Shift4 Payments Inc [NYSE: FOUR] loss -12.43% or -14.19 points to close at $99.96 with a heavy trading volume of 7806474 shares.
The daily chart for FOUR points out that the company has recorded 41.19% gains over the past six months.
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If we look at the average trading volume of 1.41M shares, FOUR reached to a volume of 7806474 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 $114.04 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 1.56. 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.
BofA Securities have made an estimate for Shift4 Payments Inc shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Neutral, with their previous recommendation back on Dec-05-24. While these analysts kept the previous recommendation, Barclays raised their target price to Overweight. The new note on the price target was released on October 09, 2024, representing the official price target for Shift4 Payments Inc stock. Previously, the target price had yet another raise to $109, while Oppenheimer analysts kept a Outperform rating on FOUR stock.
The Average True Range (ATR) for Shift4 Payments Inc is set at 4.70, with the Price to Sales ratio for FOUR stock in the period of the last 12 months amounting to 2.86. The Price to Book ratio for the last quarter was 8.44, with the Price to Cash per share for the same quarter was set at 15.83. Price to Free Cash Flow for FOUR in the course of the last twelve months was 26.11 with Quick ratio for the last quarter at 2.97.
Trading performance analysis for FOUR stock
Shift4 Payments Inc [FOUR] fell into the red zone at the end of the last week, falling into a negative trend and dropping by -10.51. With this latest performance, FOUR shares gained by 10.84% in over the last four-week period, additionally plugging by 41.19% over the last 6 months – not to mention a rise of 50.20% 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 45.57, with the RSI for the last a single of trading hit 38.24, and the three-weeks RSI is set at 49.79 for Shift4 Payments Inc [FOUR]. The present Moving Average for the last 50 days of trading for this stock 96.99, while it was recorded at 111.18 for the last single week of trading, and 77.91 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 2.97 and a Current Ratio set at 2.98.
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 27.19%.
An analysis of Institutional ownership at Shift4 Payments Inc [FOUR]
There are presently around $106.31%, or 107.99%% of FOUR stock, in the hands of institutional investors. The top three institutional holders of FOUR stocks are: VANGUARD GROUP INC with ownership of 5.8 million shares, which is approximately 8.7712%. DURABLE CAPITAL PARTNERS LP, holding 4.97 million shares of the stock with an approximate value of $$364.47 million in FOUR stocks shares; and DURABLE CAPITAL PARTNERS LP, currently with $$286.23 million in FOUR stock with ownership which is approximately 5.9%.
