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FOUR Stock Forecast: All the More Reason to Consider Shift4 Payments Inc (FOUR) Now

Shift4 Payments Inc (NYSE: FOUR) is -11.12% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $42.91 and a high of $92.30 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The FOUR stock was last observed hovering at around $65.60 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.47%.

Currently trading at $66.07, the stock is -13.77% and -12.96% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.37 million and changing 0.72% at the moment leaves the stock 1.56% off its SMA200. FOUR registered -4.25% loss for a year compared to 6-month gain of 21.36%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $2.12 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $14.86.

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The stock witnessed a -23.08% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -11.09%, and is -10.10% down over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 5.21% over the week and 4.89% over the month.

Shift4 Payments Inc (FOUR) has around 3030 employees, a market worth around $3.87B and $2.56B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 46.28 and Fwd P/E is 14.04. Profit margin for the company is 3.36%. Distance from 52-week low is 53.97% and -28.42% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (3.56%).

Shift4 Payments Inc quarterly earnings per share for the current quarter are estimated at $0.67 with sales reaching $759.92M over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 29.62% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 46.00% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 38.90% in year-over-year returns.

Shift4 Payments Inc (FOUR) Top Institutional Holders

417 institutions hold shares in Shift4 Payments Inc (FOUR), with institutional investors hold 101.10% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 60.66M, and float is at 55.50M with Short Float at 12.14%. Institutions hold 99.57% of the Float.

The top institutional shareholder in the company is Vanguard Group Inc with over 5.5 million shares valued at $373.19 million. The investor’s holdings represent 9.73% of the FOUR Shares outstanding. As of Jun 29, 2023, the second largest holder is Wellington Management Group, LLP with 5.11 million shares valued at $347.18 million to account for 9.05% of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are Durable Capital Partners Lp which holds 3.69 million shares representing 6.54% and valued at over $250.76 million, while Blackrock Inc. holds 5.39% of the shares totaling 3.04 million with a market value of $206.5 million.

Shift4 Payments Inc (FOUR) Insider Activity

The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Lauber David Taylor. SEC filings show that Lauber David Taylor sold 15,000 shares of the company’s common stock on Mar 05 ’24 at a price of $80.15 per share for a total of $1.2 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 0.24 million shares.

Shift4 Payments Inc disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Feb 05 ’24 that Disman Nancy (Chief Financial Officer) sold a total of 10,000 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Feb 05 ’24 and was made at $74.00 per share for $0.74 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 0.26 million shares of the FOUR stock.

Still, SEC filings show that on Nov 28 ’23, Goldsmith-Grover Sarah (Director) disposed off 1,000 shares at an average price of $65.04 for $65040.0. The insider now directly holds 7,717 shares of Shift4 Payments Inc (FOUR).

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