Shift4 Payments (FOUR) Return on Capital Employed (2020 - 2026)
Shift4 Payments' (FOUR) quarterly Return on Capital Employed came in at 5.33% in Q1 2026, down 151.0% YoY from 10.45% in Q1 2025, and up 14.55% on a QoQ basis from 4.65% in Q4 2025.
Shift4 Payments (FOUR) Return on Capital Employed (2020 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Shift4 Payments (FOUR) has 7 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 5.33% in Q1 2026.
- Quarterly Return on Capital Employed fell 151.0% year-over-year to 5.33% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 5.33% (down 151.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 6.31%, down 240.0% from the prior year.
- Return on Capital Employed climbed to 5.33% in Q1 2026, from 4.65% in the prior quarter.
- In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 6.84% in Q1 2025 to a low of 0.82% in Q1 2022.
- A 5-year average of 4.54% and a median of 5.09% in 2023 frame the typical range for Return on Capital Employed.
- Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Return on Capital Employed surged 648 bps — and 2025, when it sank 209 bps.
- Tracing FOUR's Return on Capital Employed over 5 years: stood at 4.21% in 2022, then rose by 18 bps to 4.97% in 2023, then jumped by 36 bps to 6.74% in 2024, then tumbled by 31 bps to 4.65% in 2025, then gained by 15 bps to 5.33% in 2026.
- The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 5.33% (Q1 2026), 4.65% (Q4 2025), and 5.12% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.
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| 10 | Shift4 Payments | 3.69 Bn | 3.33 Bn | 446.00 Mn | 5.52% |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 5.52% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 5.33% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 4.65% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 5.12% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 6.09% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 6.84% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 6.74% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 5.29% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 5.53% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 4.73% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 4.97% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 5.09% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 5.48% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 5.01% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 4.21% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 2.84% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 0.03% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | -0.82% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | -2.27% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | -2.67% |