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How Shift4 Payments, Inc. stacks up
FOUR · against 1,707 other Technology companies
Profitability
44/ 100
Below the middle of the pack.
Ranked #949 of 1,708 · scores higher than 44% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score170 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 · 1,598 reported | 5.3% | 6.8% | 46% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 1,698 reported | 8.1% | 6.3% | 57% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 1,668 reported | 1.5% | 2.9% | 39% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 1,633 reported | 6.5% | 7.5% | 46% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 1,712 reported | 35.9% | 33.4% | 53% | 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 | |
| 1 | 604M AUD (≈$399M) | 100 | 80 | |
| 3 | 117.8B TWD (≈$3.7B) | 99 | 94 | |
| 3 | 561.7B CNY (≈$78.6B) | 99 | 77 | |
| 3 | 241.8B CNY (≈$33.9B) | 99 | 85 | |
| 949 | 7.7B SAR (≈$2.1B) | 44 | 32 | |
| 949 | 76.2B JPY (≈$518M) | 44 | 55 | |
| 949 | 91.4B JPY (≈$621M) | 44 | 53 | |
| 949 | 100.7B JPY (≈$684M) | 44 | 61 | |
| 949 | 3.3B USD | 44 | 52 | |
| 949 | 568M USD | 44 | 66 | |
| 949 | 785M USD | 44 | 51 | |
| 949 | 2.4B USD | 44 | 53 | |
| 949 | 5.5B USD | 44 | 43 |
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