Shift4 Payments (FOUR) Return on Equity [ROE] (2020 - 2026)
Shift4 Payments' Return on Equity [ROE] was 6.98% in Q2 2026, down 11.18 percentage points from 18.16% a year earlier and down 0.52 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Shift4 Payments (FOUR) Return on Equity [ROE] (2020 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Return on Equity [ROE] at Shift4 Payments came in at 9.92%, down 21.35 percentage points from FY2024.
- Return on Equity [ROE] shows a five-year change of +44.89 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In earlier years, Return on Equity [ROE] was 31.27% in FY2024 (+13.04 pp), 18.22% in FY2023 (-1.47 pp), 19.69% in FY2022 (+33.52 pp) and -13.84% in FY2021 (+21.14 pp).
- The Q2 2026 figure marks the lowest quarterly Return on Equity [ROE] since Q2 2022.
- Compared with a year earlier, Return on Equity [ROE] has declined for four straight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -5.43 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The best year-over-year quarter for Return on Equity [ROE] over five years was Q4 2022 (a gain of 36.95 percentage points); the worst was Q4 2025 (a drop of 21.46 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, FOUR's Return on Equity [ROE] in the three quarters before Q2 2026 was 7.50% (Q1 2026), 7.10% (Q4 2025) and 11.17% (Q3 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROE (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Coinbase Global | 50.59 Bn | 7.40 Bn | - | -7.44% |
| 2 | PayPal Holdings | 46.79 Bn | 5.01 Bn | - | 24.61% |
| 3 | Block | 44.05 Bn | 15.31 Bn | 3.17 Bn | 1.63% |
| 4 | Iren | 31.74 Bn | 19.34 Bn | 103.89 Mn | -20.51% |
| 5 | Corpay | 26.01 Bn | 16.21 Bn | - | 32.18% |
| 6 | Fiserv | 24.47 Bn | 21.17 Bn | 2.90 Bn | 10.59% |
| 7 | Global Payments | 22.51 Bn | 952.73 Mn | 2.03 Bn | -3.54% |
| 8 | Bitmine Immersion Technologies | 15.56 Bn | 12.94 Bn | 40.81 Mn | -81.60% |
| 9 | Guidewire Software | 11.90 Bn | 8.47 Bn | 269.68 Mn | 11.09% |
| 10 | Shift4 Payments | 5.76 Bn | 2.57 Bn | 446.00 Mn | 6.98% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 6.98% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 7.50% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 7.10% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 11.17% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 18.16% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 28.17% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 28.56% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 17.39% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 16.05% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 14.86% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 17.45% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 27.88% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 28.26% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 23.88% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 19.23% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 10.03% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | -7.50% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | -8.85% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | -17.72% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | -18.60% |
API Access
Shift4 Payments Return on Equity [ROE] 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-equity-%5Broe%5D&ticker=FOUR&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-equity-[roe]", "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-equity-%5Broe%5D&ticker=FOUR&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();