Shift4 Payments Inc (FOUR) stock expected to rise by 14.43%: What’s driving the optimism?

A share price of Shift4 Payments Inc [FOUR] is currently trading at $97.50, up 1.09%. Until recently, the best way to gauge how the stock has performed was to look at its short-term value. The FOUR shares have lost -1.41% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -17.02%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.

From an analyst’s perspective:

Shift4 Payments Inc [NYSE: FOUR] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on February 03, 2025, when Deutsche Bank initiated its Hold rating and assigned the stock a price target of $120. Previously, Keefe Bruyette downgraded its rating to Mkt Perform on December 09, 2024, and kept the price target unchanged to $112. On December 05, 2024, downgrade downgraded it’s rating to Hold. BofA Securities downgraded its rating to a Neutral. Barclays initiated its recommendation with a Overweight and recommended $120 as its price target on October 09, 2024. Oppenheimer started tracking with a Outperform rating for this stock on October 01, 2024, and assigned it a price target of $109. In a note dated September 04, 2024, William Blair initiated an Outperform rating.

Shift4 Payments Inc experienced fluctuations in its stock price throughout the past year between $55.87 and $127.50. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $111.57 within the next 12 months. Shift4 Payments Inc [NYSE: FOUR] shares were valued at $97.50 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 14.43% based on the average FOUR price forecast.

Analyzing the FOUR fundamentals

Trailing Twelve Months sales for Shift4 Payments Inc [NYSE:FOUR] were 3.33B which represents 25.74% growth. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.26% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.08%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at -0.0%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.07%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.04, Equity is 0.3 and Total Capital is 0.07. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at 3.57.

Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 94.76 points at the first support level, and at 92.01 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 100.11, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 102.72.

Ratios To Look Out For

To put it in perspective, the Current Ratio for Shift4 Payments Inc [NYSE:FOUR] is 1.38. As well, the Quick Ratio is 1.38, while the Cash Ratio is 0.88. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 2.61, the price to book ratio is 8.37 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 31.85.

Transactions by insiders

Recent insider trading involved Disman Nancy, Chief Financial Officer, that happened on Dec 16 ’24 when 20000.0 shares were sold. Officer, Disman Nancy completed a deal on Dec 16 ’24 to buy 20000.0 shares. Meanwhile, Frankel Jordan sold 5000.0 shares on Dec 11 ’24.

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