Growth Metrics

Deluxe (DLX) EBT Margin (2016 - 2026)

Deluxe filings provide 17 years of EBT Margin readings, the most recent being 3.91% for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, EBT Margin rose 89.0% to 3.91% in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was 5.58%, a 198.0% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at 5.58%, up 198.0% from a year prior.
  • EBT Margin hit 3.91% in Q4 2025 for Deluxe, down from 8.74% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, EBT Margin ranged from a high of 8.74% in Q3 2025 to a low of 1.7% in Q3 2023.
  • Median EBT Margin over the past 5 years was 3.69% (2022), compared with a mean of 3.9%.
  • The widest YoY moves for EBT Margin: up 2062bps in 2021, down -622bps in 2021.
  • Deluxe's EBT Margin stood at 4.23% in 2021, then dropped by -23bps to 3.25% in 2022, then rose by 11bps to 3.61% in 2023, then fell by -16bps to 3.02% in 2024, then increased by 29bps to 3.91% in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for EBT Margin were 3.91% (Q4 2025), 8.74% (Q3 2025), and 6.08% (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.