Shift4 Payments, Inc. (NYSE:FOUR) Q4 2022 Earnings Call Transcript

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And we made some real meaningful progress between Finaro, which is still a commercial capacity and then an inorganic acquisition in Europe to set the stage well. So, I think we really set the stage really well in 2022, going to 2023, and where the needle movers right now. Let’s start with high-growth core Gateway Sunset is going to still deliver significant results in the years ahead. years ahead. There is still like an enormous amount of volume on our gateway business. So, I know everybody like as are we in like middle innings, later and it’s still early innings with Gateway Sunset. So, I expect that to be, by and far, the largest contributor to our growth in 2023. All the new verticals we’ve built upon, and you’ve got real traction there.

We made our investments were really well timed in late 2021. So, I expect that still to crush it in sports and entertainment, except now you’re going to have , which is huge and comes in at higher take rates than we’ve had previously. We’ve got like almost every sport a real decent presence in almost every one of the major sports lease. So, some of the like seasonal trends that we saw in prior years in sports entertainment won’t be there anymore. And I think what’s most exciting for us is we’re making real progress internationally, both inorganically and organically. And that’s not just for the benefit of one or two really strategic customers, but it allows us to bring restaurants and hotels in all these new markets too, as I mentioned in our remarks.

So, I look at high-growth core, continuing to deliver the majority new verticals moving very quickly and real progress in the international markets in 2023.

William Nance: Got it. That’s super helpful. And maybe if I could just follow up on some of the comments that you had on the Gateway Sunsetting strategy you mentioned being in middle innings. I know it’s kind of back to the basics with Shift4, but could you maybe provide an update on kind of just general expectations of the pace of conversions going forward? I think you previously talked about something in the ballpark of $8 billion year. It sounds like that’s accelerated as a result of the sunsetting strategy. So, whether it’s full on conversions or repricing to better economic terms, how much of the kind of growth in the near-term do you expect solely to come from that opportunity?

Jared Isaacman: Yes, I mean, just to clarify, I didn’t say we’re still early inning. So, maybe we’re in the second inning, I don’t know, late bottom of the second, I still expect Gateway Sunset to contribute a substantial amount of volume like that we didn’t pre-discuss what our current gateway-only volume. Most of us don’t actually look at it that often. But you’re still talking like well in excess of $100 billion, like well in excess of that in volume there. Like even if we’re working 24/7 and still a lot of volume to move over, And we did say that we’re trying to take our Gateway Sunset initiative, we move the parts to unlock a lot of efficiency and make it not a 10-year initiative or a five-year like trying to pull that into three years.

It’s a lot of volume to deliver in that period of time. So — but I’d say it’s still like a pretty substantial focus for us. And in terms of getting properly rewarded for the capabilities that we’re delivering, which is the heart of the integrated payment solution these customers benefit from, super early innings. I think we mentioned last year, like we effectively added a Netflix subscription to hotels and restaurants to millions a year in volume. So, I’d say that that’s still pretty early on as well.

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