Lido Advisors LLC Sells 15,404 Shares of Shift4 Payments, Inc. $FOUR

Lido Advisors LLC cut its position in Shift4 Payments, Inc. (NYSE:FOUR) by 49.9% during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 15,488 shares of the company’s stock after selling 15,404 shares during the quarter. Lido Advisors LLC’s holdings in Shift4 Payments were worth $975,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other hedge funds have also recently made changes to their positions in FOUR. Advisors Asset Management Inc. raised its stake in shares of Shift4 Payments by 100.0% during the 1st quarter. Advisors Asset Management Inc. now owns 434 shares of the company’s stock valued at $35,000 after purchasing an additional 217 shares during the period. Hantz Financial Services Inc. raised its stake in shares of Shift4 Payments by 148.1% during the 3rd quarter. Hantz Financial Services Inc. now owns 526 shares of the company’s stock valued at $41,000 after purchasing an additional 314 shares during the period. Vestcor Inc bought a new stake in shares of Shift4 Payments during the 3rd quarter valued at $45,000. Johnson Financial Group Inc. raised its stake in shares of Shift4 Payments by 282.2% during the 3rd quarter. Johnson Financial Group Inc. now owns 646 shares of the company’s stock valued at $50,000 after purchasing an additional 477 shares during the period. Finally, GAMMA Investing LLC raised its stake in shares of Shift4 Payments by 25.9% during the 4th quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 860 shares of the company’s stock valued at $54,000 after purchasing an additional 177 shares during the period. 98.87% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Shift4 Payments news, major shareholder Jared Isaacman bought 195,500 shares of Shift4 Payments stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, May 11th. The stock was acquired at an average cost of $41.41 per share, for a total transaction of $8,095,655.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider directly owned 1,594,455 shares in the company, valued at $66,026,381.55. This represents a 13.97% increase in their ownership of the stock. The purchase was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. 25.15% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Shift4 Payments Price Performance

Shift4 Payments stock opened at $38.08 on Wednesday. Shift4 Payments, Inc. has a 52 week low of $36.64 and a 52 week high of $108.50. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $43.56 and a 200 day simple moving average of $53.97. The company has a quick ratio of 1.22, a current ratio of 1.22 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.55. The stock has a market cap of $3.02 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 45.34, a PEG ratio of 0.41 and a beta of 1.43.

Shift4 Payments (NYSE:FOUR) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, May 7th. The company reported $0.97 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.99 by ($0.02). Shift4 Payments had a return on equity of 33.55% and a net margin of 2.63%.The business had revenue of $1.12 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.09 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $1.07 earnings per share. Shift4 Payments’s quarterly revenue 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. On average, research analysts forecast that Shift4 Payments, Inc. will post 4.75 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of analysts recently issued reports on the company. Capital One Financial set a $50.00 price objective on Shift4 Payments in a research note on Tuesday, April 21st. BMO Capital Markets assumed coverage on Shift4 Payments in a research note on Tuesday, April 21st. They set a “market perform” rating and a $50.00 price objective on the stock. Evercore set a $45.00 price objective on Shift4 Payments in a research note on Monday, May 18th. Freedom Capital lowered Shift4 Payments from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday, February 27th. Finally, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods boosted their price objective on Shift4 Payments from $50.00 to $52.00 and gave the company a “market perform” rating in a research note on Friday, May 8th. Ten investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eleven have assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $70.19.

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.