Deluxe (DLX) FCF Payout Ratio (2009 - 2026)

Deluxe has reported FCF Payout Ratio for 18 years, with the latest figure at 0.56 in Q1 2026.

• For the quarter ending Q1 2026, FCF Payout Ratio fell 6.08% year-over-year to 0.56; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 0.31 (down 32.21% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 0.31, down 41.9% from the prior year.
• FCF Payout Ratio for Q1 2026 stood at 0.56, up from 0.17 in the prior quarter.
• The five-year high for FCF Payout Ratio was 2.27 in Q1 2024, with the low at 0.42 in Q1 2023.
• Historically, FCF Payout Ratio has averaged 0.58 across 5 years, with a median of 0.49 in 2025.
• Annual changes were most pronounced in 2023 — FCF Payout Ratio sank 142.58% — and 2024, when it soared 637.23%.
• Deluxe's FCF Payout Ratio stood at 0.35 in 2022, then tumbled by 41.31% to 0.21 in 2023, then surged by 81.29% to 0.38 in 2024, then sank by 54.41% to 0.17 in 2025, then surged by 227.75% to 0.56 in 2026.
• The last three FCF Payout Ratio figures came in at 0.56 (Q1 2026), 0.17 (Q4 2025), and 0.31 (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.