Why Freedom Capital Views Shift4 Payments as an Attractive Buy Amid Leadership Changes and Global Blue Integration

Shift4 Payments, Inc. (NYSE:FOUR) is one of the best FinTech stocks to buy in 2026. Freedom Capital Markets initiated coverage on Shift4 Payments on December 11 at Buy with an $80 price target. The firm’s analyst called Shift4 a leading integrated payments and SaaS platform across verticals such as restaurants, hospitality, and stadiums, while noting the stock’s recent slump. In its note, Freedom tied that underperformance to a mix of leadership changes, management’s mixed-macro commentary with choppy sam ...