Deluxe Corporation (DLX)

NYSE: DLX · USD

$22.9

-0.10 (-0.4%)· Recorded snapshot

Market cap	1B
Revenue (ttm)	2.1B
Net income (ttm)	100.6M
EPS (ttm)	$2.18
Shares out	45.9M
P/E (trailing)	10.5x
P/E (forward)	5.9x
Dividend	$1.20 (5.25%)
Volume	247,754
Beta	1.23

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Price

Recent price action with selectable time range.

Financial snapshot

Revenue (ttm): 2.1B
Net income (ttm): 100.6M
EPS (ttm): $2.18
P/E (trailing): 10.5x
P/E (forward): 5.9x
Market cap: 1B

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Calendar

Next earnings

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Refreshed 2026-10-28 19:55 UTC

Forward P/E5.9

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Trailing P/E10.5

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ROE15

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ROIC9

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Profile and market data

Ticker identity, listing, currency, market cap, and source dates.

Metric	Value
Amount currency	USD
CIK code	0000027996
Company name	Deluxe Corporation
Country	United States
Country code	US
CUSIP number	248019101
Earnings date	2026-11-04
Earnings time	amc
Employees	4,571
Employees change	-410
Employees growth	-8.23%
Enterprise value	$2.5B
Exchange	NYSE
Financial currency	USD
Financial report date	2026-06-30
First seen	2026-05-09
Fiscal year end	December
Founded	1915
In index	RUSSELL2000
Industry	Conglomerates
Is primary listing	Yes
Is SPAC	No
ISIN number	US2480191012
Last 10-K release date	2026-02-13
Last earnings date	2026-08-05
Last refreshed	2026-10-28
Last stock split date	1986-09-15
Last stock split type	Forward
Market cap	$1B
Market cap category	Small-Cap
Next earnings date	2026-11-04
Options	Yes
Price	$22.89
Price currency	USD
Sector	Industrials
SIC code	2780
Stock price date	2026-10-28
Symbol	DLX
U.S. state	Minnesota
Website	https://www.deluxe.com

Valuation

Multiples, yields, enterprise-value ratios, and valuation checks.

Metric	Value
Adjusted P/E ratio	5.77x
Average P/E ratio (10Y)	23.82x
Average P/E ratio (3Y)	18.41x
Average P/E ratio (5Y)	17.8x
Earnings yield	9.53%
EV/Earnings	24.84x
EV/EBIT	9.02x
EV/EBITDA	5.96x
EV/FCF	11.95x
EV/Sales	1.18x
FCF / EV yield	8.37%
FCF yield	19.96%
Forward EV/Sales	1.14x
Forward P/E	5.92x
Forward P/S	0.48x
Graham number	27.54165
Graham upside	20.53%
Industry forward P/E	18.18x
Industry P/E	16.05x
Lynch fair value	$10.91
Lynch upside	-52.24%
P/(FCF - SBC) ratio	5.74x
P/(OCF - SBC) ratio	3.79x
P/B ratio	1.49x
P/E ratio	10.49x
P/FCF ratio	5.01x
P/OCF ratio	3.46x
P/S ratio	0.5x
PEG ratio	0.61x
Price/EBITDA ratio	2.5x
Sector forward P/E	26.24x
Sector P/E	40.28x

Profitability

Margins, returns on capital, cash conversion, and quality metrics.

Metric	Value
EBIT margin	13.12%
EBITDA margin	19.84%
Effective tax rate	30.5%
FCF margin	9.9%
Gross margin	52.54%
Operating margin	13.12%
Pretax margin	6.86%
Profit margin	4.76%
Profit per employee	$22,008
Profitable quarters	11
Profitable years	6
Revenue per employee	$462,240
ROA	6.8%
ROA (5Y)	5.04%
ROCE	12.32%
ROE	14.96%
ROE (5Y)	9.65%
ROIC	9.01%
ROIC (5Y)	7.53%
SBC / revenue	1.25%
Tax / revenue	2.09%

Growth

Revenue, earnings, cash-flow, and forward growth indicators.

