Shift4 Payments (FOUR) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2020 - 2026)
Shift4 Payments (FOUR) recorded Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] of 5.52% in Q2 2026, down 0.57 percentage points from 6.09% a year earlier but up 0.19 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Shift4 Payments (FOUR) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2020 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Shift4 Payments reported Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] of 6.31%, down 2.40 percentage points from FY2024.
- Annual Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] has a five-year change of +11.18 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Across earlier years, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] came in at 8.71% in FY2024 (+3.64 pp), 5.07% in FY2023 (+0.73 pp), 4.34% in FY2022 (+6.97 pp) and -2.62% in FY2021 (+2.25 pp).
- Quarterly Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] has ranged from -2.67% in Q3 2021 to 6.84% in Q1 2025 over the past five years.
- On a year-over-year basis, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] has declined for four consecutive quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +0.04 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- Peak year-over-year performance for Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] in the last five years was a gain of 6.48 percentage points in Q4 2022, against a drop of 2.09 percentage points in Q4 2025 at the low end.
- Per Business Quant, the preceding three quarters came in at 5.33% (Q1 2026), 4.65% (Q4 2025) and 5.12% (Q3 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROCE (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Coinbase Global | 49.17 Bn | 5.98 Bn | - | 3.03% |
| 2 | PayPal Holdings | 45.28 Bn | 3.51 Bn | - | 17.89% |
| 3 | Block | 44.18 Bn | 15.44 Bn | 3.17 Bn | 4.02% |
| 4 | Iren | 31.11 Bn | 18.70 Bn | 103.89 Mn | -11.25% |
| 5 | Corpay | 25.52 Bn | 15.72 Bn | - | 20.94% |
| 6 | Fiserv | 24.03 Bn | 20.73 Bn | 2.90 Bn | 8.26% |
| 7 | Global Payments | 21.72 Bn | 155.29 Mn | 2.03 Bn | 2.55% |
| 8 | Bitmine Immersion Technologies | 15.32 Bn | 12.70 Bn | 40.81 Mn | -82.57% |
| 9 | Guidewire Software | 11.69 Bn | 8.26 Bn | 269.68 Mn | 7.92% |
| 10 | Shift4 Payments | 5.62 Bn | 2.43 Bn | 446.00 Mn | 5.52% |
Historic Data
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Historic 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% |
API Access
Shift4 Payments Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-capital-employed-%5Broce%5D&ticker=FOUR&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-capital-employed-[roce]", "ticker": "FOUR", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-capital-employed-%5Broce%5D&ticker=FOUR&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();