Growth Metrics

Shift4 Payments (FOUR) Return on Capital Employed (2020 - 2025)

Shift4 Payments (FOUR) has disclosed Return on Capital Employed for 6 consecutive years, with 0.05% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • For the quarter ending Q4 2025, Return on Capital Employed fell 2.0% year-over-year to 0.05%, compared with a TTM value of 0.05% through Dec 2025, down 2.0%, and an annual FY2025 reading of 0.06%, down 2.0% over the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed was 0.05% for Q4 2025 at Shift4 Payments, down from 0.05% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 0.07% in Q1 2025 and bottomed at 0.07% in Q1 2021.
  • Average Return on Capital Employed over 5 years is 0.03%, with a median of 0.05% recorded in 2023.
  • The sharpest move saw Return on Capital Employed grew 6bps in 2022, then dropped -2bps in 2025.
  • Year by year, Return on Capital Employed stood at 0.02% in 2021, then skyrocketed by 101bps to 0.0% in 2022, then surged by 17212bps to 0.05% in 2023, then soared by 36bps to 0.07% in 2024, then plummeted by -31bps to 0.05% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Return on Capital Employed for FOUR at 0.05% in Q4 2025, 0.05% in Q3 2025, and 0.06% in Q2 2025.