Growth Metrics

Shift4 Payments (FOUR) Operating Margin (2019 - 2025)

Shift4 Payments (FOUR) has disclosed Operating Margin for 7 consecutive years, with 10.76% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • For the quarter ending Q4 2025, Operating Margin rose 107.0% year-over-year to 10.76%, compared with a TTM value of 8.4% through Dec 2025, up 98.0%, and an annual FY2025 reading of 8.4%, up 98.0% over the prior year.
  • Operating Margin was 10.76% for Q4 2025 at Shift4 Payments, up from 9.74% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Operating Margin topped out at 10.76% in Q4 2025 and bottomed at 18.18% in Q1 2021.
  • Average Operating Margin over 5 years is 3.79%, with a median of 4.92% recorded in 2022.
  • Peak annual rise in Operating Margin hit 4145bps in 2021, while the deepest fall reached -2249bps in 2021.
  • Year by year, Operating Margin stood at 1.25% in 2021, then skyrocketed by 546bps to 5.58% in 2022, then decreased by -30bps to 3.91% in 2023, then surged by 148bps to 9.69% in 2024, then grew by 11bps to 10.76% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Operating Margin for FOUR at 10.76% in Q4 2025, 9.74% in Q3 2025, and 8.6% in Q2 2025.