Deluxe (DLX) Tax Rate (2009 - 2026)

Deluxe (DLX) posted Tax Rate of 23.18% for Q1 2026, down 45.96% on a QoQ basis from 42.89% in Q4 2025, and down 429.0% year-over-year from 7.04% in Q1 2025.

Deluxe (DLX) Tax Rate (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Deluxe's Tax Rate history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 23.18% for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Tax Rate fell 429.0% year-over-year to 23.18% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 29.01% (down 42.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 30.98%, up 13.0% from the prior year.
  • Tax Rate was 23.18% for Q1 2026 at Deluxe, down from 42.89% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Tax Rate topped out at 57.49% in Q1 2023 and bottomed at 32.23% in Q4 2022.
  • A 5-year average of 26.27% and a median of 28.76% in 2023 frame the typical range for Tax Rate.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Tax Rate slumped 7496 bps — and 2023, when it soared 5499 bps.
  • Deluxe's Tax Rate stood at 32.23% in 2022, then surged by 171 bps to 22.76% in 2023, then fell by 12 bps to 19.93% in 2024, then jumped by 115 bps to 42.89% in 2025, then plunged by 46 bps to 23.18% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows DLX's Tax Rate at 23.18% in Q1 2026, 42.89% in Q4 2025, and 28.48% in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Tax Rate (Qtr)
1 3M 92.08 Bn 88.75 Bn 2.68 Bn 16.34%
2 Honeywell International 77.75 Bn 68.55 Bn 3.65 Bn 20.96%
3 Valmont Industries 9.52 Bn 9.36 Bn 316.88 Mn 14.78%
4 Brookfield Business 6.66 Bn -9.92 Bn 1.31 Bn -38.19%
5 Seaboard 4.48 Bn 3.32 Bn 217.00 Mn 16.08%
6 Otter Tail 3.86 Bn 3.46 Bn 239.49 Mn 6.29%
7 Deluxe 1.21 Bn 1.19 Bn 279.40 Mn 23.18%
8 Tetra Technologies 1.06 Bn 1.03 Bn 38.23 Mn 28.22%
9 Matthews International 889.19 Mn 853.10 Mn 101.98 Mn 22.16%
10 Compass Diversified Holdings 762.89 Mn 702.15 Mn 189.36 Mn -29.72%

Historic Data

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Mar 31, 2026 23.18%
Mar 31, 2026 23.18%
Mar 31, 2026 23.18%
Dec 31, 2025 42.89%
Dec 31, 2025 42.89%
Dec 31, 2025 42.89%
Sep 30, 2025 28.48%
Sep 30, 2025 28.48%
Sep 30, 2025 28.48%
Jun 30, 2025 29.20%
Jun 30, 2025 29.20%
Jun 30, 2025 29.20%
Mar 31, 2025 27.46%
Mar 31, 2025 27.46%
Mar 31, 2025 27.46%
Dec 31, 2024 19.93%
Dec 31, 2024 19.93%
Dec 31, 2024 19.93%
Sep 30, 2024 33.61%
Sep 30, 2024 33.61%