Blackhawk Capital Partners LLC Makes New $894,000 Investment in Shift4 Payments, Inc. $FOUR

Blackhawk Capital Partners LLC purchased a new position in shares of Shift4 Payments, Inc. (NYSE:FOUR) during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund purchased 14,201 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $894,000.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. F m Investments LLC bought a new stake in shares of Shift4 Payments during the 4th quarter worth about $280,000. RD Finance Ltd bought a new stake in shares of Shift4 Payments during the 4th quarter worth about $800,000. Maxi Investments CY Ltd raised its position in shares of Shift4 Payments by 19.1% during the 4th quarter. Maxi Investments CY Ltd now owns 92,404 shares of the company’s stock worth $5,819,000 after buying an additional 14,819 shares in the last quarter. International Assets Investment Management LLC bought a new stake in shares of Shift4 Payments during the 4th quarter worth about $236,000. Finally, SBI Securities Co. Ltd. raised its position in shares of Shift4 Payments by 12.4% during the 4th quarter. SBI Securities Co. Ltd. now owns 3,245 shares of the company’s stock worth $204,000 after buying an additional 358 shares in the last quarter. 98.87% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Insider Activity at Shift4 Payments

In other Shift4 Payments news, major shareholder Jared Isaacman bought 43,827 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, March 10th. The shares were acquired at an average cost of $45.75 per share, for a total transaction of $2,005,085.25. Following the acquisition, the insider directly owned 1,410,727 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $64,540,760.25. This trade represents a 3.21% increase in their ownership of the stock. The purchase was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this link. In the last 90 days, insiders have purchased 385,757 shares of company stock valued at $17,666,153. 25.15% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Shift4 Payments Stock Down 2.6%

NYSE FOUR opened at $41.48 on Tuesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 5.90, a current ratio of 1.22 and a quick ratio of 1.66. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is $45.39 and its 200 day simple moving average is $58.19. Shift4 Payments, Inc. has a 12 month low of $39.85 and a 12 month high of $108.50. The company has a market capitalization of $3.37 billion, a P/E ratio of 49.38, a PEG ratio of 0.47 and a beta of 1.44.

Shift4 Payments (NYSE:FOUR) last released its earnings results on Thursday, May 7th. The company reported $0.97 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.99 by ($0.02). Shift4 Payments had a return on equity of 42.00% and a net margin of 2.63%.The business had revenue of $1.12 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.09 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $1.07 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 49.0% compared to the same quarter last year. Shift4 Payments has set its FY 2026 guidance at 5.500-5.700 EPS. Equities research analysts expect that Shift4 Payments, Inc. will post 4.65 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of analysts have commented on FOUR shares. Truist Financial set a $71.00 price target on shares of Shift4 Payments in a research report on Tuesday, January 20th. BTIG Research restated a “buy” rating and set a $70.00 price target on shares of Shift4 Payments in a research report on Thursday, May 7th. Royal Bank Of Canada dropped their price target on shares of Shift4 Payments from $73.00 to $65.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday. Evercore set a $50.00 price target on shares of Shift4 Payments in a research report on Tuesday, April 21st. Finally, Raymond James Financial downgraded shares of Shift4 Payments from a “strong-buy” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $67.00 price target on the stock. in a research report on Thursday, March 26th. Eleven research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, ten have issued a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, Shift4 Payments has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $72.00.

Shift4 Payments Company Profile

Shift4 Payments is a U.S.-based provider of integrated payment processing and technology solutions, serving merchants across the hospitality, retail, e-commerce, gaming and lodging industries. The company’s platform enables businesses to accept in-store, online and mobile payments through a combination of point-of-sale hardware, payment gateway services and back-office software. By centralizing transaction processing and reporting, Shift4 aims to simplify payments, enhance security and streamline operations for its merchant customers.

The company’s core offerings include encrypted point-of-sale terminals, cloud-based payment gateways, and developer-friendly APIs for online and mobile checkouts.