What is Shift4 Payments's earnings yield?

Shift4 Payments (FOUR) reported earnings yield of 3.3% in Q1 2026.

How has Shift4 Payments's earnings yield changed year-over-year?

Shift4 Payments's earnings yield decreased by 18.5% year-over-year, from 4% to 3.3%.

What is the long-term trend for Shift4 Payments's earnings yield?

Over 5 years (2020 to 2025), Shift4 Payments's earnings yield has grown at a 35.9% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from -0.6% to 2.8%.

What does earnings yield mean?

Trailing-twelve-month net income divided by market capitalization at the quarter end — the inverse of the P/E ratio, expressed as a percentage.

Shift4 Payments FOUR Earnings yield

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Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$1.1B+32.2%

Gross profit$392.0M+52.5%

Operating income$50.0M+100%

Net income$15.0M-11.8%

EPS (diluted)-$0.01-105%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents--100%

Total debt$4.6B+59.0%

Total equity$1.7B+105%

Total assets$8.8B+75.0%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$134.0M+39.6%

CapEx$6.0M+500%

Free cash flow$128.0M+34.7%

Valuation

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Market cap$3.07B-36.4%

P/E26.2×+4.9×

P/S0.7×-0.7×

Profitability

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Gross margin35.1%+5.1pp

Operating margin8.4%+1.2pp

Net margin2.6%-3.9pp

FCF margin14.8%+1.1pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity9.5%-21.1pp

Debt / equity2.8×-0.8×

Current ratio1.2×-0.1×

Where this comes from

Calculated from Shift4 Payments’s reported figures.

net income/market cap=3.3%

Based on trailing twelve months.

The official record: Shift4 Payments’s 10-Q, filed May 7, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Shift4 Payments's earnings yield?: Shift4 Payments (FOUR) reported earnings yield of 3.3% in Q1 2026.
How has Shift4 Payments's earnings yield changed year-over-year?: Shift4 Payments's earnings yield decreased by 18.5% year-over-year, from 4% to 3.3%.
What is the long-term trend for Shift4 Payments's earnings yield?: Over 5 years (2020 to 2025), Shift4 Payments's earnings yield has grown at a 35.9% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from -0.6% to 2.8%.
What does earnings yield mean?: Trailing-twelve-month net income divided by market capitalization at the quarter end — the inverse of the P/E ratio, expressed as a percentage.