AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · Shift4 (FOUR)

Shift4 Payments Q4 gross profit up 58%; 2026 guidance calls for 26%-31% growth

Positive Impact 3 of 5 earnings Written later

Shift4 Payments reported fourth-quarter and full-year 2025 results, with Q4 gross revenue of $1,189 million (up 34%), gross profit of $429 million (up 58%), and gross revenue less network fees of $610 million (up 51%). The company also introduced 2026 guidance calling for 26%-31% gross revenue less network fee growth, while GAAP net income was $53 million and GAAP diluted EPS was $0.36 for the quarter.

Key points

  • Q4 2025 gross revenue less network fees of $610 million, up 51% from Q4 2024
  • Q4 2025 net income of $53 million; GAAP diluted EPS of $0.36; non-GAAP EPS of $1.60
  • Q4 2025 Adjusted EBITDA of $304 million, up 48%, with a 50% Adjusted EBITDA margin
  • 2026 guidance calls for 26%-31% gross revenue less network fee growth

The filing

CompanyShift4 (FOUR)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECFeb 26, 2026, 7:03 AM ET
Accession number0001794669-26-000006

Items reported: 2.02 Results of Operations

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI (Anthropic Claude, claude-haiku-5-5) on Nov 8, 2026, 1:38 AM ET, from the text of the filing and its press-release exhibits only. Written later: this filing was briefed after the fact, when past filings were added to the site, so the brief may be read with hindsight; the filing itself is the record of what was known on February 26, 2026.

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