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

Deluxe's FCF Payout Ratio history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 0.56 for Q1 2026.

• Quarterly FCF Payout Ratio fell 6.08% year-over-year to 0.56 in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 0.31 (down 32.21% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 0.31, down 41.9% from the prior year.
• FCF Payout Ratio was 0.56 for Q1 2026 at Deluxe, 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 3.13 in Q2 2022.
• A 5-year average of 0.3 and a median of 0.38 in 2024 frame the typical range for FCF Payout Ratio.
• Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — FCF Payout Ratio plunged 1063.99% — and 2024, when it soared 637.23%.
• Deluxe's FCF Payout Ratio stood at 0.35 in 2022, then sank by 41.31% to 0.21 in 2023, then jumped by 81.29% to 0.38 in 2024, then tumbled by 54.41% to 0.17 in 2025, then jumped by 227.75% to 0.56 in 2026.
• Business Quant data shows DLX's FCF Payout Ratio at 0.56 in Q1 2026, 0.17 in Q4 2025, and 0.31 in Q3 2025.