Growth Metrics

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

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DateValue
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%