Shift4 Payments (FOUR) Q2 2026 earnings — TrendMatrix coverage
Reported
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Key numbers
- Reported 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 diluted 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 argues against it
- Risk below floor (2.6 < 3.0)
- Momentum score 4.2/10 — below 4.5 minimum
- Reward/Risk 1.3:1 at current price — below 1.5:1 minimum
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
- $43.21
- Price target
- $49.91
- Stop
- $39.56
- Upside to target
- +15.5%
- Reward-to-risk
- 1.3:1
The stock trades at 70.6× trailing but 6.8× forward earnings — consensus estimates already build in a substantial earnings recovery.
Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-09-17 — 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
- $3.34B
- P/E (fwd)
- 6.8
- P/E (ttm)
- 70.6
- 52-week range
- $34.56–$88.50
- Off 52-week high
- 51.2%
- RSI (14)
- 41
- Volume vs avg
- 0.78×
- Score today
- 5.2/10