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% quarter-over-quarter from 4.65% in Q4 2025, and down 151.0% year-on-year from 10.45% in Q1 2025.

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

Shift4 Payments (FOUR) has reported Return on Capital Employed for 7 consecutive years, with 5.33% the latest figure, recorded in Q1 2026.

  • Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 came in at 5.33%, down 151.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 5.33% (down 151.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 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.
  • Over five years, Return on Capital Employed peaked at 6.84% in Q1 2025 and troughed at 0.82% in Q1 2022.
  • Average Return on Capital Employed over 5 years is 4.54%, with a median of 5.09% recorded in 2023.
  • Year-over-year, Return on Capital Employed jumped 648 bps in 2022 and tumbled 209 bps in 2025.
  • Over 5 years, Return on Capital Employed stood at 4.21% in 2022, then climbed by 18 bps to 4.97% in 2023, then jumped by 36 bps to 6.74% in 2024, then slumped by 31 bps to 4.65% in 2025, then grew by 15 bps to 5.33% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant data, the three most recent Return on Capital Employed figures were 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 2,853.66 Bn 2,775.39 Bn 56.06 Bn 27.43%
2 Oracle 408.21 Bn 376.86 Bn 17.12 Bn 9.73%
3 Palantir Technologies 300.98 Bn 293.06 Bn 1.42 Bn 24.39%
4 Palo Alto Networks 247.84 Bn 243.30 Bn 1.91 Bn 8.75%
5 CrowdStrike Holdings 193.63 Bn 190.57 Bn 993.68 Mn -4.62%
6 Fortinet 117.45 Bn 114.16 Bn 1.49 Bn 40.10%
7 Cloudflare 86.88 Bn 85.93 Bn 455.60 Mn -5.85%
8 Synopsys 86.18 Bn 86.06 Bn 1.77 Bn 1.98%
9 Block 46.10 Bn 39.21 Bn 2.91 Bn 4.34%
10 Shift4 Payments 3.62 Bn 3.16 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%