Shift4 Payments (FOUR) Free Cash Flow (2019 - 2026)

Shift4 Payments (FOUR) posted Free Cash Flow of $128.0 million for Q1 2026, down 32.02% on a QoQ basis from $188.3 million in Q4 2025, and up 93.94% year-over-year from $66.0 million in Q1 2025.

Shift4 Payments (FOUR) Free Cash Flow (2019 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Shift4 Payments' Free Cash Flow history runs 8 years deep, the most recent figure standing at $128.0 million for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Free Cash Flow rose 93.94% year-over-year to $128.0 million in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $571.0 million (up 28.23% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at $509.0 million, up 3.25% from the prior year.
  • Free Cash Flow was $128.0 million for Q1 2026 at Shift4 Payments, down from $188.3 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Free Cash Flow topped out at $199.6 million in Q4 2024 and bottomed at -$3.7 million in Q4 2023.
  • A 5-year average of $98.0 million and a median of $113.0 million in 2024 frame the typical range for Free Cash Flow.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2023 — Free Cash Flow slumped 102.68% — and 2024, when it soared 5494.59%.
  • Shift4 Payments' Free Cash Flow stood at $138.3 million in 2022, then tumbled by 102.68% to -$3.7 million in 2023, then surged by 5494.59% to $199.6 million in 2024, then fell by 5.66% to $188.3 million in 2025, then plunged by 32.02% to $128.0 million in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows FOUR's Free Cash Flow at $128.0 million in Q1 2026, $188.3 million in Q4 2025, and $135.7 million in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Free Cash Flow (Qtr)
1 Microsoft 2,920.72 Bn 2,796.28 Bn 56.06 Bn 45.75 Bn
2 PagSeguro Digital 2,685.31 Bn 2,685.31 Bn 358.92 Mn 223.25 Mn
3 Oracle 336.16 Bn 304.27 Bn - -1.87 Bn
4 Repay Holdings 334.04 Bn 333.89 Bn - -
5 Palantir Technologies 296.67 Bn 288.65 Bn 1.42 Bn 891.76 Mn
6 Palo Alto Networks 221.87 Bn 217.33 Bn 1.91 Bn 384.00 Mn
7 CrowdStrike Holdings 180.59 Bn 177.49 Bn 993.68 Mn 628.76 Mn
8 Fortinet 108.12 Bn 104.82 Bn 1.49 Bn 1.02 Bn
9 Cloudflare 93.22 Bn 92.27 Bn 455.60 Mn 164.72 Mn
10 Shift4 Payments 4.06 Bn 3.58 Bn 392.00 Mn 128.00 Mn

Historic Data

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Mar 31, 2026 128.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2026 128.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 188.30 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 188.30 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 135.70 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 135.70 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 119.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 119.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 66.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 66.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 199.60 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 199.60 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 113.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 113.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 66.70 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 66.70 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 113.70 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 113.70 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 -3.70 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 -3.70 Mn