Deluxe (DLX) EBT Margin (2009 - 2026)
Deluxe posted quarterly EBT Margin of 8.66% for Q1 2026, up 506.0% year-on-year from 1.43% in Q1 2025, and up 121.24% on a QoQ basis from 3.91% in Q4 2025.
Deluxe (DLX) has 18 years of EBT Margin data on file, last reported at 8.66% in Q1 2026.
- For the quarter ending Q1 2026, EBT Margin rose 506.0% year-over-year to 8.66%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 6.86% (up 312.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 5.58%, up 198.0% from the prior year.
- EBT Margin for Q1 2026 stood at 8.66%, up from 3.91% in the prior quarter.
- Across five years, EBT Margin topped out at 8.74% in Q3 2025 and bottomed at 1.7% in Q3 2023.
- The 5-year median for EBT Margin is 3.61% (2023), against an average of 3.97%.
- The widest annual swing landed in 2023, when EBT Margin plunged 546 bps; it then soared 618 bps in 2025.
- A 5-year view of EBT Margin shows it stood at 3.25% in 2022, then increased by 11 bps to 3.61% in 2023, then declined by 16 bps to 3.02% in 2024, then advanced by 29 bps to 3.91% in 2025, then jumped by 121 bps to 8.66% in 2026.
- The last three EBT Margin figures came in at 8.66% (Q1 2026), 3.91% (Q4 2025), and 8.74% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | EBT Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Honeywell International | 149.73 Bn | 138.42 Bn | 3.54 Bn | 9.69% |
| 2 | 3M | 79.89 Bn | 75.79 Bn | 2.46 Bn | 14.56% |
| 3 | Valmont Industries | 10.28 Bn | 10.12 Bn | 316.88 Mn | 14.10% |
| 4 | Seaboard | 5.00 Bn | 3.86 Bn | 217.00 Mn | 5.96% |
| 5 | Otter Tail | 3.50 Bn | 3.10 Bn | 239.49 Mn | 22.33% |
| 6 | Tetra Technologies | 1.39 Bn | 1.39 Bn | 38.23 Mn | 7.42% |
| 7 | Deluxe | 1.11 Bn | 1.08 Bn | 279.40 Mn | 8.66% |
| 8 | Matthews International | 838.50 Mn | 802.41 Mn | 101.98 Mn | -10.85% |
| 9 | Compass Diversified Holdings | 825.34 Mn | 892.99 Mn | 189.36 Mn | -5.57% |
| 10 | Falcon's Beyond Global | 575.98 Mn | 586.01 Mn | - | -4.51% |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | 8.66% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 3.91% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 8.74% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 6.08% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 3.60% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 3.02% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 2.56% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 5.75% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 3.06% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 3.61% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | -1.70% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 4.03% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 1.20% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 3.25% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 3.76% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 5.80% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 2.26% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 4.23% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 3.23% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 3.97% |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 7.60% |
| Dec 31, 2020 | 7.14% |
| Sep 30, 2020 | 9.45% |
| Jun 30, 2020 | 4.86% |
| Mar 31, 2020 | -13.02% |
| Dec 31, 2019 | 5.84% |
| Sep 30, 2019 | -70.34% |
| Jun 30, 2019 | 9.06% |
| Mar 31, 2019 | 11.27% |
| Dec 31, 2018 | 13.77% |
| Sep 30, 2018 | -4.50% |
| Jun 30, 2018 | 16.21% |
| Mar 31, 2018 | 16.96% |
| Dec 31, 2017 | 18.96% |
| Sep 30, 2017 | 9.84% |
| Jun 30, 2017 | 18.30% |
| Mar 31, 2017 | 16.65% |
| Dec 31, 2016 | 16.34% |
| Sep 30, 2016 | 19.21% |
| Jun 30, 2016 | 19.13% |
| Mar 31, 2016 | 19.06% |
| Dec 31, 2015 | 18.66% |
| Sep 30, 2015 | 19.53% |
| Jun 30, 2015 | 19.57% |
| Mar 31, 2015 | 16.21% |
| Dec 31, 2014 | 18.41% |
| Sep 30, 2014 | 16.33% |
| Jun 30, 2014 | 18.70% |
| Mar 31, 2014 | 17.54% |
| Dec 31, 2013 | 16.47% |
| Sep 30, 2013 | 17.74% |
| Jun 30, 2013 | 19.15% |
| Mar 31, 2013 | 17.70% |
| Dec 31, 2012 | 15.71% |
| Sep 30, 2012 | 16.11% |
| Jun 30, 2012 | 16.86% |
| Mar 31, 2012 | 17.56% |
| Dec 31, 2011 | 16.96% |
| Sep 30, 2011 | 15.07% |
| Jun 30, 2011 | 14.98% |
| Mar 31, 2011 | 13.89% |
| Dec 31, 2010 | 14.09% |
| Sep 30, 2010 | 21.13% |
| Jun 30, 2010 | 14.56% |
| Mar 31, 2010 | 64.68% |
| Dec 31, 2009 | 13.28% |
| Sep 30, 2009 | 13.01% |
| Jun 30, 2009 | 12.55% |