Metric	Value
EPS growth	69.69%
EPS growth (Q)	-17.67%
EPS growth (QoQ)	-46.76%
EPS growth 10Y	-7.38%
EPS growth 3Y	21.76%
EPS growth 5Y	0.44%
EPS growth years	2
FCF growth	55.46%
FCF growth (Q)	110.79%
FCF growth (QoQ)	114.65%
FCF growth 3Y	59.61%
FCF growth 5Y	13.8%
Gross profit growth	-0.56%
Gross profit growth (Q)	-7.05%
Gross profit growth 3Y	-2.6%
Gross profit growth 5Y	0.82%
Net income growth	73.63%
Net income growth (Q)	-14.73%
Net income growth (QoQ)	-46.65%
Net income growth 3Y	23.99%
Net income growth 5Y	2.16%
Net income growth years	2
OCF growth	32.08%
OCF growth (Q)	58.9%
OCF growth (QoQ)	54.08%
OCF growth 10Y	0.41%
OCF growth 3Y	22.06%
OCF growth 5Y	9.59%
Operating income growth	17.95%
Operating income growth (Q)	-3.65%
Operating income growth 3Y	7.33%
Operating income growth 5Y	2.97%
Revenue growth	0.29%
Revenue growth (Q)	-4.22%
Revenue growth (QoQ)	-7.21%
Revenue growth 10Y	1.54%
Revenue growth 3Y	-1.87%
Revenue growth 5Y	3.1%
Revenue growth years	1

Financial statements

Income-statement and cash-flow amounts, totals and per share.

Metric	Value
Capital expenditures	$-94M
Depreciation and amortization	$142M
EBIT	$277.2M
EBITDA	$419.2M
EPS	$2.18
FCF per share	$4.56
Financing cash flow	$-200.7M
Free cash flow	$209.1M
Free cash flow minus SBC	$182.6M
Gross profit	$1.1B
Income taxes	$44.2M
Investing cash flow	$-88.6M
Net borrowing	$-122.6M
Net cash flow	$12.9M
Net income	$100.6M
Operating cash flow minus SBC	$276.6M
Operating income	$277.2M
Revenue	$2.1B
Stock-based compensation	$26.5M

Financial strength

Debt, cash, solvency, accounting-quality, and balance-sheet signals.

Metric	Value
Altman Z-Score	1.84
Book value per share	$15.45
Debt / EBITDA	3.44
Debt / equity	2.1
Debt / FCF	7.11
Goodwill	$1.4B
Interest coverage	2.4
Long-term assets	$2.2B
Long-term liabilities	$1.5B
Net cash (debt)	$-1.5B
Net cash / market cap	-138.51%
Net debt / EBITDA	3.46
Net debt / equity	2.05
Net debt / FCF	6.94
Piotroski F-Score	7
Property, plant and equipment	$180.8M
Shareholders' equity	$707.9M
Tangible book value	$-1B
Tangible book value per share	$-22.78
Total assets	$2.6B
Total cash	$34.9M
Total debt	$1.5B
Total liabilities	$1.9B
WACC	7.72%

Liquidity

Current-asset coverage and working-capital efficiency metrics.

Metric	Value
Asset turnover	0.83
Current assets	$374.1M
Current liabilities	$312.9M
Current ratio	1.2
Inventory turnover	28.96
Net working capital	$48.9M
Quick ratio	0.75
Working capital	$61.2M
Working capital turnover	105.51

Dividends and buybacks

Dividend yield, payout, buybacks, and shareholder-yield indicators.

