Shift4 Payments (FOUR) Return on Assets [ROA] (2020 - 2026)
Shift4 Payments' Return on Assets [ROA] came in at 1.40% for Q2 2026, down 3.15 percentage points from 4.55% a year earlier and down 0.19 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Shift4 Payments (FOUR) Return on Assets [ROA] (2020 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Shift4 Payments' Return on Assets [ROA] was 2.14%, down 4.86 percentage points from FY2024.
- Return on Assets [ROA] carries a five-year change of +10.83 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Going back by year, Return on Assets [ROA] was 7.00% in FY2024 (+2.86 pp), 4.14% in FY2023 (+0.60 pp), 3.54% in FY2022 (+7.13 pp) and -3.59% in FY2021 (+5.10 pp).
- The Q2 2026 figure represents the lowest quarterly Return on Assets [ROA] since Q2 2022.
- Year-over-year, Return on Assets [ROA] has declined for four consecutive quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -1.26 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The fastest year-over-year change in Return on Assets [ROA] over five years came in Q1 2022 (a gain of 7.25 percentage points), and the weakest in Q4 2025 (a drop of 4.18 percentage points).
- Business Quant data shows FOUR's Return on Assets [ROA] at 1.60% (Q1 2026), 1.67% (Q4 2025) and 2.93% (Q3 2025) in the three quarters before Q2 2026.
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROA (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Coinbase Global | 49.17 Bn | 5.98 Bn | - | -3.57% |
| 2 | PayPal Holdings | 45.28 Bn | 3.51 Bn | - | 6.00% |
| 3 | Block | 44.18 Bn | 15.44 Bn | 3.17 Bn | 0.90% |
| 4 | Iren | 31.11 Bn | 18.70 Bn | 103.89 Mn | -6.10% |
| 5 | Corpay | 25.52 Bn | 15.72 Bn | - | 4.19% |
| 6 | Fiserv | 24.03 Bn | 20.73 Bn | 2.90 Bn | 3.49% |
| 7 | Global Payments | 21.72 Bn | 155.29 Mn | 2.03 Bn | -1.33% |
| 8 | Bitmine Immersion Technologies | 15.32 Bn | 12.70 Bn | 40.81 Mn | -81.35% |
| 9 | Guidewire Software | 11.69 Bn | 8.26 Bn | 269.68 Mn | 5.45% |
| 10 | Shift4 Payments | 5.62 Bn | 2.43 Bn | 446.00 Mn | 1.40% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 1.40% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 1.60% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 1.67% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 2.93% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 4.55% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 5.70% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 5.85% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 4.09% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 4.31% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 3.86% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 4.07% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 5.43% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 5.46% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 4.65% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 3.44% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 1.44% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | -1.09% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | -1.52% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | -3.15% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | -4.01% |
API Access
Shift4 Payments Return on Assets [ROA] 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=return-on-assets-%5Broa%5D&ticker=FOUR&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-assets-[roa]", "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=return-on-assets-%5Broa%5D&ticker=FOUR&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();