has reported EBITDA Margin for 8 years, with the latest figure at 6.42% in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, EBITDA Margin rose 312.0% year-over-year to 6.42%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 8.65% (up 107.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 8.83%, up 105.0% from the prior year.
  • EBITDA Margin for Q1 2026 stood at 6.42%, down from 7.81% in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for EBITDA Margin was 11.27% in Q3 2022, with the low at 2.59% in Q1 2022.
  • Historically, EBITDA Margin has averaged 6.85% across 5 years, with a median of 7.81% in 2025.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — EBITDA Margin surged 1509 bps — and 2023, when it plunged 328 bps.
  • Shift4 Payments' EBITDA Margin stood at 10.15% in 2022, then dropped by 20 bps to 8.09% in 2023, then advanced by 24 bps to 10.07% in 2024, then slipped by 23 bps to 7.81% in 2025, then decreased by 18 bps to 6.42% in 2026.
  • The last three EBITDA Margin figures came in at 6.42% (Q1 2026), 7.81% (Q4 2025), and 10.17% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) EBITDA Margin (Qtr)
1 Microsoft 2,998.30 Bn 2,920.03 Bn 56.06 Bn 46.33%
2 Alarum Technologies 1,040.72 Bn 1,026.57 Bn 7.23 Mn 3.18%
3 Oracle 590.32 Bn 551.74 Bn 15.14 Bn 31.79%
4 Palantir Technologies 316.31 Bn 308.39 Bn 1.42 Bn 46.18%
5 Palo Alto Networks 181.17 Bn 176.63 Bn 1.91 Bn 15.30%
6 CrowdStrike Holdings 161.69 Bn 158.63 Bn 993.68 Mn 1.06%
7 Fortinet 102.35 Bn 99.06 Bn 1.49 Bn 31.36%
8 Synopsys 88.25 Bn 88.13 Bn 1.77 Bn 8.43%
9 Cloudflare 83.26 Bn 82.32 Bn 455.60 Mn -9.69%
10 Shift4 Payments 2.80 Bn 2.34 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%