Growth Metrics

Shift4 Payments (FOUR) Return on Sales (2019 - 2025)

Shift4 Payments (FOUR) has disclosed Return on Sales for 7 consecutive years, with 0.04% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • For the quarter ending Q4 2025, Return on Sales fell 11.0% year-over-year to 0.04%, compared with a TTM value of 0.04% through Dec 2025, down 5.0%, and an annual FY2025 reading of 0.04%, down 5.0% over the prior year.
  • Return on Sales was 0.04% for Q4 2025 at Shift4 Payments, up from 0.03% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Sales topped out at 0.16% in Q4 2024 and bottomed at 0.21% in Q1 2021.
  • Average Return on Sales over 5 years is 0.03%, with a median of 0.04% recorded in 2023.
  • Peak annual rise in Return on Sales hit 54bps in 2021, while the deepest fall reached -19bps in 2021.
  • Year by year, Return on Sales stood at 0.03% in 2021, then skyrocketed by 309bps to 0.07% in 2022, then plummeted by -62bps to 0.03% in 2023, then skyrocketed by 476bps to 0.16% in 2024, then tumbled by -72bps to 0.04% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Return on Sales for FOUR at 0.04% in Q4 2025, 0.03% in Q3 2025, and 0.04% in Q2 2025.