Deluxe (DLX) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026)
Deluxe's (DLX) quarterly Operating Expenses came in at $212.7 million in Q1 2026, down 8.67% YoY from $232.9 million in Q1 2025, and down 5.83% on a QoQ basis from $225.9 million in Q4 2025.
Deluxe (DLX) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Deluxe (DLX) has 18 years of Operating Expenses data on file, last reported at $212.7 million in Q1 2026.
- Quarterly Operating Expenses fell 8.67% year-over-year to $212.7 million in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $872.3 million (down 7.48% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at $892.6 million, down 6.81% from the prior year.
- Operating Expenses retreated to $212.7 million in Q1 2026, from $225.9 million in the prior quarter.
- In the past five years, Operating Expenses ranged from a high of $275.9 million in Q1 2022 to a low of $212.7 million in Q1 2026.
- A 5-year average of $244.3 million and a median of $247.4 million in 2023 frame the typical range for Operating Expenses.
- Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Operating Expenses increased 21.7% — and 2025, when it declined 10.78%.
- Tracing DLX's Operating Expenses over 5 years: stood at $256.0 million in 2022, then decreased by 3.39% to $247.4 million in 2023, then declined by 8.54% to $226.2 million in 2024, then declined by 0.16% to $225.9 million in 2025, then declined by 5.83% to $212.7 million in 2026.
- The last three Operating Expenses figures came in at $212.7 million (Q1 2026), $225.9 million (Q4 2025), and $215.3 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.
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| 1 | 3M | 92.62 Bn | 89.29 Bn | 2.68 Bn | 5.52 Bn |
| 2 | Honeywell International | 69.21 Bn | 60.02 Bn | 3.65 Bn | 1.87 Bn |
| 3 | Valmont Industries | 9.35 Bn | 9.21 Bn | 340.82 Mn | 174.71 Mn |
| 4 | Brookfield Business | 5.78 Bn | 1.02 Bn | 1.27 Bn | 289.00 Mn |
| 5 | Pampa Energy | 4.32 Bn | 4.32 Bn | 372,128.00 | -67.96 Bn |
| 6 | Seaboard | 4.18 Bn | 2.97 Bn | 221.00 Mn | 121.00 Mn |
| 7 | Otter Tail | 3.86 Bn | 3.51 Bn | 216.33 Mn | 358.59 Mn |
| 8 | Deluxe | 1.09 Bn | 1.06 Bn | 259.60 Mn | 203.90 Mn |
| 9 | Tetra Technologies | 1.01 Bn | 860.10 Mn | 45.71 Mn | 139.94 Mn |
| 10 | Compass Diversified Holdings | 754.93 Mn | 694.18 Mn | 189.36 Mn | 132.01 Mn |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 203.90 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 212.70 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 225.87 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 215.27 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 218.47 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 232.90 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 226.22 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 238.80 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 244.88 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 247.90 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 247.35 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 256.83 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 269.55 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 260.57 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 256.03 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 259.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 264.81 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 275.94 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 272.17 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 251.59 Mn |