Shift4 Payments Inc [NYSE: FOUR] gained 11.29% or 7.17 points to close at $70.70 with a heavy trading volume of 5623336 shares.
The daily chart for FOUR points out that the company has recorded -5.80% loss over the past six months.
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If we look at the average trading volume of 1.35M shares, FOUR reached to a volume of 5623336 in the most recent trading day, which is why market watchdogs consider the stock to be active.
Here is what top equities market gurus are saying about Shift4 Payments Inc [FOUR]:
Based on careful and fact-backed analyses by Wall Street experts, the current consensus on the target price for FOUR shares is $87.39 per share. Analysis on target price and performance of stocks is usually carefully studied by market experts, and the current Wall Street consensus on FOUR stock is a recommendation set at 1.46. This rating represents a strong Buy recommendation, on the scale from 1 to 5, where 5 would mean strong sell, 4 represents Sell, 3 is Hold, and 2 indicates Buy.
Wedbush have made an estimate for Shift4 Payments Inc shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Neutral, with their previous recommendation back on May 24, 2024. The new note on the price target was released on April 19, 2024, representing the official price target for Shift4 Payments Inc stock. Previously, the target price had yet another raise to $95, while The Benchmark Company analysts kept a Buy rating on FOUR stock.
The Average True Range (ATR) for Shift4 Payments Inc is set at 3.26, with the Price to Sales ratio for FOUR stock in the period of the last 12 months amounting to 1.65. The Price to Book ratio for the last quarter was 6.55, with the Price to Cash per share for the same quarter was set at 9.11. Price to Free Cash Flow for FOUR in the course of the last twelve months was 16.95 with Quick ratio for the last quarter at 1.70.
Trading performance analysis for FOUR stock
Shift4 Payments Inc [FOUR] gain into the green zone at the end of the last week, gaining into a positive trend and gaining by 8.74. With this latest performance, FOUR shares gained by 4.85% in over the last four-week period, additionally sinking by -5.80% over the last 6 months – not to mention a rise of 9.07% in the past year of trading.
Overbought and oversold stocks can be easily traced with the Relative Strength Index (RSI), where an RSI result of over 70 would be overbought, and any rate below 30 would indicate oversold conditions. An RSI rate of 50 would represent a neutral market momentum. The current RSI for FOUR stock in for the last two-week period is set at 56.00, with the RSI for the last a single of trading hit 61.02, and the three-weeks RSI is set at 53.78 for Shift4 Payments Inc [FOUR]. The present Moving Average for the last 50 days of trading for this stock 69.71, while it was recorded at 64.14 for the last single week of trading, and 68.32 for the last 200 days.
Shift4 Payments Inc [FOUR]: A deeper dive into fundamental analysis
Shift4 Payments Inc’s liquidity data is similarly interesting compelling, with a Quick Ratio of 1.70 and a Current Ratio set at 1.70.
Shift4 Payments Inc [FOUR]: An earnings per share (EPS) analysis
The progress of the company may be observed through the prism of EPS growth rate, while Wall Street analysts are focusing on predicting the 5-year EPS growth rate for FOUR. When it comes to the mentioned value, analysts are expecting to see the 5-year EPS growth rate for Shift4 Payments Inc go to 49.09%.
An analysis of Institutional ownership at Shift4 Payments Inc [FOUR]
The top three institutional holders of FOUR stocks are: VANGUARD GROUP INC with ownership of 1.32 billion shares, which is approximately 8.5034%. BLACKROCK INC., holding 1.04 billion shares of the stock with an approximate value of $178.43 billion in FOUR stocks shares; and BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC, currently with $135.36 billion in FOUR stock with ownership which is approximately 5.1238%.
