The Bid & Ask

Quotations, Dispatches, and the Daily Tape

Friday, August 14, 2026

Subject of the day

FOUR

Concerning the House

Shift4 Payments, Inc. engages in the provision of software and payment processing solutions in the United States and internationally. The company offers a payments platform, which provides omnichannel card acceptance; and processing solutions across multiple payment types, including credit, debit, contactless card, Europay, MasterCard and Visa, QR Pay, and mobile wallets, as well as alternative payment methods, such as Apple Pay, Google Pay, Alipay, and WeChat Pay. It also provides technology solutions, such as SkyTab POS, which provides purpose-built POS workstations; SkyTab Mobile, which provides pay-at-the-table, order-at-the-table, delivery, customer feedback, and email marketing solutions; SkyTab Venue, which provides mobile ordering, countertop POS, self-service kiosk, and digital wallet solutions; Lighthouse, a cloud-based suite of business intelligence tools that includes customer engagement, social media management, online reputation management, scheduling and product pricing, extensive reporting, and analytics; The Giving Block, a cryptocurrency donation marketplace; Shift4Shop, an e-commerce platform that creates a web store and tools to manage product catalog, order fulfillment and inventory management, search engine optimization, and secure hosting; and Marketplace, which enables integrations into third-party applications, as well as loyalty and inventory management. In addition, the company offers merchant operations and support services, including underwriting, onboarding, and activation; training; risk management; and support services. Further, it provides software partner operations and support services, including software integrations and compliance management; partner support; and partner services. The company distributes its products through independent software vendors, internal sales and support networks, enterprises, and value-added resellers. Shift4 Payments, Inc. was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Center Valley, Pennsylvania.

United States · www.shift4.com

The Long Run

FY 2020–2025 · 6 years

LineLatestCAGRTrend
Revenue$4.18B+93.3%
Gross profit$278.40M+440.6%
Operating income$351.00M+270.6%
Net income$86.00M+4.6%
Cash from ops$346.00M+68.5%
Quotation

$48.00

+4.08 (+9.3%)

52w hi$91.53
52w lo$35.63
Vol2.17M
As ofAug 13
The Verdict

Hold

Our score +0.05

Short-0.06
Medium+0.17
Long+0.00

computed 2026-08-13

By the Numbers

Shift4 Payments, Inc.

Technology · Software - Infrastructure

Market cap$3.79B
Enterprise value$8.81B
Trailing P/E75.00x
Forward P/E7.62x
EV / EBITDA9.69x
P / S (ttm)0.79x
Profit margin2.2%
Return on equity6.5%
Revenue growth+34.1%
Earnings growth-75.4%
Debt / equity262.32
Risk Metrics
Beta vs SPX1.37
Corr SPX0.40
Annual vol56.5%
Annual ret-3.2%
Sharpe-0.06
Max DD-71.6%

Window: 504 trading days (504 obs)

Layer Breakdown
LayerRawContribution
Fundamental+0.08
Sector+0.15
Technical-0.12
Earnings+0.00
Sentiment+0.24

macro × 1.00 · 2026-08-13

Recent Sessions
DateOpenHighLowCloseVol
Aug 13$44.21$48.35$44.13$48.002.17M
Aug 12$40.53$44.22$40.32$43.921.92M
Aug 11$42.98$43.57$41.01$41.041.36M
Aug 10$40.39$43.37$40.08$43.162.28M
Aug 7$43.70$44.60$39.42$41.264.69M