Growth Metrics

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

Shift4 Payments' Return on Capital Employed history spans 6 years, with the latest figure at 0.05% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Capital Employed fell 2.0% year-over-year to 0.05%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.05%, down 2.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.06%, 2.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed reached 0.05% in Q4 2025 per FOUR's latest filing, down from 0.05% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 0.07% in Q1 2025 to a low of 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.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Capital Employed: grew 6bps in 2022, then dropped -2bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 0.02% in 2021, then skyrocketed by 285bps to 0.04% in 2022, then grew by 18bps to 0.05% in 2023, then soared by 36bps to 0.07% in 2024, then plummeted by -31bps to 0.05% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for FOUR's Return on Capital Employed are 0.05% (Q4 2025), 0.05% (Q3 2025), and 0.06% (Q2 2025).