Deluxe (DLX) FCF Payout Ratio (2009 - 2026)
Deluxe posted quarterly FCF Payout Ratio of 0.56 for Q1 2026, down 6.08% year-on-year from 0.6 in Q1 2025, and up 227.75% on a QoQ basis from 0.17 in Q4 2025.
Deluxe (DLX) has 18 years of FCF Payout Ratio data on file, last reported 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.
- Across five years, FCF Payout Ratio topped out at 2.27 in Q1 2024 and bottomed at 0.42 in Q1 2023.
- The 5-year median for FCF Payout Ratio is 0.49 (2025), against an average of 0.58.
- The widest annual swing landed in 2023, when FCF Payout Ratio tumbled 142.58%; it then soared 637.23% in 2024.
- A 5-year view of FCF Payout Ratio shows it stood at 0.35 in 2022, then slumped by 41.31% to 0.21 in 2023, then soared by 81.29% to 0.38 in 2024, then plunged by 54.41% to 0.17 in 2025, then soared 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.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | FCF Cover (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Honeywell International | 149.73 Bn | 138.42 Bn | 3.54 Bn | -0.89 |
| 2 | 3M | 79.89 Bn | 75.79 Bn | 2.46 Bn | 1.18 |
| 3 | Valmont Industries | 10.28 Bn | 10.12 Bn | 316.88 Mn | 0.19 |
| 4 | Seaboard | 5.00 Bn | 3.86 Bn | 217.00 Mn | -0.01 |
| 5 | Otter Tail | 3.50 Bn | 3.10 Bn | 239.49 Mn | -0.21 |
| 6 | Tetra Technologies | 1.39 Bn | 1.39 Bn | 38.23 Mn | - |
| 7 | Deluxe | 1.11 Bn | 1.08 Bn | 279.40 Mn | 0.56 |
| 8 | Matthews International | 838.50 Mn | 802.41 Mn | 101.98 Mn | -0.45 |
| 9 | Compass Diversified Holdings | 825.34 Mn | 892.99 Mn | 189.36 Mn | - |
| 10 | Falcon's Beyond Global | 575.98 Mn | 586.01 Mn | - | -0.03 |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | 0.56 |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 0.17 |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 0.31 |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 0.49 |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 0.60 |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 0.38 |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 0.29 |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 1.18 |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 2.27 |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 0.21 |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 0.31 |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 0.56 |
| Mar 31, 2023 | -0.42 |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 0.35 |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 0.57 |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 0.98 |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 0.99 |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 0.39 |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 0.41 |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 0.67 |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 0.72 |
| Dec 31, 2020 | 0.41 |
| Sep 30, 2020 | 0.30 |
| Jun 30, 2020 | 0.18 |
| Mar 31, 2020 | 1.04 |
| Dec 31, 2019 | 0.21 |
| Sep 30, 2019 | 0.15 |
| Jun 30, 2019 | 0.31 |
| Mar 31, 2019 | 0.43 |
| Dec 31, 2018 | 0.14 |
| Sep 30, 2018 | 0.25 |
| Jun 30, 2018 | 0.28 |
| Mar 31, 2018 | 0.22 |
| Dec 31, 2017 | 0.15 |
| Sep 30, 2017 | 0.23 |
| Jun 30, 2017 | 0.22 |
| Mar 31, 2017 | 0.23 |
| Dec 31, 2016 | 0.15 |
| Sep 30, 2016 | 0.21 |
| Jun 30, 2016 | 0.34 |
| Mar 31, 2016 | 0.24 |
| Dec 31, 2015 | 0.19 |
| Sep 30, 2015 | 0.24 |
| Jun 30, 2015 | 0.26 |
| Mar 31, 2015 | 0.22 |
| Dec 31, 2014 | 0.21 |
| Sep 30, 2014 | 0.22 |
| Jun 30, 2014 | 0.34 |
| Mar 31, 2014 | 0.20 |
| Dec 31, 2013 | 0.19 |
| Sep 30, 2013 | 0.18 |
| Jun 30, 2013 | 0.30 |
| Mar 31, 2013 | 0.29 |
| Dec 31, 2012 | 0.22 |
| Sep 30, 2012 | 0.18 |
| Jun 30, 2012 | 0.32 |
| Mar 31, 2012 | 0.30 |
| Dec 31, 2011 | 0.22 |
| Sep 30, 2011 | 0.22 |
| Jun 30, 2011 | 0.40 |
| Mar 31, 2011 | 0.24 |
| Dec 31, 2010 | 0.43 |
| Sep 30, 2010 | 0.14 |
| Jun 30, 2010 | 1.95 |
| Mar 31, 2010 | 0.30 |
| Dec 31, 2009 | 0.27 |
| Sep 30, 2009 | 0.24 |