Shift4 Payments (FOUR) Retained Earnings (2019 - 2026)

Shift4 Payments (FOUR) reported Retained Earnings of -$5.0 million for Q1 2026, down 92.31% on a YoY basis from -$65.0 million in Q1 2025, and down 110.64% quarter-over-quarter from $47.0 million in Q4 2025.

Shift4 Payments (FOUR) Retained Earnings (2019 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Shift4 Payments has reported Retained Earnings for 8 years, with the latest figure at -$5.0 million in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Retained Earnings fell 92.31% year-over-year to -$5.0 million; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at -$5.0 million (down 92.31% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was $47.0 million, up 120.61% from the prior year.
  • Retained Earnings for Q1 2026 stood at -$5.0 million, down from $47.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for Retained Earnings was $62.9 million in Q2 2025, with the low at -$387.6 million in Q2 2023.
  • Historically, Retained Earnings has averaged -$162.6 million across 5 years, with a median of -$228.0 million in 2024.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2023 — Retained Earnings slumped 96800.0% — and 2025, when it soared 985.92%.
  • Shift4 Payments' Retained Earnings stood at $8.3 million in 2022, then sank by 4277.11% to -$346.7 million in 2023, then surged by 34.24% to -$228.0 million in 2024, then soared by 120.61% to $47.0 million in 2025, then slumped by 110.64% to -$5.0 million in 2026.
  • The last three Retained Earnings figures came in at -$5.0 million (Q1 2026), $47.0 million (Q4 2025), and -$283.4 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Retained Earnings (Qtr)
1 Microsoft 2,998.30 Bn 2,920.03 Bn 56.06 Bn 302.53 Bn
2 Alarum Technologies 1,040.72 Bn 1,026.57 Bn 7.23 Mn 12.73 Bn
3 Oracle 590.32 Bn 551.74 Bn 15.14 Bn -7.09 Bn
4 Palantir Technologies 316.31 Bn 308.39 Bn 1.42 Bn 601,000.00
5 Palo Alto Networks 181.17 Bn 176.63 Bn 1.91 Bn 3.25 Bn
6 CrowdStrike Holdings 161.69 Bn 158.63 Bn 993.68 Mn -1.28 Bn
7 Fortinet 102.35 Bn 99.06 Bn 1.49 Bn -782.00 Mn
8 Synopsys 88.25 Bn 88.13 Bn 1.77 Bn 10.38 Bn
9 Cloudflare 83.26 Bn 82.32 Bn 455.60 Mn -1.23 Bn
10 Shift4 Payments 2.80 Bn 2.34 Bn 392.00 Mn -5.00 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 -5.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 47.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 -283.40 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 62.90 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 -2.60 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 -228.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 -257.50 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 -7.10 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 -326.10 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 -346.70 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 -355.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 -387.60 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 -348.80 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 8.30 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 -700,000.00
Jun 30, 2022 -400,000.00
Mar 31, 2022 -332.80 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 -325.30 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 -315.90 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 -306.70 Mn