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Company snapshot — Shift4 Payments Inc

FOUR in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelooknet stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Shift4 Payments provides payment processing and software for merchants, mainly in hospitality and retail, across the United States and abroad. Its platform accepts cards, mobile wallets and alternative payment methods, and its SkyTab range covers point-of-sale hardware, mobile ordering and self-service kiosks. It also runs add-on tools for business analytics, e-commerce and a cryptocurrency donation marketplace, and supports the independent software partners that resell its systems. The company is based in Center Valley, Pennsylvania, and has traded publicly since 2020.
Where it sits in the stack
Shift4 carries no seat in Closelooknet's own index and no Rubin layer assignment, so it sits outside the AI build-out stack the diary tracks. Within our wider universe it belongs to the payments-software sleeve of technology, next to other merchant-acquiring and point-of-sale providers.
Who it is priced against
Closelooknet's peer group has not been set for Shift4; the comparison the market draws is with Toast as another point-of-sale and payments software provider.
Why Closelooknet tracks it
Shift4 holds a seat in the Russell 1000 but no Rubin or Halo assignment, and its Closelooknet score has not started being built. The diary has not yet quoted it in any edition.
What the diary watches
The diary watches whether the recent target increase from analysts marks a turn, given the shares are trading well below both their 50-day and 200-day levels and off their 52-week high.

Shift4 Payments Inc (FOUR) trades on US exchanges.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelooknet’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelooknet reading that exists for FOUR, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

The Street on this name 4 analyst actions on the wire · latest: price target by Mizuho, 2026-09-24

The Street on this name

Analyst actions and the latest print for FOUR from the Closelooknet wires — third-party opinions on the record, not our readings.

  • Price target Mizuho — target 46 Target set to $46 (+19.6% to spot) 2026-09-24
  • Price target StoneX — target 56 from 67 Target cut to $56 from $67 (+43.7% to spot) 2026-09-21
  • Price target RBC Capital — target 67 from 63 Target raised to $67 from $63 (+52.4% to spot) 2026-08-31

4 actions on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 4 target changes. Analyst wire → · Earnings wire →

Who it is priced against Software - Infrastructure · United States · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Software - Infrastructure · United States

This name carries no Closelooknet score, so its cohort ranks on trend state — distance to the 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score it does not have.

Compared against FOUR on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelooknet scores where it exists.

How it trades on rate days beta 0.99 to TLT · on the worst bond days it held up better than the market

How it trades on rate days

How FOUR has moved when long-dated Treasury yields rise — measured against TLT, the 20+ year Treasury fund.

  • Beta to long bonds, 1 year 0.99 — shows only a loose link to bond moves for every 1% move in TLT (20+ year Treasuries), Shift4 Payments Inc moved 0.99% on average · correlation 0.14 · higher than 86% of US names
  • Beta, last 3 months 1.46 more rate-sensitive lately than over the year
  • On the 10 worst bond days −0.06% on average against −0.74% for the S&P 500 the 10 sessions of the past year in which TLT fell most, i.e. long yields rose most
  • Latest of those days −0.78% TLT −1.29% that day 2026-09-24

Daily total returns from the adjusted price series; a TLT down day is a day long yields rose. Beta = the average move of the name for a 1% move in TLT. Past sensitivity, not a forecast. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 62/100 · S&P 500 fund at 67, bullish alignedEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-25
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 99th percentile of the window, +8.4% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-25
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.61 · up 0.29 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-25

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-26

Quick answers

What is Shift4 Payments Inc (FOUR)?

Shift4 Payments Inc trades as FOUR on the US exchange (United States) in the Closelooknet research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-26.

Is FOUR in a Closelooknet index?

Not currently — Shift4 Payments Inc is tracked in the Closelooknet research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelooknet functional index as of 2026-09-26.

Where does FOUR trade against its moving averages?

Downtrend stack: Trades -15.9% vs the 50-day and -22.6% vs the 200-day average, 52.5% below the 52-week high and +11.3% off the 52-week low. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-25 — a technical state from the nightly Closelooknet bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does Shift4 Payments Inc do?

Shift4 Payments provides payment processing and software for merchants, mainly in hospitality and retail, across the United States and abroad. Its platform accepts cards, mobile wallets and alternative payment methods, and its SkyTab range covers point-of-sale hardware, mobile ordering and self-service kiosks. It also runs add-on tools for business analytics, e-commerce and a cryptocurrency donation marketplace, and supports the independent software partners that resell its systems. Closelooknet's peer group has not been set for Shift4; the comparison the market draws is with Toast as another point-of-sale and payments software provider.

Where does Shift4 Payments Inc sit in the AI build-out?

Shift4 carries no seat in Closelooknet's own index and no Rubin layer assignment, so it sits outside the AI build-out stack the diary tracks. Within our wider universe it belongs to the payments-software sleeve of technology, next to other merchant-acquiring and point-of-sale providers. Shift4 holds a seat in the Russell 1000 but no Rubin or Halo assignment, and its Closelooknet score has not started being built. The diary has not yet quoted it in any edition.

How does Shift4 Payments Inc trade when bond yields rise?

Over the past year Shift4 Payments Inc had a beta of 0.99 to TLT, the long-dated Treasury fund — it shows only a loose link to bond moves, higher than 86% of US names. On the 10 sessions in which long bonds fell most it moved −0.06% on average, against −0.74% for the S&P 500. The "How it trades on rate days" block on this page carries the lines.

What has Wall Street done on Shift4 Payments Inc recently?

The most recent analyst action on Shift4 Payments Inc on the Closelooknet wire is a price target by Mizuho on 2026-09-24 (target 46). 4 actions on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 4 target changes. Analyst actions are third-party opinions recorded by the wire, not Closelooknet readings. The “The Street on this name” block on this page lists the moves; the full feeds are the analyst wire and the earnings wire.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for FOUR, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelooknet structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelooknet universe

then Software - Infrastructure. Scored names rank on their Closelooknet score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.