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Shift4 Payments (Shift4 Payments) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 2.46% (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Shift4 Payments Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Shift4 Payments's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $6,173 Mil. Shift4 Payments's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $152 Mil. Shift4 Payments's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 2.46%.

The historical rank and industry rank for Shift4 Payments's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % or its related term are showing as below:

FOUR' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -3.51   Med: -0.4   Max: 4.52
Current: 3.05

During the past 6 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Shift4 Payments was 4.52%. The lowest was -3.51%. And the median was -0.40%.

FOUR's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
60.11% of 2853 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 1.13 vs FOUR: 3.05

Joel Greenblatt's definition of earnings yield has the same problems the regular earnings yield does. It does not consider the growth of the company. It only looks at one-year's business operation. For cyclical companies, the earnings yield is usually highest at the peak of the business cycle. But these earnings are rarely sustainable.

A better indicator of the attractiveness of an investment which takes growth into account is the Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) %. Shift4 Payments's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.00%. The Forward Rate of Return uses the normalized Free Cash Flow of the past seven years, and considers growth. The forward rate of return can be thought of as the return that investors buying the stock today can expect from it in the future.


Shift4 Payments Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Shift4 Payments's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:

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Shift4 Payments Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Shift4 Payments Annual Data
Trend Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial - -1.82 -1.25 2.72 2.46

Shift4 Payments Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.72 2.77 3.33 3.87 2.46

Competitive Comparison of Shift4 Payments's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Software - Infrastructure subindustry, Shift4 Payments's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %, along with its competitors' market caps and Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Shift4 Payments's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Shift4 Payments's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Shift4 Payments's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.



Shift4 Payments Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Calculation

In his book, The Little That Beat the Market, hedge fund manager Joel Greenblatt defines Earnings Yield as operating income divided by enterprise value.

Shift4 Paymentss Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=151.6/6172.675494
=2.46 %

Shift4 Payments's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $152 Mil.



Shift4 Payments  (NYSE:FOUR) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Explanation

Joel Greenblatt defines the earnings yield using the above equation because it more accurately reflects the company's profitability relative to its stock price. Items like interest payment and tax etc. are not directly related to the company's operational profitability.

Enterprise Value instead of market cap (share price) is used in the calculation because it is the real price stock and bond investors together pay for the company.


Be Aware

Joel Greenblatt's definition of earnings yield has the same problems the regular earnings yield does. It does not consider the growth of the company. It only looks at one-year's business operation. For cyclical companies, the earnings yield is usually highest at the peak of the business cycle. But these earnings are rarely sustainable.

Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % based on Don Yacktman's definition is a better measure of the expected rate of return for a stock.


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Shift4 Payments (Shift4 Payments) Business Description

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Address
2202 North Irving Street, Allentown, PA, USA, 18109
Shift4 Payments Inc is provider of integrated payment processing and technology solutions. The company offers software providers a single integration to an end-to-end payments offering, a powerful gateway and a robust suite of technology solutions (including cloud enablement, business intelligence, analytics, and mobile) to enhance the value of their software suites and simplify payment acceptance. The Shift4 Model is built to serve a range of merchants from small-to-medium-sized businesses to large and complex enterprises across numerous verticals, including lodging, leisure, and food and beverage.
Executives
Sarah Goldsmith-grover director C/O SHIFT4 PAYMENTS, INC., 2202 N. IRVING STREET, ALLENTOWN PA 18109
Nancy Disman director 57 ROUND TREE DRIVE, MELVILLE NY 11747
David Taylor Lauber officer: Chief Strategy Officer C/O SHIFT4 PAYMENTS, INC., 2202 N. IRVING STREET, ALLENTOWN PA 18109
Jordan Frankel officer: GC & Corporate Secretary C/O SHIFT4 PAYMENTS, INC., 2202 N. IRVING STREET, ALLENTOWN PA 18109
Sam Bakhshandehpour director THE NEW HOME COMPANY, 95 ENTERPRISE, SUITE 325, ALISO VIEJO CA 92656
Jared Isaacman director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chairman & CEO C/O SHIFT4 PAYMENTS, INC., 2202 N. IRVING STREET, ALLENTOWN PA 18109
Karen Roter Davis director C/O SHIFT4 PAYMENTS, INC., 2202 N. IRVING ST, ALLENTOWN PA 18109
Searchlight Capital Partners Ii Gp, Llc 10 percent owner 745 FIFTH AVENUE, 27TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10151
Bradley Herring officer: CFO C/O SHIFT4 PAYMENTS, INC., 2202 N. IRVING STREET, ALLENTOWN PA 16109
Searchlight Ii Gwn Gp, Llc 10 percent owner C/O SEARCHLIGHT CAPITAL PARTNERS, L.P.., 745 FIFTH AVENUE, 27TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10151
Donald Isaacman director C/O SHIFT4 PAYMENTS, INC., 2202 N. IRVING STREET, ALLENTOWN PA 18109
Searchlight Ii Gwn, L.p. 10 percent owner 745 FIFTH AVENUE, 27TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10151
Kevin J. Cronic officer: Chief System Architect C/O SHIFT4 PAYMENTS, INC., 2202 N. IRVING STREET, ALLENTOWN PA 18109
Searchlight Capital Ii Pv, L.p. 10 percent owner C/O SEARCHLIGHT CAPITAL PARTNERS, L.P., 745 FIFTH AVENUE, 27TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10151
Steven M. Sommers officer: Chief Application Architect C/O SHIFT4 PAYMENTS, INC., 2202 N. IRVING STREET, ALLENTOWN PA 18109