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Shift4

FOURNYSEAllentown, US-PA, USMid cap
  • Russell 1000
  • MidCap 400

What Shift4 is doing, read from its filings, its own words and the news, with every figure dated and sourced. Not investment advice: no ratings, no price targets.

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The latest read

Computed from the data on Oct 22, 2026. Every figure links back to its source in the sections below.

  • Revenue over the four quarters to June 30, 2026: $4.78 billion, up 32% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
  • Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital expenditure) over the four quarters to June 30, 2026: $0.57 billion, up 12% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
  • Capital expenditure over the four quarters to June 30, 2026: $0.02 billion, up 100% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
  • Share buybacks in the fiscal year to December 31, 2025: $0.45 billion.SEC EDGAR filings (10-K)
  • Long-term debt issued in the fiscal year to December 31, 2025: $2.83 billion.SEC EDGAR filings (10-K)
  • Latest earnings call or results release (August 6, 2026): sentiment 0.30 on a −1 to +1 scale (mixed), confidence 0.70 of 1.Palanor Discourse
  • Guidance in the last 90 days: 0 outlook figures raised, 4 lowered, 1 held.Guidance Ledger (8-K results releases)
  • Latest annual report (filed February 27, 2026): 26 risk factors added, 7 removed.Risk Factor Changes (10-K Item 1A)
  • Insiders were net buyers in Q2 2026: $15.9 million on the open market.SEC Form 4
  • 358 institutional managers reported a position at June 30, 2026 (+5 on the quarter before).SEC Form 13F
  • H-1B filings certified in Q2 2026: 11 (5 a year earlier).U.S. Department of Labor (OFLC)

Company Posture covers S&P 500 companies.

No bond term sheets or tagged debt on file for Shift4 yet.

Charts

Live charts: each one redraws from today’s data and has an image link to paste into a document or slide.

Cash flow

Business

Shift4: free cash flow, trailing twelve months

Operating cash flow minus capital expenditure, $ billions, from SEC filings

$0.57BData to Jun 2026
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR
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Shift4: operating cash flow and capital expenditure

Trailing twelve months, $ billions, from SEC filings

Data to Jun 2026
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR
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Shift4: revenue, trailing twelve months

$ billions, from SEC filings

$4.8BData to Jun 2026
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR

Capital returned and raised

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Shift4: share buybacks by fiscal year

Cash paid to repurchase common stock, $ billions, from the 10-K

$0.45BData to Dec 2025
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR
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Shift4: debt issued and repaid by fiscal year

Long-term debt, $ billions, from the 10-K

Data to Dec 2025
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR
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Shift4: debt maturity schedule, latest annual report

Scheduled repayments of long-term debt principal by year from the fiscal year end, $ billions, from the 10-K

Data to Dec 2025
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR
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Shift4: debt due within a year and cash

At each balance-sheet date, $ billions, from SEC filings

Data to Jun 2026
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR
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Shift4: interest coverage

Operating income ÷ interest expense, trailing twelve months, from SEC filings

1.5Data to Jun 2026
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR

What the company says

Business

Shift4: guidance raised minus lowered

Guidance Ledger statements by quarter

−4.0Data 22 days ago
ImageDataGuidance Ledger by Palanor · source: SEC EDGAR
Business

Shift4: earnings call sentiment

Palanor Discourse score per call, −1 to +1

0.30Data to Aug 2026
ImageDataPalanor calculation
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Shift4: earnings call confidence

Palanor Discourse score per call, 0 to 1

0.70Data to Aug 2026
ImageDataPalanor calculation
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Shift4: risk factors added per annual report

New Item 1A risk factors in each 10-K

26.0Data to Feb 2026
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR
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Shift4: volume

KPI Ledger, as reported in the company's results releases, $ billions

61.0Data to Jun 2026
ImageDataKPI Ledger by Palanor · source: SEC EDGAR

Hiring and ownership

Business

Shift4: H-1B filings certified

Labor Condition Applications by quarter received

11.0Data to Jun 2026
ImageDataU.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification disclosure data, dol.gov
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Shift4: insider net buying

Open-market purchases minus sales by officers and directors, $ millions, by quarter

$15.9MData to Jun 2026
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR
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Shift4: institutional holders

Managers reporting a position on Form 13F, by quarter

358.0Data to Jun 2026
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR

In the news

Headlines that name Shift4, with the publisher and a link. The tone is read from each headline’s own words, never from a summary of the article.

30 days
1 headlines
0% positive · 0% negative
90 days
1 headlines
0% positive · 0% negative

Filings and records

The last two years of notable 8-Ks, offerings, annual reports, federal awards, lobbying reports, patents and other public records, newest first.

  1. Jul 13, 20268-K
  2. Jun 17, 20268-K
  3. Apr 28, 2026Patent
  4. Mar 9, 20268-K
  5. Feb 27, 202610-K
    Annual report (10-K)26 risk factors added, 7 removed
  6. Feb 10, 20268-K
  7. Jan 5, 20268-K
  8. Dec 18, 20258-K
  9. Dec 18, 20258-K
  10. Dec 8, 20258-K
  11. Nov 4, 2025Patent
  12. Sep 30, 20258-K
  13. Aug 18, 20258-K
  14. Aug 12, 2025Patent
  15. Aug 5, 20258-K
  16. Jul 3, 20258-K
  17. Jul 3, 20258-K
  18. Jun 17, 20258-K
  19. Jun 17, 20258-K
  20. Jun 17, 20258-K
  21. Jun 4, 20258-K
  22. May 16, 20258-K
  23. May 5, 20258-K
  24. Feb 19, 202510-K
    Annual report (10-K)10 risk factors added, 0 removed
  25. Feb 18, 20258-K
  26. Feb 18, 20258-K
  27. Dec 24, 2024Patent
  28. Dec 4, 20248-K
  29. Feb 29, 202410-K
    Annual report (10-K)5 risk factors added, 14 removed
  30. Jan 16, 2024Patent

Peers

Companies in the same sector in the S&P 500, Russell 1000 or MidCap 400, closest in revenue first. Trailing twelve months, from SEC filings.

CompanyRevenueFree cash flowThrough
Fabrinet FN$4.6B$0.0BJun 26, 2026
Zoom Communications ZM$5.0B$1.9BJul 31, 2026
Gen Digital GEN$5.1B$1.6BJul 3, 2026
GoDaddy GDDY$5.1B$1.7BJun 30, 2026
Microchip Technology MCHP$5.1B$1.1BJun 30, 2026
Teradyne TER$4.5B$0.8BJun 28, 2026
Qnity Electronics Q$5.2B$0.8BJun 30, 2026
MKS Instruments MKSI$4.3B$0.5BJun 30, 2026

Identity

SEC CIK
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Built from SEC EDGAR filings (public domain), the Guidance and KPI Ledgers, Palanor Discourse, U.S. Department of Labor filings, USPTO, USAspending and Senate lobbying records, and rights-checked news headlines. Updated nightly; this page was built Oct 22, 2026. How the Dossier is built

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