Shift4 Payments (FOUR) to Release Quarterly Earnings on Tuesday

Shift4 Payments (NYSE:FOUR) is expected to be releasing its earnings data after the market closes on Tuesday, February 18th. Analysts expect Shift4 Payments to post earnings of $1.16 per share and revenue of $1.00 billion for the quarter. Parties interested in listening to the company’s conference call can do so using this link.

Shift4 Payments Stock Performance

Shares of Shift4 Payments stock opened at $122.41 on Tuesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.71, a current ratio of 2.98 and a quick ratio of 2.97. The stock has a market capitalization of $11.03 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 66.53, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.26 and a beta of 1.72. The business has a 50-day moving average of $108.67 and a 200 day moving average of $94.76. Shift4 Payments has a 12 month low of $55.87 and a 12 month high of $123.25.

Insider Buying and Selling at Shift4 Payments

In other Shift4 Payments news, insider James J. Whalen sold 1,462 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, December 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of $101.07, for a total transaction of $147,764.34. Following the completion of the sale, the insider now owns 37,089 shares in the company, valued at $3,748,585.23. This trade represents a 3.79 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Also, insider David Taylor Lauber sold 5,000 shares of Shift4 Payments stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, December 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $113.71, for a total value of $568,550.00. Following the sale, the insider now owns 210,045 shares in the company, valued at $23,884,216.95. This represents a 2.33 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold a total of 11,462 shares of company stock worth $1,211,364 in the last quarter. 30.57% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Analyst Ratings Changes

FOUR has been the topic of a number of recent research reports. Oppenheimer upped their price objective on Shift4 Payments from $120.00 to $121.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, December 19th. Stephens raised their target price on shares of Shift4 Payments from $90.00 to $110.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Friday, October 18th. Benchmark cut shares of Shift4 Payments from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Thursday, December 5th. Bank of America cut Shift4 Payments from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and decreased their target price for the stock from $112.00 to $105.00 in a research note on Wednesday, December 4th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company raised their price objective on shares of Shift4 Payments from $120.00 to $135.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Monday, February 3rd. Seven analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and fifteen have issued a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, Shift4 Payments has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $108.24.

About Shift4 Payments

Shift4 Payments, Inc (NYSE FOUR) provides integrated payment processing and technology solutions in the United States. Its payments platform provides omni-channel card acceptance and processing solutions, including end-to-end payment processing for various payment types; merchant acquiring; proprietary omni-channel gateway; complementary software integrations; integrated and mobile point-of-sale (POS) solutions; security and risk management solutions; and reporting and analytical tools, as well as tokenization, risk management/underwriting, payment device and chargeback management, fraud prevention, and gift card solutions.