Growth Metrics

Deluxe (DLX) EBITDA Margin (2009 - 2026)

Deluxe posted quarterly EBITDA Margin of 6.52% for Q1 2026, up 393.0% year-on-year from 1.32% in Q1 2025, and down 26.82% on a QoQ basis from 8.91% in Q4 2025.

Deluxe (DLX) has 18 years of EBITDA Margin data on file, last reported at 6.52% in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, EBITDA Margin rose 393.0% year-over-year to 6.52%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 6.54% (up 265.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 10.89%, up 184.0% from the prior year.
  • EBITDA Margin for Q1 2026 stood at 6.52%, down from 8.91% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, EBITDA Margin topped out at 9.48% in Q4 2023 and bottomed at 1.07% in Q3 2023.
  • The 5-year median for EBITDA Margin is 4.46% (2023), against an average of 4.38%.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when EBITDA Margin plunged 369 bps; it then surged 597 bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of EBITDA Margin shows it stood at 8.05% in 2022, then increased by 18 bps to 9.48% in 2023, then retreated by 5 bps to 9.05% in 2024, then declined by 1 bps to 8.91% in 2025, then decreased by 27 bps to 6.52% in 2026.
  • The last three EBITDA Margin figures came in at 6.52% (Q1 2026), 8.91% (Q4 2025), and 6.15% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) EBITDA Margin (Qtr)
1 Honeywell International 149.73 Bn 138.42 Bn 3.54 Bn 19.00%
2 3M 79.89 Bn 75.79 Bn 2.46 Bn 23.17%
3 Valmont Industries 10.28 Bn 10.12 Bn 316.88 Mn 15.12%
4 Seaboard 5.00 Bn 3.86 Bn 217.00 Mn 4.00%
5 Otter Tail 3.50 Bn 3.10 Bn 239.49 Mn 24.56%
6 Tetra Technologies 1.39 Bn 1.39 Bn 38.23 Mn 8.20%
7 Deluxe 1.11 Bn 1.08 Bn 279.40 Mn 6.52%
8 Matthews International 838.50 Mn 802.41 Mn 101.98 Mn -1.23%
9 Compass Diversified Holdings 825.34 Mn 892.99 Mn 189.36 Mn -0.45%
10 Falcon's Beyond Global 575.98 Mn 586.01 Mn - -30.92%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 6.52%
Dec 31, 2025 8.91%
Sep 30, 2025 6.15%
Jun 30, 2025 4.50%
Mar 31, 2025 2.59%
Dec 31, 2024 9.05%
Sep 30, 2024 0.19%
Jun 30, 2024 3.80%
Mar 31, 2024 2.81%
Dec 31, 2023 9.48%
Sep 30, 2023 -1.07%
Jun 30, 2023 4.46%
Mar 31, 2023 0.00%
Dec 31, 2022 8.05%
Sep 30, 2022 2.17%
Jun 30, 2022 4.64%
Mar 31, 2022 2.18%
Dec 31, 2021 7.60%
Sep 30, 2021 1.89%
Jun 30, 2021 2.95%
Mar 31, 2021 5.87%
Dec 31, 2020 8.05%
Sep 30, 2020 7.35%
Jun 30, 2020 4.64%
Mar 31, 2020 -14.83%
Dec 31, 2019 7.06%
Sep 30, 2019 -65.27%
Jun 30, 2019 6.83%
Mar 31, 2019 8.63%
Dec 31, 2018 14.86%
Sep 30, 2018 -6.27%
Jun 30, 2018 11.73%
Mar 31, 2018 12.52%
Dec 31, 2017 19.80%
Sep 30, 2017 6.34%
Jun 30, 2017 12.61%
Mar 31, 2017 11.94%
Dec 31, 2016 18.95%
Sep 30, 2016 12.60%
Jun 30, 2016 13.16%
Mar 31, 2016 13.76%
Dec 31, 2015 19.59%
Sep 30, 2015 11.98%
Jun 30, 2015 13.15%
Mar 31, 2015 9.27%
Dec 31, 2014 5.50%
Sep 30, 2014 10.06%
Jun 30, 2014 13.10%
Mar 31, 2014 11.17%
Dec 31, 2013 18.67%
Sep 30, 2013 12.29%
Jun 30, 2013 12.27%
Mar 31, 2013 11.68%
Dec 31, 2012 20.06%
Sep 30, 2012 11.52%
Jun 30, 2012 11.37%
Mar 31, 2012 12.07%
Dec 31, 2011 20.19%
Sep 30, 2011 9.52%
Jun 30, 2011 10.50%
Mar 31, 2011 9.75%
Dec 31, 2010 17.32%
Sep 30, 2010 14.24%
Jun 30, 2010 9.42%
Mar 31, 2010 10.47%
Dec 31, 2009 16.39%
Sep 30, 2009 9.60%
Jun 30, 2009 9.81%