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How Shift4 Payments, Inc. stacks up
FOUR · against 427 other Technology companies of similar size
Profitability
44/ 100
Below the middle of the pack.
Ranked #279 of 428 · scores higher than 34% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score42 peers with a profitability score of 40–49, including FOUR · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 44?
Weighted metrics compared with all Technology companies.Its metrics sit close to the Technology norm.
- a lower return on assets: weaker than 61% of peers. Return on assets: 1.5% vs peer median 2.9%
- Return on invested capital is close to the peer norm. Return on invested capital: 5.3% vs peer median 6.8%
- Operating margin is close to the peer norm. Operating margin: 8.1% vs peer median 6.3%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = FOUR, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | FOUR | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 403 reported | 5.3% | 9.2% | 38% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 426 reported | 8.1% | 8.0% | 51% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 416 reported | 1.5% | 3.8% | 30% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 409 reported | 6.5% | 10.3% | 37% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 428 reported | 35.9% | 34.7% | 52% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around FOUR| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4.8B AUD (≈$3.2B) | 100 | 71 | |
| 2 | 117.8B TWD (≈$3.7B) | 99 | 94 | |
| 2 | 170.7B INR (≈$2.0B) | 99 | 75 | |
| 2 | 4.0B USD | 99 | 84 | |
| 5 | 388.6B JPY (≈$2.6B) | 98 | 73 | |
| 273 | 4.0B USD | 45 | 60 | |
| 273 | 1.8B USD | 45 | 56 | |
| 279 | 22.0B CNY (≈$3.1B) | 44 | 47 | |
| 279 | 7.7B SAR (≈$2.1B) | 44 | 32 | |
| 279 | 3.3B USD | 44 | 52 | |
| 279 | 2.4B USD | 44 | 53 | |
| 279 | 5.5B USD | 44 | 43 | |
| 284 | 152.5B TWD (≈$4.7B) | 43 | 41 | |
| 284 | 2.5B USD | 43 | 51 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score