Growth Metrics

Deluxe (DLX) FCF Payout Ratio (2016 - 2026)

Deluxe filings provide 17 years of FCF Payout Ratio readings, the most recent being 0.17 for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, FCF Payout Ratio fell 54.41% to 0.17 in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was 0.31, a 41.9% decrease, with the full-year FY2025 number at 0.31, down 41.9% from a year prior.
  • FCF Payout Ratio hit 0.17 in Q4 2025 for Deluxe, down from 0.31 in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, FCF Payout Ratio ranged from a high of 2.27 in Q1 2024 to a low of 0.42 in Q1 2023.
  • Median FCF Payout Ratio over the past 5 years was 0.45 (2021), compared with a mean of 0.57.
  • Biggest five-year swings in FCF Payout Ratio: plummeted 142.58% in 2023 and later surged 637.23% in 2024.
  • Deluxe's FCF Payout Ratio stood at 0.39 in 2021, then decreased by 8.77% to 0.35 in 2022, then crashed by 41.31% to 0.21 in 2023, then skyrocketed by 81.29% to 0.38 in 2024, then crashed by 54.41% to 0.17 in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for FCF Payout Ratio were 0.17 (Q4 2025), 0.31 (Q3 2025), and 0.49 (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.