Growth Metrics

Deluxe (DLX) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2025)

Deluxe's Return on Capital Employed history spans 16 years, with the latest figure at 0.11% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Capital Employed rose 2.0% year-over-year to 0.11%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.11%, up 2.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.11%, 2.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed reached 0.11% in Q4 2025 per DLX's latest filing, up from 0.11% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 0.11% in Q4 2025 to a low of 0.05% in Q3 2021.
  • Average Return on Capital Employed over 5 years is 0.08%, with a median of 0.07% recorded in 2021.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Capital Employed: increased 29bps in 2021, then dropped -4bps in 2022.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 0.06% in 2021, then rose by 24bps to 0.07% in 2022, then dropped by -1bps to 0.07% in 2023, then grew by 23bps to 0.09% in 2024, then rose by 22bps to 0.11% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for DLX's Return on Capital Employed are 0.11% (Q4 2025), 0.11% (Q3 2025), and 0.09% (Q2 2025).