Growth Metrics

Deluxe (DLX) Operating Margin (2016 - 2025)

Deluxe's Operating Margin history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at 8.91% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Operating Margin fell 13.0% year-over-year to 8.91%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 10.89%, up 184.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 10.89%, 184.0% up from the prior year.
  • Operating Margin reached 8.91% in Q4 2025 per DLX's latest filing, down from 14.04% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Operating Margin ranged from a high of 14.04% in Q3 2025 to a low of 4.01% in Q3 2023.
  • Average Operating Margin over 5 years is 8.37%, with a median of 8.21% recorded in 2021.
  • Peak YoY movement for Operating Margin: soared 2066bps in 2021, then tumbled -349bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Operating Margin shows it stood at 7.6% in 2021, then grew by 6bps to 8.05% in 2022, then rose by 18bps to 9.48% in 2023, then decreased by -5bps to 9.05% in 2024, then decreased by -1bps to 8.91% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for DLX's Operating Margin are 8.91% (Q4 2025), 14.04% (Q3 2025), and 11.66% (Q2 2025).