Metric	Value
Buyback yield / dilution	-2.32%
Dividend growth	0%
Dividend growth (10Y)	0%
Dividend growth (3Y)	0%
Dividend growth (5Y)	0%
Dividend growth years	0
Dividend payment date	2026-09-01
Dividend payment years	56
Dividend payout frequency	Quarterly
Dividend per share	$1.20
Dividend yield	5.25%
Ex-dividend date	2026-08-18
FCF payout ratio	26.32%
Last dividend	$0.30
Payout ratio	54.99%
Shareholder yield	2.94%

Performance and technicals

Returns, volatility, beta, momentum, RSI, and moving-average context.

Metric	Value
10Y price change	-62.62%
10Y return CAGR	-5.54%
10Y total return	-43.43%
150-day SMA	$25.02
15Y price change	-7.33%
15Y return CAGR	3.16%
15Y total return	59.56%
1D price change	-0.43%
1M price change	-6.54%
1M total return	-6.54%
1W price change	-2.32%
1W total return	-2.32%
1Y price change	20.45%
1Y return CAGR	26.76%
1Y total return	26.73%
20-day SMA	$22.96
200-day SMA	$25.40
20Y price change	3.36%
20Y return CAGR	4.24%
20Y total return	129.4%
3M price change	-14.96%
3M total return	-13.89%
3Y price change	34.8%
3Y return CAGR	17.02%
3Y total return	60.26%
50-day SMA	$23.40
50-day SMA vs 200-day SMA	50under200
52-week high	$32.07
52-week high date	2026-05-04
52-week low	$17.76
52-week low date	2025-11-03
5Y price change	-34.95%
5Y return CAGR	-2.93%
5Y total return	-13.83%
6M price change	-25.44%
6M total return	-23.55%
All-time high	$78.87
All-time high date	2018-01-16
All-time low	$4.44
All-time low date	1980-04-25
Average true range (ATR)	$0.64
Average volume	407.1K
Beta (1Y)	0.21
Beta (2Y)	1.06
Beta (5Y)	1.23
Change from 52-week high	-28.62%
Change from 52-week low	28.89%
Change from all-time high	-71.17%
Change from all-time low	412.39%
Change from open	-1.25%
Day's gap	0.83%
Dollar volume	$5.7M
High price	$23.18
Low price	$22.67
Monthly RSI	50.31
Open price	$23.18
Position in 52-week range	43.14%
Previous close	$22.99
Price vs 150-day SMA	-9.12%
Price vs 20-day SMA	-0.97%
Price vs 200-day SMA	-10.49%
Price vs 50-day SMA	-2.83%
Relative volume	0.61
RSI	44.52
Sharpe ratio	0.69
Sharpe ratio (3Y)	0.46
Sharpe ratio (5Y)	-0.02
Sortino ratio	1.2
Sortino ratio (3Y)	0.87
Sortino ratio (5Y)	0.12
Volume	247.8K
Weekly RSI	43.2
YTD price change	1.84%
YTD total return	5.56%

Ownership and float

Institutional, insider, float, short-interest, and share-count fields.

Metric	Value
Float	44.4M
Float percentage	96.8%
Shares change (QoQ)	0.22%
Shares change (YoY)	2.32%
Shares held by insiders	3.13%
Shares held by institutions	88.48%
Shares outstanding	45.9M
Short % of float	8.71%
Short % of shares	8.43%
Short ratio	8.4 days

Deeper analysis on DLX

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Forecast

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Valuation

Fair-value bridge, DCF, owner earnings, and peer multiples.

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Sensitivity

Cost-of-equity and terminal-growth stress table.

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Risks

Kill scenarios, soft-pass flags, and downside catalysts.

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Earnings

Next earnings setup and beat / inline / miss thresholds.

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Position sizing

Entry, exit, conviction, and quarterly monitoring rules.

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Financials

Revenue, margins, cash flow, and balance-sheet context.

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Peers

Relative valuation and profitability against the cohort.

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Moat

Economic-profit evidence and competitive advantage risk.

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Industry cycle

Sector phase, capital cycle, and secular tailwinds.

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Deluxe Corporation (DLX)

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