Shift4 Payments (FOUR) Times Interest Earned (2019 - 2026)

Shift4 Payments (FOUR) posted Times Interest Earned of $0.77 for Q1 2026, down 63.13% quarter-over-quarter from $2.09 in Q4 2025, and down 10.77% year-on-year from $0.86 in Q1 2025.

Shift4 Payments (FOUR) Times Interest Earned (2019 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Shift4 Payments (FOUR) has reported Times Interest Earned for 8 consecutive years, with $0.77 the latest figure, recorded in Q1 2026.

  • Times Interest Earned for Q1 2026 came in at $0.77, down 10.77% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $1.66 (down 45.14% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $1.85, down 53.63% from the prior year.
  • Times Interest Earned was $0.77 for Q1 2026 at Shift4 Payments, down from $2.09 in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Times Interest Earned peaked at $7.31 in Q2 2024 and troughed at -$1.48 in Q1 2022.
  • Average Times Interest Earned over 5 years is $3.0, with a median of $2.73 recorded in 2022.
  • Year-over-year, Times Interest Earned surged 951.76% in 2022 and tumbled 71.14% in 2025.
  • Over 5 years, Times Interest Earned stood at $3.8 in 2022, then declined by 8.0% to $3.49 in 2023, then fell by 10.49% to $3.13 in 2024, then sank by 33.28% to $2.09 in 2025, then sank by 63.13% to $0.77 in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant data, the three most recent Times Interest Earned figures were $0.77 in Q1 2026, $2.09 in Q4 2025, and $1.88 in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Times Interest Earned (Qtr)
1 Microsoft 2,853.66 Bn 2,775.39 Bn 56.06 Bn 49.35
2 Oracle 408.21 Bn 376.86 Bn 17.12 Bn 4.26
3 Palantir Technologies 300.98 Bn 293.06 Bn 1.42 Bn -
4 Palo Alto Networks 247.84 Bn 243.30 Bn 1.91 Bn -
5 CrowdStrike Holdings 193.63 Bn 190.57 Bn 993.68 Mn 1.83
6 Fortinet 117.45 Bn 114.16 Bn 1.49 Bn 138.10
7 Cloudflare 86.88 Bn 85.93 Bn 455.60 Mn -24.19
8 Synopsys 86.18 Bn 86.06 Bn 1.77 Bn 1.25
9 Block 46.10 Bn 39.21 Bn 2.91 Bn -
10 Shift4 Payments 3.62 Bn 3.16 Bn 392.00 Mn 0.77

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 0.77
Dec 31, 2025 2.09
Sep 30, 2025 1.88
Jun 30, 2025 2.11
Mar 31, 2025 0.86
Dec 31, 2024 3.13
Sep 30, 2024 4.39
Jun 30, 2024 7.31
Mar 31, 2024 2.64
Dec 31, 2023 3.49
Sep 30, 2023 5.59
Jun 30, 2023 4.24
Mar 31, 2023 1.09
Dec 31, 2022 3.80
Sep 30, 2022 6.45
Jun 30, 2022 2.73
Mar 31, 2022 -1.48
Dec 31, 2021 -0.64
Sep 30, 2021 -0.76
Jun 30, 2021 0.78