With 0.95 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 1.7 million shares. During the session, the Software – Infrastructure company that operates in wider Technology sector, reached to the highest price of $107.0 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $103.8601. The 52-week range on FOUR shows that it touched its highest point at $127.50 and its lowest point at $57.45 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $116.09. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.81.
Price Performance and Earnings:
Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of FOUR was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -1.23%, but this was up by 7.89% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 30.64% while six-month performance fell -9.39%. The stock gained 0.98% in the past year, while it has gained 52.15% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for FOUR yields 2.96 with Next year EPS estimates of 6.26. For the next quarter, that number is 1.19. This implies an EPS growth rate of 31.46% for this year and 22.46% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 67.47 million FOUR shares are outstanding with a float of 64.83 million shares on hand for trading. On 2025-06-30, short shares totaled 12.52 million, which was 1819.0001 higher than short shares on 1748563200. In addition to Mr. Jared Isaacman as the firm’s Founder & Executive Chairman, Mr. David Taylor Lauber serves as its President, CEO, Principal Executive Officer & Director.
Institutional Ownership:
Through their ownership of 1.23061 of FOUR’s outstanding shares, institutional investors have minority control over the company.
An Overview of Recent Financials:
Understanding a company as a customer does not mean you will understand it as an investor. The wise investor uses quantitative research to analyze metrics such as revenue, net income, and earnings. In its fiscal quarter reported on 2025-03-31, FOUR reported revenue of $848300000.0 and operating income of $21700000.0. The EBITDA in the recently reported quarter was $121100000.0 and diluted EPS was $0.2.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for FOUR since 15 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 15 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 0 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 0 give it an OVERWEIGHT rating, and 0 thinks that it’s UNDERWEIGHT. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential. With FOUR analysts setting a high price target of 150.0 and a low target of 90.0, the average target price over the next 12 months is 117.14286. Based on these targets, FOUR could surge 43.13% to reach the target high and fall by -14.12% to reach the target low. Reaching the average price target will result in a growth of 11.78% from current levels.
EPS: Estimates vs Actual
It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy. Analysts have provided yearly estimates in a range of $3.72199 being high and $2.92174 being low. For FOUR, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $3.26312. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $1.65 and the low estimate is $0.98. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $1.43.
