Shift4 Payments (FOUR) Return on Capital Employed (2020 - 2026)

Shift4 Payments (FOUR) posted Return on Capital Employed of 5.33% for Q1 2026, up 14.55% on a QoQ basis from 4.65% in Q4 2025, and down 151.0% year-over-year from 10.45% in Q1 2025.

Shift4 Payments (FOUR) Return on Capital Employed (2020 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Shift4 Payments' Return on Capital Employed history runs 7 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 5.33% for 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 was 5.33% for Q1 2026 at Shift4 Payments, up from 4.65% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 6.84% in Q1 2025 and bottomed at 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 plunged 209 bps.
  • Shift4 Payments' Return on Capital Employed stood at 4.21% in 2022, then advanced by 18 bps to 4.97% in 2023, then soared by 36 bps to 6.74% in 2024, then sank by 31 bps to 4.65% in 2025, then climbed by 15 bps to 5.33% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows FOUR's Return on Capital Employed at 5.33% in Q1 2026, 4.65% in Q4 2025, and 5.12% in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROCE (Qtr)
1 Microsoft 2,921.46 Bn 2,797.02 Bn 56.06 Bn 27.43%
2 PagSeguro Digital 2,686.70 Bn 2,686.70 Bn 358.92 Mn 54.07%
3 Oracle 344.13 Bn 312.24 Bn - 9.73%
4 Repay Holdings 342.29 Bn 342.15 Bn - -
5 Palantir Technologies 294.57 Bn 286.54 Bn 1.42 Bn 24.39%
6 Palo Alto Networks 224.46 Bn 219.93 Bn 1.91 Bn 8.75%
7 CrowdStrike Holdings 182.52 Bn 179.42 Bn 993.68 Mn -4.62%
8 Fortinet 111.29 Bn 107.99 Bn 1.49 Bn 40.10%
9 Cloudflare 93.63 Bn 92.68 Bn 455.60 Mn -5.85%
10 Shift4 Payments 4.05 Bn 3.58 Bn 392.00 Mn 5.33%

Historic Data

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DateValue
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%
Jun 30, 2021 -2.99%