Deluxe (DLX) Return on Invested Capital (2012 - 2026)

Deluxe (DLX) posted Return on Invested Capital of 0.02% for Q1 2026, up 33.56% on a QoQ basis from 0.01% in Q4 2025, and up 1.0% year-over-year from 0.02% in Q1 2025.

Deluxe (DLX) Return on Invested Capital (2012 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Deluxe's Return on Invested Capital history runs 15 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 0.02% for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Return on Invested Capital rose 1.0% year-over-year to 0.02% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 0.02% (up 1.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 0.06%, up 4.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Invested Capital was 0.02% for Q1 2026 at Deluxe, up from 0.01% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Invested Capital topped out at 0.02% in Q1 2026 and bottomed at 0.0% in Q4 2023.
  • A 5-year average of 0.01% and a median of 0.01% in 2022 frame the typical range for Return on Invested Capital.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Return on Invested Capital sank 172 bps — and 2026, when it grew 1 bps.
  • Deluxe's Return on Invested Capital stood at 0.01% in 2022, then plunged by 48 bps to 0.0% in 2023, then jumped by 109 bps to 0.01% in 2024, then surged by 73 bps to 0.01% in 2025, then soared by 34 bps to 0.02% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows DLX's Return on Invested Capital at 0.02% in Q1 2026, 0.01% in Q4 2025, and 0.01% in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROIC (Qtr)
1 3M 88.13 Bn 84.85 Bn 2.68 Bn 0.01%
2 Honeywell International 78.15 Bn 66.84 Bn 3.65 Bn 0.00%
3 Valmont Industries 9.52 Bn 9.36 Bn 316.88 Mn 1.70%
4 Brookfield Business 6.56 Bn 5.50 Bn 1.31 Bn 0.00%
5 Seaboard 4.44 Bn 3.30 Bn 217.00 Mn 0.00%
6 Otter Tail 3.87 Bn 3.47 Bn 239.49 Mn 0.00%
7 Tetra Technologies 1.18 Bn 1.14 Bn 38.23 Mn -0.01%
8 Deluxe 1.16 Bn 1.13 Bn 279.40 Mn 0.02%
9 Matthews International 843.71 Mn 807.63 Mn 101.98 Mn 0.00%
10 Compass Diversified Holdings 745.59 Mn 813.24 Mn 189.36 Mn 0.00%

Historic Data

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Mar 31, 2026 0.02%
Dec 31, 2025 0.01%
Sep 30, 2025 0.01%
Jun 30, 2025 0.01%
Mar 31, 2025 0.01%
Dec 31, 2024 0.01%
Sep 30, 2024 0.01%
Jun 30, 2024 0.00%
Mar 31, 2024 0.00%
Dec 31, 2023 0.00%
Sep 30, 2023 0.00%
Jun 30, 2023 0.01%
Mar 31, 2023 0.01%
Dec 31, 2022 0.01%
Sep 30, 2022 0.01%
Jun 30, 2022 0.01%
Mar 31, 2022 0.01%
Dec 31, 2021 0.01%
Sep 30, 2021 0.01%
Jun 30, 2021 0.04%