Shift4 Payments Valuation

Is FOUR undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

3/6

Valuation Score 3/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of FOUR when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: FOUR ($57.89) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($105.93)

Significantly Below Fair Value: FOUR is trading below fair value by more than 20%.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for FOUR?

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

FOUR key valuation metrics and ratios. From Price to Earnings, Price to Sales and Price to Book to Price to Earnings Growth Ratio, Enterprise Value and EBITDA.
Key Statistics
Enterprise Value/Revenue2x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA15.1x
PEG Ratio1.3x

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does FOUR's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for FOUR vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average18x
STNE StoneCo
15.9x18.9%US$4.8b
PAGS PagSeguro Digital
12.2x15.3%US$3.9b
DLO DLocal
27.2x24.8%US$4.0b
EEFT Euronet Worldwide
16.7x14.6%US$4.7b
FOUR Shift4 Payments
42x33.6%US$5.0b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: FOUR is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (42x) compared to the peer average (18x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does FOUR's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Diversified Financial Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a-2.6%
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No. of CompaniesPE048121620

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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: FOUR is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (42x) compared to the US Diversified Financial industry average (14.3x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is FOUR's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

FOUR PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio42x
Fair PE Ratio24.3x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: FOUR is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (42x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (24.3x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst FOUR forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$57.89
US$89.01
+53.8%
12.4%US$105.00US$53.00n/a22
Apr ’25US$64.85
US$90.68
+39.8%
12.2%US$105.00US$52.32n/a23
Mar ’25US$83.54
US$91.19
+9.2%
12.5%US$105.00US$52.32n/a23
Feb ’25US$74.03
US$85.31
+15.2%
16.3%US$110.00US$49.64n/a22
Jan ’25US$74.34
US$79.28
+6.6%
17.1%US$110.00US$48.68n/a21
Dec ’24US$67.48
US$77.95
+15.5%
12.3%US$97.00US$60.00n/a19
Nov ’24US$45.45
US$77.95
+71.5%
13.8%US$97.00US$55.00n/a19
Oct ’24US$55.37
US$82.38
+48.8%
10.9%US$97.00US$57.00n/a16
Sep ’24US$57.79
US$83.50
+44.5%
12.0%US$100.00US$57.00n/a18
Aug ’24US$68.57
US$81.76
+19.2%
12.0%US$97.00US$50.00n/a17
Jul ’24US$67.91
US$81.25
+19.6%
11.9%US$97.00US$50.00n/a16
Jun ’24US$64.02
US$81.14
+26.7%
12.8%US$97.00US$50.00n/a14
May ’24US$68.40
US$81.86
+19.7%
12.8%US$97.00US$50.00US$57.8914
Apr ’24US$75.80
US$78.57
+3.7%
17.4%US$97.00US$35.00US$64.8514
Mar ’24US$69.43
US$76.80
+10.6%
17.3%US$97.00US$35.00US$83.5415
Feb ’24US$65.42
US$68.20
+4.2%
19.3%US$97.00US$32.00US$74.0315
Jan ’24US$55.93
US$60.13
+7.5%
21.8%US$97.00US$32.00US$74.3415
Dec ’23US$49.88
US$59.50
+19.3%
22.5%US$97.00US$32.00US$67.4814
Nov ’23US$46.18
US$61.43
+33.0%
21.5%US$97.00US$32.00US$45.4514
Oct ’23US$44.61
US$60.71
+36.1%
22.7%US$97.00US$30.00US$55.3714
Sep ’23US$43.38
US$60.77
+40.1%
23.6%US$97.00US$30.00US$57.7913
Aug ’23US$37.72
US$57.36
+52.1%
28.0%US$97.00US$26.00US$68.5714
Jul ’23US$34.93
US$64.50
+84.7%
20.1%US$97.00US$38.00US$67.9114
Jun ’23US$44.57
US$67.87
+52.3%
19.3%US$97.00US$38.00US$64.0215
May ’23US$52.46
US$74.21
+41.5%
16.8%US$97.00US$41.00US$68.4014

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price and analysts are within a statistically confident range of agreement.


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