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

Shift4 Payments (FOUR) posted FCF Margin of 11.42% for Q1 2026, down 27.92% on a QoQ basis from 15.84% in Q4 2025, and up 364.0% year-over-year from 2.46% in Q1 2025.

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

Shift4 Payments' FCF Margin history runs 8 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 11.42% for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly FCF Margin rose 364.0% year-over-year to 11.42% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 12.82% (changed 0.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 12.18%, down 262.0% from the prior year.
  • FCF Margin was 11.42% for Q1 2026 at Shift4 Payments, down from 15.84% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, FCF Margin topped out at 25.72% in Q4 2022 and bottomed at 0.52% in Q4 2023.
  • A 5-year average of 12.49% and a median of 12.32% in 2025 frame the typical range for FCF Margin.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — FCF Margin jumped 2702 bps — and 2023, when it sank 2625 bps.
  • Shift4 Payments' FCF Margin stood at 25.72% in 2022, then tumbled by 102 bps to 0.52% in 2023, then surged by 4389 bps to 22.49% in 2024, then fell by 30 bps to 15.84% in 2025, then dropped by 28 bps to 11.42% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows FOUR's FCF Margin at 11.42% in Q1 2026, 15.84% in Q4 2025, and 11.53% in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Margin (Qtr)
1 Microsoft 2,921.46 Bn 2,797.02 Bn 56.06 Bn 55.19%
2 PagSeguro Digital 2,686.70 Bn 2,686.70 Bn 358.92 Mn 23.47%
3 Oracle 344.13 Bn 312.24 Bn - -9.76%
4 Repay Holdings 342.29 Bn 342.15 Bn - -
5 Palantir Technologies 294.57 Bn 286.54 Bn 1.42 Bn 54.62%
6 Palo Alto Networks 224.46 Bn 219.93 Bn 1.91 Bn 14.80%
7 CrowdStrike Holdings 182.52 Bn 179.42 Bn 993.68 Mn 48.17%
8 Fortinet 111.29 Bn 107.99 Bn 1.49 Bn 55.21%
9 Cloudflare 93.63 Bn 92.68 Bn 455.60 Mn 25.75%
10 Shift4 Payments 4.05 Bn 3.58 Bn 392.00 Mn 11.42%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 11.42%
Dec 31, 2025 15.84%
Sep 30, 2025 11.53%
Jun 30, 2025 12.32%
Mar 31, 2025 7.78%
Dec 31, 2024 22.49%
Sep 30, 2024 12.43%
Jun 30, 2024 8.07%
Mar 31, 2024 16.07%
Dec 31, 2023 -0.52%
Sep 30, 2023 20.34%
Jun 30, 2023 9.04%
Mar 31, 2023 14.02%
Dec 31, 2022 25.72%
Sep 30, 2022 15.20%
Jun 30, 2022 3.18%
Mar 31, 2022 7.41%
Dec 31, 2021 -1.30%
Sep 30, 2021 3.36%
Jun 30, 2021 1.37%