Shift4 Payments (FOUR) Q3 2026 earnings — TrendMatrix coverage
Reported
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Key numbers
- Adjusted EPS
- $1.49
- Estimate
- $1.37
- Surprise
- +9.1%
- Revenue (period 2026-09-30)
- $1.32B
- Score today
- 5.0/10
Revenue source: xbrl.
How the report landed
Shift4 Payments (FOUR) beat the $1.37 estimate with adjusted EPS of $1.49 — a clear 9.1% upside surprise.
Coverage in the report window
- Shift4 Payments Lowers FY2026 Adj EPS Guidance from $5.15-$5.35 to $5.05-$5.15 vs $5.16 Est — benzinga, 2026-11-05
Where TrendMatrix's rating stands now
TrendMatrix currently rates FOUR Sell at 5.0/10; no pre/post engine snapshot brackets this report.
3 of the last 4 quarters beat the estimate; this quarter's +9.1% surprise compares with a +4.2% four-quarter average.
What supports the rating
- Strong earnings beat streak (3/4)
- Attractive valuation
What argues against it
- Thin upside margin: 6.0%
- V7 low-quality RISK_OFF penalty: -0.5 (Q=4.3)
- Sector modifier (Technology): -0.8
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
- $44.47
- Price target
- $47.13
- Stop
- $41.36
- Upside to target
- +6.0%
- Reward-to-risk
- 0.4:1
The stock trades at 67.9× trailing but 7.0× forward earnings — consensus estimates already build in a substantial earnings recovery.
Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-11-06 — 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
- $3.38B
- P/E (fwd)
- 7.0
- P/E (ttm)
- 67.9
- 52-week range
- $34.56–$76.09
- Off 52-week high
- 41.6%
- RSI (14)
- 63
- Volume vs avg
- 0.58×
- Score today
- 5.0/10