Growth Metrics

Deluxe (DLX) FCF Margin (2009 - 2026)

Deluxe posted quarterly FCF Margin of 5.07% for Q1 2026, up 54.0% year-on-year from 3.29% in Q1 2025, and down 65.77% on a QoQ basis from 14.82% in Q4 2025.

Deluxe (DLX) has 18 years of FCF Margin data on file, last reported at 5.07% in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, FCF Margin rose 54.0% year-over-year to 5.07%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 8.35% (up 279.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 8.22%, up 350.0% from the prior year.
  • FCF Margin for Q1 2026 stood at 5.07%, down from 14.82% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, FCF Margin topped out at 14.82% in Q4 2025 and bottomed at 5.91% in Q1 2023.
  • The 5-year median for FCF Margin is 5.07% (2026), against an average of 5.32%.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2023, when FCF Margin slumped 832 bps; it then surged 797 bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of FCF Margin shows it stood at 6.55% in 2022, then surged by 81 bps to 11.84% in 2023, then sank by 42 bps to 6.85% in 2024, then soared by 116 bps to 14.82% in 2025, then tumbled by 66 bps to 5.07% in 2026.
  • The last three FCF Margin figures came in at 5.07% (Q1 2026), 14.82% (Q4 2025), and 8.12% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Margin (Qtr)
1 Honeywell International 149.73 Bn 138.42 Bn 3.54 Bn -9.55%
2 3M 79.89 Bn 75.79 Bn 2.46 Bn 5.79%
3 Valmont Industries 10.28 Bn 10.12 Bn 316.88 Mn 6.70%
4 Seaboard 5.00 Bn 3.86 Bn 217.00 Mn -6.25%
5 Otter Tail 3.50 Bn 3.10 Bn 239.49 Mn -33.04%
6 Tetra Technologies 1.39 Bn 1.39 Bn 38.23 Mn -19.76%
7 Deluxe 1.11 Bn 1.08 Bn 279.40 Mn 5.07%
8 Matthews International 838.50 Mn 802.41 Mn 101.98 Mn -7.53%
9 Compass Diversified Holdings 825.34 Mn 892.99 Mn 189.36 Mn 4.41%
10 Falcon's Beyond Global 575.98 Mn 586.01 Mn - -65.95%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 5.07%
Dec 31, 2025 14.82%
Sep 30, 2025 8.12%
Jun 30, 2025 5.34%
Mar 31, 2025 4.53%
Dec 31, 2024 6.85%
Sep 30, 2024 8.85%
Jun 30, 2024 2.13%
Mar 31, 2024 1.15%
Dec 31, 2023 11.84%
Sep 30, 2023 7.93%
Jun 30, 2023 4.14%
Mar 31, 2023 -5.91%
Dec 31, 2022 6.55%
Sep 30, 2022 4.15%
Jun 30, 2022 2.40%
Mar 31, 2022 2.41%
Dec 31, 2021 5.88%
Sep 30, 2021 5.82%
Jun 30, 2021 4.03%
Mar 31, 2021 4.06%
Dec 31, 2020 6.78%
Sep 30, 2020 9.45%
Jun 30, 2020 17.15%
Mar 31, 2020 2.51%
Dec 31, 2019 11.82%
Sep 30, 2019 17.34%
Jun 30, 2019 8.50%
Mar 31, 2019 6.17%
Dec 31, 2018 19.16%
Sep 30, 2018 11.69%
Jun 30, 2018 10.68%
Mar 31, 2018 13.57%
Dec 31, 2017 20.09%
Sep 30, 2017 12.61%
Jun 30, 2017 13.49%
Mar 31, 2017 12.98%
Dec 31, 2016 20.16%
Sep 30, 2016 15.21%
Jun 30, 2016 9.68%
Mar 31, 2016 13.60%
Dec 31, 2015 16.56%
Sep 30, 2015 14.10%
Jun 30, 2015 13.44%
Mar 31, 2015 15.92%
Dec 31, 2014 15.67%
Sep 30, 2014 16.39%
Jun 30, 2014 10.76%
Mar 31, 2014 15.33%
Dec 31, 2013 16.00%
Sep 30, 2013 18.00%
Jun 30, 2013 11.11%
Mar 31, 2013 11.14%
Dec 31, 2012 14.78%
Sep 30, 2012 18.24%
Jun 30, 2012 10.67%
Mar 31, 2012 11.38%
Dec 31, 2011 15.51%
Sep 30, 2011 16.37%
Jun 30, 2011 9.32%
Mar 31, 2011 15.04%
Dec 31, 2010 8.48%
Sep 30, 2010 24.32%
Jun 30, 2010 1.89%
Mar 31, 2010 12.80%
Dec 31, 2009 13.80%
Sep 30, 2009 15.97%