Growth Metrics

Deluxe (DLX) Operating Margin (2016 - 2025)

Deluxe (DLX) has disclosed Operating Margin for 17 consecutive years, with 8.91% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • For the quarter ending Q4 2025, Operating Margin fell 13.0% year-over-year to 8.91%, compared with a TTM value of 10.89% through Dec 2025, up 184.0%, and an annual FY2025 reading of 10.89%, up 184.0% over the prior year.
  • Operating Margin was 8.91% for Q4 2025 at Deluxe, down from 14.04% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Operating Margin topped out at 14.04% in Q3 2025 and bottomed at 4.01% in Q3 2023.
  • Average Operating Margin over 5 years is 8.37%, with a median of 8.21% recorded in 2021.
  • The sharpest move saw Operating Margin soared 2066bps in 2021, then tumbled -349bps in 2023.
  • Year by year, Operating Margin stood at 7.6% in 2021, then grew by 6bps to 8.05% in 2022, then grew by 18bps to 9.48% in 2023, then fell by -5bps to 9.05% in 2024, then decreased by -1bps to 8.91% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Operating Margin for DLX at 8.91% in Q4 2025, 14.04% in Q3 2025, and 11.66% in Q2 2025.