Head to head
Shift4 Payments vs Microsoft
Side-by-side on the measures that matter, with a plain-English read. Full detail: FOUR · MSFT
FOUR
Shift4 Payments
38.99+1.27%
1-year price shape — -50% over the period
Quant Rating E · 3/100
vs
MSFT
Microsoft
529.76+0.09%
1-year price shape — +2% over the period
Quant Rating C · 40/100
1-year performance, rebased to 100
Microsoft edges it on the scoreable measures. Microsoft has the highest Quant Rating (40); Microsoft has done best over the past year (+2%); Microsoft trades cheapest on trailing earnings.
| FOUR | MSFT | |
|---|---|---|
| Snapshot | ||
| Sector | Software - Infrastructure | Software - Infrastructure |
| Last price | 38.99 | 529.76 |
| Change today | +1.27% | +0.09% |
| 1-year return | -50.1% | +1.9% |
| Market cap | $3.08B | $3.93T |
| 52-week range | 34.56 – 78.61 | 348.54 – 549.20 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E (TTM) | 60.92 | 29.51 |
| P/E percentile, own 5-yr range | 85th | 30th |
| P/B | 1.90 | 8.89 |
| Dividend yield | 0.00% | 0.67% |
| Profitability & growth | ||
| EPS (TTM) | 1.08 | 17.95 |
| Net profit (TTM) | $85.28M | $133.29B |
| Revenue (TTM) | $4.78B | $331.84B |
| Revenue growth (YoY) | +34.1% | +17.7% |
| Gross margin | 35.9% | 67.9% |
| Operating margin | 7.9% | 46.8% |
| Net margin | 0.9% | 40.3% |
| Free cash flow (TTM) | $289.00M | $66.99B |
| Ownership & sentiment | ||
| Institutional ownership | 89.1% | 75.3% |
| Insider activity (12mo) | 27 buy / 23 sell | 31 buy / 16 sell |
| Short interest (% of float) | 18.8% | 0.9% |
| Analyst consensus | 59% buy / 41% hold (17) | 100% buy (32) |
| Analyst price target | $56 (+45%) | $582 (+10%) |
| StockVane view | ||
| StockVane Quant Rating | E (3) | C (40) |
| Company | ||
| Employees | 6,300 | 223,000 |
| Founded | 1999 | 1975 |
▲ marks the more favourable stock(s) on measures with a clear direction (lower P/E, higher yield, higher Quant Rating, better 1-year return). Analyst consensus counts each covering institution once, at its most recent rating. Not a recommendation. Quant Rating method: Data & Methodology.