FOUR Quote, Financials, Valuation and Earnings

Microsoft has a net margin of 13.08% compared to Shift4 Payments's net margin of 34.62%. Shift4 Payments's return on equity of 23.97% beat Microsoft's return on equity of 34.34%.

Shift4 Payments has a consensus price target of $118.95, signalling upside risk potential of 52.33%. On the other hand Microsoft has an analysts' consensus of $499.16 which suggests that it could grow by 28.5%. Given that Shift4 Payments has higher upside potential than Microsoft, analysts believe Shift4 Payments is more attractive than Microsoft.

Shift4 Payments has a beta of 0.000, which suggesting that the stock is 100% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Microsoft has a beta of 1.003, suggesting its more volatile than the S&P 500 by 0.29399999999999%.

Shift4 Payments has a quarterly dividend of $0.00 per share corresponding to a yield of 0%. Microsoft offers a yield of 0.81% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.83 per share. Shift4 Payments pays -- of its earnings as a dividend. Microsoft pays out 24.7% of its earnings as a dividend. Microsoft's payout ratio is sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future.

Shift4 Payments quarterly revenues are $887M, which are smaller than Microsoft quarterly revenues of $69.6B. Shift4 Payments's net income of $116M is lower than Microsoft's net income of $24.1B. Notably, Shift4 Payments's price-to-earnings ratio is 25.44x while Microsoft's PE ratio is 31.28x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for Shift4 Payments is 1.87x versus 11.09x for Microsoft. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

Paychex has a net margin of 13.08% compared to Shift4 Payments's net margin of 34.41%. Shift4 Payments's return on equity of 23.97% beat Paychex's return on equity of 44.75%.

Shift4 Payments has a consensus price target of $118.95, signalling upside risk potential of 52.33%. On the other hand Paychex has an analysts' consensus of $144.96 which suggests that it could fall by -1.22%. Given that Shift4 Payments has higher upside potential than Paychex, analysts believe Shift4 Payments is more attractive than Paychex.

Shift4 Payments has a beta of 0.000, which suggesting that the stock is 100% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Paychex has a beta of 0.882, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 11.789%.

Shift4 Payments has a quarterly dividend of $0.00 per share corresponding to a yield of 0%. Paychex offers a yield of 2.67% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.98 per share. Shift4 Payments pays -- of its earnings as a dividend. Paychex pays out 77.81% of its earnings as a dividend. Paychex's payout ratio is sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future.

Shift4 Payments quarterly revenues are $887M, which are smaller than Paychex quarterly revenues of $1.5B. Shift4 Payments's net income of $116M is lower than Paychex's net income of $519.3M. Notably, Shift4 Payments's price-to-earnings ratio is 25.44x while Paychex's PE ratio is 30.57x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for Shift4 Payments is 1.87x versus 9.76x for Paychex. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

Roper Technologies has a net margin of 13.08% compared to Shift4 Payments's net margin of 24.63%. Shift4 Payments's return on equity of 23.97% beat Roper Technologies's return on equity of 8.54%.

Shift4 Payments has a consensus price target of $118.95, signalling upside risk potential of 52.33%. On the other hand Roper Technologies has an analysts' consensus of $623.78 which suggests that it could grow by 13.5%. Given that Shift4 Payments has higher upside potential than Roper Technologies, analysts believe Shift4 Payments is more attractive than Roper Technologies.

Shift4 Payments has a beta of 0.000, which suggesting that the stock is 100% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Roper Technologies has a beta of 1.041, suggesting its more volatile than the S&P 500 by 4.08%.

Shift4 Payments has a quarterly dividend of $0.00 per share corresponding to a yield of 0%. Roper Technologies offers a yield of 0.57% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.83 per share. Shift4 Payments pays -- of its earnings as a dividend. Roper Technologies pays out 20.78% of its earnings as a dividend. Roper Technologies's payout ratio is sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future.

Shift4 Payments quarterly revenues are $887M, which are smaller than Roper Technologies quarterly revenues of $1.9B. Shift4 Payments's net income of $116M is lower than Roper Technologies's net income of $462.3M. Notably, Shift4 Payments's price-to-earnings ratio is 25.44x while Roper Technologies's PE ratio is 38.33x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for Shift4 Payments is 1.87x versus 8.43x for Roper Technologies. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

Workday has a net margin of 13.08% compared to Shift4 Payments's net margin of 4.25%. Shift4 Payments's return on equity of 23.97% beat Workday's return on equity of 6.23%.

Shift4 Payments has a consensus price target of $118.95, signalling upside risk potential of 52.33%. On the other hand Workday has an analysts' consensus of $309.98 which suggests that it could grow by 37.93%. Given that Shift4 Payments has higher upside potential than Workday, analysts believe Shift4 Payments is more attractive than Workday.

Shift4 Payments has a beta of 0.000, which suggesting that the stock is 100% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Workday has a beta of 1.323, suggesting its more volatile than the S&P 500 by 32.275%.

Shift4 Payments has a quarterly dividend of $0.00 per share corresponding to a yield of 0%. Workday offers a yield of 0% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.00 per share. Shift4 Payments pays -- of its earnings as a dividend. Workday pays out -- of its earnings as a dividend.

Shift4 Payments quarterly revenues are $887M, which are smaller than Workday quarterly revenues of $2.2B. Shift4 Payments's net income of $116M is higher than Workday's net income of $94M. Notably, Shift4 Payments's price-to-earnings ratio is 25.44x while Workday's PE ratio is 114.66x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for Shift4 Payments is 1.87x versus 7.16x for Workday. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.