For the quarter ended September 2024, Shift4 Payments (FOUR) reported revenue of $365.1 million, up 50.3% from the same period last year. EPS stood at $1.04, compared to $0.82 in the corresponding quarter last year.

Reported earnings compare to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $369.07 million, representing a surprise of -1.08%. The company reported an EPS surprise of -5.45%, with the consensus EPS estimate being $1.10.

While investors closely watch how the numbers change year over year – revenue and profit – and how they compare to Wall Street expectations to determine their next course of action, some key indicators still provide a better insight into a company’s underlying performance.

Since these metrics influence top-line and bottom-line performance, comparing them to last year’s numbers and analyst estimates helps investors more accurately project share price performance. of an action.

Here’s how Shift4 Payments performed in the just-released quarter in terms of the metrics most widely watched and projected by Wall Street analysts:

• End-to-end payment volume: $43.50 billion, compared to $46.19 billion on average according to four analysts.

• Gross revenues – Subscriptions and other revenues: $102.40 million compared to the average estimate of $76.91 million based on four analysts. The reported number represents a +111.1% year-over-year change.

• Gross Income – Income Based on Payments: $806.80 million versus the average estimate of four analysts of $893.75 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +28.7%.

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Shares of Shift4 Payments have returned +11.4% over the past month, compared to the +3.3% change in the Zacks S&P 500 composite. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #4 (Sell), which which indicates that it could underperform the market as a whole in the short term.

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