Growth Metrics

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

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

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Invested Capital rose 5.0% year-over-year to 0.11%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.11%, up 5.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.11%, 5.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Invested Capital reached 0.11% in Q4 2025 per DLX's latest filing, up from 0.08% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Invested Capital ranged from a high of 0.11% in Q4 2025 to a low of 0.04% in Q1 2022.
  • Average Return on Invested Capital over 5 years is 0.06%, with a median of 0.06% recorded in 2023.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Invested Capital: surged 33bps in 2021, then decreased -7bps in 2022.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Invested Capital shows it stood at 0.04% in 2021, then surged by 52bps to 0.06% in 2022, then fell by -24bps to 0.05% in 2023, then soared by 30bps to 0.06% in 2024, then surged by 83bps to 0.11% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for DLX's Return on Invested Capital are 0.11% (Q4 2025), 0.08% (Q3 2025), and 0.07% (Q2 2025).