Shift4 Payments, Inc. (FOUR) vs Infleqtion, Inc. (INFQ)

Shift4 Payments, Inc. and Infleqtion, Inc. are both Software Infrastructure companies. Shift4 Payments, Inc. and Infleqtion, Inc. are of similar size ($3.2B and $3.0B). Infleqtion, Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Shift4 Payments, Inc. trades at 61.0×. Shift4 Payments, Inc. has the higher net margin (0.92% vs −291.8%) and the higher return on invested capital (4.12% vs −26.0%). Across the 16 metrics below, Shift4 Payments, Inc. leads on 13 and Infleqtion, Inc. on 3.

Valuation

Metric FOUR INFQ Software Infrastructure median
P/E 61.03 n/m 28.02
P/S 1.27 87.65 3.07
P/B 3.51 5.58 3.36
Price to free cash flow 19.60 n/m 17.12
EV/EBITDA 10.89 n/m 14.91
EV/Sales 2.14 74.61 3.03
Earnings yield 1.64% (8.45%) 0.13%
Free cash flow yield 5.10% (0.04%) 1.15%

Profitability

Metric FOUR INFQ Software Infrastructure median
Gross margin 35.91% 22.45% 61.23%
Operating margin 8.11% (147.92%) 0.00%
Net margin 0.92% (291.75%) 0.00%
Free cash flow margin 6.50% (3.61%) 1.67%
Return on equity 3.20% (37.17%) 0.59%
Return on assets 0.56% (20.14%) 0.00%
Return on invested capital 4.12% (26.00%) 0.00%

Growth

Metric FOUR INFQ Software Infrastructure median
Revenue growth (TTM) 32.44% — 13.41%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (64.36%) (26,711.59%) —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 40.37% — 15.81%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% — 0.00%

Health

Metric FOUR INFQ Software Infrastructure median
Debt to equity 2.60 0.00 0.06
Current ratio 1.21 9.34 1.55
Net debt to EBITDA 4.44 0.09 0.08

Dividend

Metric FOUR INFQ Software Infrastructure median
Dividend yield — — 1.53%
Payout ratio 0.00 — 0.00

Size

Metric FOUR INFQ Software Infrastructure median
Market cap 3.04b 3.24b 835.96m

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