Deluxe (DLX) Gross Margin (2009 - 2026)
Deluxe posted quarterly Gross Margin of 51.92% for Q1 2026, down 46.0% year-on-year from 96.15% in Q1 2025, and little changed on a QoQ basis from 52.18% in Q4 2025.
Deluxe (DLX) has 18 years of Gross Margin data on file, last reported at 51.92% in Q1 2026.
- For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Gross Margin fell 46.0% year-over-year to 51.92%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 52.89% (down 5.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 53.0%, down 8.0% from the prior year.
- Gross Margin for Q1 2026 stood at 51.92%, roughly flat from 52.18% in the prior quarter.
- Across five years, Gross Margin topped out at 55.18% in Q1 2022 and bottomed at 51.92% in Q1 2026.
- The 5-year median for Gross Margin is 53.08% (2022), against an average of 53.17%.
- The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Gross Margin tumbled 436 bps; it then surged 92 bps in 2024.
- A 5-year view of Gross Margin shows it stood at 53.44% in 2022, then fell by 1 bps to 52.76% in 2023, then fell by 1 bps to 52.3% in 2024, then retreated by 0 bps to 52.18% in 2025, then declined by 0 bps to 51.92% in 2026.
- The last three Gross Margin figures came in at 51.92% (Q1 2026), 52.18% (Q4 2025), and 53.88% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Gross Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Honeywell International | 149.73 Bn | 138.42 Bn | 3.54 Bn | 38.71% |
| 2 | 3M | 79.89 Bn | 75.79 Bn | 2.46 Bn | 40.73% |
| 3 | Valmont Industries | 10.28 Bn | 10.12 Bn | 316.88 Mn | 30.79% |
| 4 | Seaboard | 5.00 Bn | 3.86 Bn | 217.00 Mn | 9.04% |
| 5 | Otter Tail | 3.50 Bn | 3.10 Bn | 239.49 Mn | 69.01% |
| 6 | Tetra Technologies | 1.39 Bn | 1.39 Bn | 38.23 Mn | 24.46% |
| 7 | Deluxe | 1.11 Bn | 1.08 Bn | 279.40 Mn | 51.92% |
| 8 | Matthews International | 838.50 Mn | 802.41 Mn | 101.98 Mn | 39.43% |
| 9 | Compass Diversified Holdings | 825.34 Mn | 892.99 Mn | 189.36 Mn | 44.36% |
| 10 | Falcon's Beyond Global | 575.98 Mn | 586.01 Mn | - | - |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | 51.92% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 52.18% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 53.88% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 53.57% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 52.39% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 52.30% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 53.34% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 53.70% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 53.00% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 52.76% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 52.56% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 52.78% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 54.04% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 53.44% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 53.84% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 53.08% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 55.18% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 55.30% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 54.12% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 56.80% |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 59.55% |
| Dec 31, 2020 | 57.76% |
| Sep 30, 2020 | 60.30% |
| Jun 30, 2020 | 60.46% |
| Mar 31, 2020 | 58.46% |
| Dec 31, 2019 | 60.34% |
| Sep 30, 2019 | 58.73% |
| Jun 30, 2019 | 59.00% |
| Mar 31, 2019 | 60.00% |
| Dec 31, 2018 | 58.99% |
| Sep 30, 2018 | 59.93% |
| Jun 30, 2018 | 61.04% |
| Mar 31, 2018 | 61.63% |
| Dec 31, 2017 | 61.41% |
| Sep 30, 2017 | 61.20% |
| Jun 30, 2017 | 63.03% |
| Mar 31, 2017 | 63.24% |
| Dec 31, 2016 | 63.18% |
| Sep 30, 2016 | 63.77% |
| Jun 30, 2016 | 64.53% |
| Mar 31, 2016 | 64.23% |
| Dec 31, 2015 | 63.05% |
| Sep 30, 2015 | 63.78% |
| Jun 30, 2015 | 64.22% |
| Mar 31, 2015 | 64.79% |
| Dec 31, 2014 | 63.14% |
| Sep 30, 2014 | 63.66% |
| Jun 30, 2014 | 64.01% |
| Mar 31, 2014 | 64.39% |
| Dec 31, 2013 | 63.60% |
| Sep 30, 2013 | 64.27% |
| Jun 30, 2013 | 64.99% |
| Mar 31, 2013 | 65.61% |
| Dec 31, 2012 | 64.50% |
| Sep 30, 2012 | 65.19% |
| Jun 30, 2012 | 65.61% |
| Mar 31, 2012 | 66.27% |
| Dec 31, 2011 | 64.55% |
| Sep 30, 2011 | 65.47% |
| Jun 30, 2011 | 65.15% |
| Mar 31, 2011 | 65.64% |
| Dec 31, 2010 | 63.96% |
| Sep 30, 2010 | 66.97% |
| Jun 30, 2010 | 64.96% |
| Mar 31, 2010 | 64.68% |
| Dec 31, 2009 | 62.78% |
| Sep 30, 2009 | 63.31% |
| Jun 30, 2009 | 61.77% |