Deluxe (DLX) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2026)
Deluxe's (DLX) quarterly Return on Capital Employed came in at 10.82% in Q1 2026, up 231.0% YoY from 3.27% in Q1 2025, and down 3.09% on a QoQ basis from 11.16% in Q4 2025.
Deluxe (DLX) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Deluxe (DLX) has 17 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 10.82% in Q1 2026.
- Quarterly Return on Capital Employed rose 231.0% year-over-year to 10.82% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 10.82% (up 231.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 10.54%, up 230.0% from the prior year.
- Return on Capital Employed eased to 10.82% in Q1 2026, from 11.16% in the prior quarter.
- In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 11.16% in Q4 2025 to a low of 5.59% in Q1 2022.
- A 5-year average of 8.15% and a median of 7.48% in 2022 frame the typical range for Return on Capital Employed.
- Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Return on Capital Employed sank 407 bps — and 2026, when it surged 231 bps.
- Tracing DLX's Return on Capital Employed over 5 years: stood at 7.48% in 2022, then slipped by 1 bps to 7.43% in 2023, then increased by 23 bps to 9.15% in 2024, then grew by 22 bps to 11.16% in 2025, then fell by 3 bps to 10.82% in 2026.
- The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 10.82% (Q1 2026), 11.16% (Q4 2025), and 10.74% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.
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Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 11.18% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 10.82% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 11.16% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 10.74% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 9.03% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 8.50% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 9.15% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 8.84% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 7.68% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 6.95% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 7.43% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 6.70% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 7.42% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 7.11% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 7.48% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 7.09% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 6.78% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 5.59% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 6.03% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 5.48% |