Shift4 Payments (FOUR) Q2 2026 earnings — TrendMatrix coverage
Reported
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Key numbers
- Adjusted EPS
- $1.32
- Estimate
- $1.24
- Surprise
- +6.8%
- Revenue (period 2026-06-30)
- $1.29B
- Score at report (before → after)
- 6.4 → 6.3/10
Revenue source: xbrl.
How the report landed
Shift4 Payments (FOUR) beat the $1.24 estimate with adjusted EPS of $1.32 — a clear 6.8% upside surprise. TrendMatrix's engine moved from Hold (6.4/10) to Sell at 6.3/10 after the report — the engine's score fell despite the beat.
Where TrendMatrix's rating stands now
TrendMatrix currently rates FOUR Sell at 5.2/10.
2 of the last 4 quarters beat the estimate; this quarter's +6.8% surprise compares with a +1.8% four-quarter average. Next scheduled report: 2026-11-05.
What supports the rating
- Attractive valuation
- Analyst upside: 28%
What argues against it
- V7 low-quality RISK_OFF penalty: -0.5 (Q=4.3)
- Sector modifier (Technology): -0.8
- Leverage penalty (D/E 2.6): -1.5
This section and the ones below it reflect TrendMatrix’s latest engine read — they update after the report date and are not frozen to it.
The levels TrendMatrix's engine tracks
- Current price
- $36.99
- Price target
- $47.29
- Stop
- $34.40
- Upside to target
- +27.8%
- Reward-to-risk
- 2.9:1
The stock trades at 58.7× trailing but 6.1× forward earnings — consensus estimates already build in a substantial earnings recovery.
Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-10-27 — shown for context, not personalized investment advice.
FOUR at TrendMatrix's latest read
Technology names get repriced on forward expectations more than trailing prints — a quarter here is read through next-year growth and multiple, not the EPS line alone.
- Industry
- Software - Infrastructure
- Market cap
- $2.92B
- P/E (fwd)
- 6.1
- P/E (ttm)
- 58.7
- 52-week range
- $34.56–$77.50
- Off 52-week high
- 52.3%
- RSI (14)
- 43
- Volume vs avg
- 0.92×
- Score today
- 5.2/10