Deluxe (DLX) Debt Ratio (2009 - 2026)

Deluxe (DLX) posted Debt Ratio of 0.55 for Q1 2026, up 10.77% on a QoQ basis from 0.5 in Q4 2025, and down 4.65% year-over-year from 0.58 in Q1 2025.

Deluxe (DLX) Debt Ratio (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Deluxe's Debt Ratio history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 0.55 for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Debt Ratio fell 4.65% year-over-year to 0.55 in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 0.55 (down 4.65% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 0.5, down 5.99% from the prior year.
  • Debt Ratio was 0.55 for Q1 2026 at Deluxe, up from 0.5 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Debt Ratio topped out at 0.58 in Q2 2024 and bottomed at 0.5 in Q4 2025.
  • A 5-year average of 0.56 and a median of 0.57 in 2022 frame the typical range for Debt Ratio.
  • Peak annual rise in Debt Ratio reached 29.12% in 2022, while the deepest fall reached 7.35% in 2022.
  • Deluxe's Debt Ratio stood at 0.53 in 2022, then fell by 3.26% to 0.52 in 2023, then climbed by 2.69% to 0.53 in 2024, then dropped by 5.99% to 0.5 in 2025, then advanced by 10.77% to 0.55 in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows DLX's Debt Ratio at 0.55 in Q1 2026, 0.5 in Q4 2025, and 0.56 in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Debt Ratio (Qtr)
1 3M 88.13 Bn 84.85 Bn 2.68 Bn 0.36
2 Honeywell International 78.15 Bn 66.84 Bn 3.65 Bn 0.48
3 Valmont Industries 9.52 Bn 9.36 Bn 316.88 Mn 0.23
4 Brookfield Business 6.56 Bn 5.50 Bn 1.31 Bn 0.50
5 Seaboard 4.44 Bn 3.30 Bn 217.00 Mn 0.18
6 Otter Tail 3.87 Bn 3.47 Bn 239.49 Mn 0.27
7 Tetra Technologies 1.18 Bn 1.14 Bn 38.23 Mn 0.27
8 Deluxe 1.16 Bn 1.13 Bn 279.40 Mn 0.55
9 Matthews International 843.71 Mn 807.63 Mn 101.98 Mn 0.38
10 Compass Diversified Holdings 745.59 Mn 813.24 Mn 189.36 Mn 0.63

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 0.55
Dec 31, 2025 0.50
Sep 30, 2025 0.56
Jun 30, 2025 0.58
Mar 31, 2025 0.58
Dec 31, 2024 0.53
Sep 30, 2024 0.58
Jun 30, 2024 0.58
Mar 31, 2024 0.57
Dec 31, 2023 0.52
Sep 30, 2023 0.57
Jun 30, 2023 0.57
Mar 31, 2023 0.57
Dec 31, 2022 0.53
Sep 30, 2022 0.57
Jun 30, 2022 0.57
Mar 31, 2022 0.57
Dec 31, 2021 0.55
Sep 30, 2021 0.61
Jun 30, 2021 0.61