Shift4 Payments (FOUR) Operating Margin (2019 - 2026)
Shift4 Payments (FOUR) reported Operating Margin of 7.34% for Q2 2026, down 1.26 percentage points from 8.59% a year earlier but up 2.88 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Shift4 Payments (FOUR) Operating Margin (2019 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the twelve months ended Jun 30, 2026, Shift4 Payments' Operating Margin came in at 8.10%, up 0.50 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025, it was 8.40%, up 0.98 percentage points from FY2024.
- Operating Margin has a five-year change of +15.91 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- By year, Operating Margin came in at 7.42% in FY2024 (+2.93 pp), 4.48% in FY2023 (-0.27 pp), 4.75% in FY2022 (+8.35 pp) and -3.60% in FY2021 (+3.91 pp).
- Five-year quarterly Operating Margin spans a low of -2.91% in Q1 2022 and a high of 10.76% in Q4 2025.
- Year over year, Operating Margin gained in six of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +1.45 percentage points.
- The high point for year-over-year Operating Margin in five years was Q1 2022 (a gain of 15.27 percentage points); the low point was Q3 2023 (a drop of 3.16 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, the three quarters before Q2 2026 came in at 4.46% (Q1 2026), 10.76% (Q4 2025) and 9.74% (Q3 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Operating Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Coinbase Global | 50.59 Bn | 7.40 Bn | - | -9.30% |
| 2 | PayPal Holdings | 46.79 Bn | 5.01 Bn | - | 16.44% |
| 3 | Block | 44.05 Bn | 15.31 Bn | 3.17 Bn | 6.75% |
| 4 | Iren | 31.74 Bn | 19.34 Bn | 103.89 Mn | -452.09% |
| 5 | Corpay | 26.01 Bn | 16.21 Bn | - | 35.28% |
| 6 | Fiserv | 24.47 Bn | 21.17 Bn | 2.90 Bn | 19.18% |
| 7 | Global Payments | 22.51 Bn | 952.73 Mn | 2.03 Bn | 10.15% |
| 8 | Bitmine Immersion Technologies | 15.56 Bn | 12.94 Bn | 40.81 Mn | -25.50% |
| 9 | Guidewire Software | 11.90 Bn | 8.47 Bn | 269.68 Mn | 15.16% |
| 10 | Shift4 Payments | 5.76 Bn | 2.57 Bn | 446.00 Mn | 7.34% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 7.34% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 4.46% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 10.76% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 9.74% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 8.59% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 2.95% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 9.69% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 8.84% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 7.16% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 3.03% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 3.91% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 6.62% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 5.32% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 1.61% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 5.58% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 9.78% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 4.52% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | -2.91% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | -1.25% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | -1.48% |
API Access
Shift4 Payments Operating Margin API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=operating-margin&ticker=FOUR&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "operating-margin", "ticker": "FOUR", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=operating-margin&ticker=FOUR&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();