NYSE:FOUR—Positioned as a High-Growth Stock, Ready for a Potential Breakout.

Exploring Growth Potential: SHIFT4 PAYMENTS INC-CLASS A (NYSE:FOUR) and Its Base Formation. Growth investors seek promising revenue and EPS growth, and SHIFT4 PAYMENTS INC-CLASS A has come under our scrutiny for potential growth investing. While it's crucial to do your own research, we've detected SHIFT4 PAYMENTS INC-CLASS A on our screen for growth with base formation, suggesting it merits a closer look.

Evaluating Growth: NYSE:FOUR

To evaluate a stock's growth potential, ChartMill utilizes a Growth Rating on a scale of 0 to 10. This comprehensive assessment considers various growth aspects, including historical and estimated EPS and revenue growth. NYSE:FOUR has achieved a 8 out of 10:

• FOUR shows a strong growth in Earnings Per Share. In the last year, the EPS has been growing by 29.92%, which is quite impressive.
• FOUR shows a strong growth in Revenue. In the last year, the Revenue has grown by 31.37%.
• The Revenue has been growing by 35.54% on average over the past years. This is a very strong growth!
• Based on estimates for the next years, FOUR will show a quite strong growth in Earnings Per Share. The EPS will grow by 18.74% on average per year.
• Based on estimates for the next years, FOUR will show a very strong growth in Revenue. The Revenue will grow by 22.34% on average per year.

Deciphering NYSE:FOUR's Health Rating

ChartMill assigns a Health Rating to every stock. This score ranges from 0 to 10 and evaluates the different health aspects like liquidity and solvency, both absolutely, but also relative to the industry peers. NYSE:FOUR scores a 5 out of 10:

• The Altman-Z score of FOUR (2.51) is better than 82.35% of its industry peers.
• FOUR has a Current Ratio of 2.98. This indicates that FOUR is financially healthy and has no problem in meeting its short term obligations.
• The Current ratio of FOUR (2.98) is better than 85.29% of its industry peers.
• A Quick Ratio of 2.97 indicates that FOUR has no problem at all paying its short term obligations.
• The Quick ratio of FOUR (2.97) is better than 86.27% of its industry peers.

Exploring NYSE:FOUR's Profitability

ChartMill assigns a proprietary Profitability Rating to each stock. The score is computed by evaluating various profitability ratios and margins and ranges from 0 to 10. NYSE:FOUR was assigned a score of 5 for profitability:

• Looking at the Return On Equity, with a value of 15.63%, FOUR is in the better half of the industry, outperforming 74.51% of the companies in the same industry.
• The Return On Invested Capital of FOUR (4.60%) is better than 70.59% of its industry peers.
• The last Return On Invested Capital (4.60%) for FOUR is above the 3 year average (2.93%), which is a sign of increasing profitability.
• In the last couple of years the Operating Margin of FOUR has grown nicely.

How do we evaluate the setup for NYSE:FOUR?

Next to the Technical Rating, the Setup Rating of a stock determines to which extend the stock is consolidating. This score also ranges from 0 to 10 and is updated daily. The setup score evaluates various short term technical indicators. For NYSE:FOUR this score is currently 7:

Although FOUR has an excellent technical rating, the quality of the presented setup is not ideal at the moment. Price movement has been a little bit too volatile to find a nice entry and exit point. It is probably a good idea to wait for a consolidation first.

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Keep in mind

This article should in no way be interpreted as advice. The article is based on the observed metrics at the time of writing, but you should always make your own analysis and trade or invest at your own responsibility.