Growth Metrics

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

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DateValue
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%