Shift4 Payments (FOUR) FCF Payout Ratio (2019 - 2026)

Shift4 Payments (FOUR) reported FCF Payout Ratio of 0.12 for Q1 2026, down 75.87% quarter-over-quarter from 0.49 in Q4 2025.

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

Shift4 Payments has reported FCF Payout Ratio for 6 years, with the latest figure at 0.12 in Q1 2026.

For the quarter ending Q1 2026, FCF Payout Ratio changed N/A year-over-year to 0.12; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 0.19 (up 23582.24% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 0.14, changed N/A from the prior year.
FCF Payout Ratio for Q1 2026 stood at 0.12, down from 0.49 in the prior quarter.
The five-year high for FCF Payout Ratio was 0.49 in Q4 2025, with the low at 0.19 in Q4 2024.
Historically, FCF Payout Ratio has averaged 0.06 across 4 years, with a median of 0.02 in 2024.
The largest YoY upside for FCF Payout Ratio was 799.7% in 2024 against a maximum downside of 318.75% in 2024.
Shift4 Payments' FCF Payout Ratio stood at 0.04 in 2023, then slumped by 318.75% to 0.19 in 2024, then jumped by 358.98% to 0.49 in 2025, then tumbled by 75.87% to 0.12 in 2026.
The last three FCF Payout Ratio figures came in at 0.12 (Q1 2026), 0.49 (Q4 2025), and 0.09 (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

#	Company	Market Cap	Enterprise Value	Gross Profit (Qtr)	FCF Cover (Qtr)
1	Microsoft	2,998.30 Bn	2,920.03 Bn	56.06 Bn	0.43
2	Alarum Technologies	1,040.72 Bn	1,026.57 Bn	7.23 Mn	-
3	Oracle	590.32 Bn	551.74 Bn	15.14 Bn	0.15
4	Palantir Technologies	316.31 Bn	308.39 Bn	1.42 Bn	-
5	Palo Alto Networks	181.17 Bn	176.63 Bn	1.91 Bn	-
6	CrowdStrike Holdings	161.69 Bn	158.63 Bn	993.68 Mn	0.00
7	Fortinet	102.35 Bn	99.06 Bn	1.49 Bn	-
8	Synopsys	88.25 Bn	88.13 Bn	1.77 Bn	-
9	Cloudflare	83.26 Bn	82.32 Bn	455.60 Mn	-
10	Shift4 Payments	2.80 Bn	2.34 Bn	392.00 Mn	0.12

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