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What should you know before buying stock in Shift4 Payments Inc (FOUR)

Shift4 Payments Inc (NYSE: FOUR) is 37.27% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $55.87 and a high of $106.31 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will continue to grow shareholders’ wealth in the market. Here’s what analysts think will happen to its price in the coming time. The FOUR stock was last observed hovering at around $100.62 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 1.43%.

Currently trading at $102.05, the stock is 6.52% and 11.23% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 10.89 million and changing 1.42% at the moment leaves the stock 33.85% off its SMA200. FOUR registered 57.87% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 50.43%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $91.2272 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $76.0991.

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The stock witnessed a 7.89% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 29.31%, and is 2.96% up 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 4.07% over the week and 3.75% over the month.

Shift4 Payments Inc (FOUR) has around 3030 employees, a market worth around $9.19B and $3.15B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 55.33 and Fwd P/E is 22.20. Profit margin for the company is 4.03%. Distance from 52-week low is 82.66% and -4.01% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (3.45%).

The EPS is expected to grow by 30.15% this year.

Shift4 Payments Inc (FOUR) Top Institutional Holders

494.0 institutions hold shares in Shift4 Payments Inc (FOUR), with institutional investors hold 108.03% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 70.30M, and float is at 67.17M with Short Float at 11.50%. Institutions hold 106.34% of the Float.

The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 5.8 million shares valued at $425.52 million. The investor’s holdings represent 8.7712% of the FOUR Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is DURABLE CAPITAL PARTNERS LP with 4.97 million shares valued at $364.47 million to account for 7.5129 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are WASATCH ADVISORS LP which holds 3.9 million shares representing 5.9% and valued at over $286.23 million, while CITIGROUP INC holds 5.4429 of the shares totaling 3.6 million with a market value of $264.05 million.

Shift4 Payments Inc (FOUR) Insider Activity

The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Frankel Jordan. SEC filings show that Frankel Jordan sold 12,500 shares of the company’s common stock on Sep 16 ’24 at a price of $82.57 per share for a total of $1.03 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 0.23 million shares.

Shift4 Payments Inc disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Sep 13 ’24 that Disman Nancy (Chief Financial Officer) sold a total of 20,000 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Sep 13 ’24 and was made at $81.30 per share for $1.63 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 0.18 million shares of the FOUR stock.

Still, SEC filings show that on Sep 16 ’24, Frankel Jordan (Officer) Proposed Sale 12,500 shares at an average price of $82.57 for $1.03 million. The insider now directly holds shares of Shift4 Payments Inc (FOUR).

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