Growth Metrics

Deluxe (DLX) Tax Rate (2009 - 2026)

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

Deluxe (DLX) has 18 years of Tax Rate data on file, last reported at 23.18% in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Tax Rate fell 429.0% year-over-year to 23.18%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 29.01% (down 42.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 30.98%, up 13.0% from the prior year.
  • Tax Rate for Q1 2026 stood at 23.18%, 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.
  • The 5-year median for Tax Rate is 28.76% (2023), against an average of 26.27%.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Tax Rate sank 7496 bps; it then soared 5499 bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Tax Rate shows it stood at 32.23% in 2022, then jumped by 171 bps to 22.76% in 2023, then declined by 12 bps to 19.93% in 2024, then soared by 115 bps to 42.89% in 2025, then sank by 46 bps to 23.18% in 2026.
  • The last three Tax Rate figures came in at 23.18% (Q1 2026), 42.89% (Q4 2025), and 28.48% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Tax Rate (Qtr)
1 Honeywell International 149.73 Bn 138.42 Bn 3.54 Bn 10.27
2 3M 79.89 Bn 75.79 Bn 2.46 Bn 25.17
3 Valmont Industries 10.28 Bn 10.12 Bn 316.88 Mn 14.78
4 Seaboard 5.00 Bn 3.86 Bn 217.00 Mn 16.08
5 Otter Tail 3.50 Bn 3.10 Bn 239.49 Mn 6.29
6 Tetra Technologies 1.39 Bn 1.39 Bn 38.23 Mn 28.22
7 Deluxe 1.11 Bn 1.08 Bn 279.40 Mn 23.18
8 Matthews International 838.50 Mn 802.41 Mn 101.98 Mn 22.16
9 Compass Diversified Holdings 825.34 Mn 892.99 Mn 189.36 Mn -29.72
10 Falcon's Beyond Global 575.98 Mn 586.01 Mn - 0.34

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 23.18
Mar 31, 2026 23.18
Dec 31, 2025 42.89
Dec 31, 2025 42.89
Sep 30, 2025 28.48
Sep 30, 2025 28.48
Jun 30, 2025 29.20
Jun 30, 2025 29.20
Mar 31, 2025 27.46
Mar 31, 2025 27.46
Dec 31, 2024 19.93
Dec 31, 2024 19.93
Sep 30, 2024 33.61
Sep 30, 2024 33.61
Jun 30, 2024 33.66
Jun 30, 2024 33.66
Mar 31, 2024 33.77
Mar 31, 2024 33.77
Dec 31, 2023 22.76
Dec 31, 2023 22.76
Sep 30, 2023 13.05
Sep 30, 2023 13.05
Jun 30, 2023 28.76
Jun 30, 2023 28.76
Mar 31, 2023 57.49
Mar 31, 2023 57.49
Dec 31, 2022 -32.23
Dec 31, 2022 -32.23
Sep 30, 2022 29.34
Sep 30, 2022 29.34
Jun 30, 2022 32.27
Jun 30, 2022 32.27
Mar 31, 2022 22.92
Mar 31, 2022 22.92
Dec 31, 2021 42.73
Dec 31, 2021 42.73
Sep 30, 2021 27.29
Sep 30, 2021 27.29
Jun 30, 2021 36.06
Jun 30, 2021 36.06
Mar 31, 2021 27.42
Mar 31, 2021 27.42
Dec 31, 2020 23.81
Dec 31, 2020 23.81
Sep 30, 2020 29.12
Sep 30, 2020 29.12
Jun 30, 2020 25.43
Jun 30, 2020 25.43
Mar 31, 2020 0.33
Mar 31, 2020 0.33
Dec 31, 2019 31.29
Dec 31, 2019 31.29
Sep 30, 2019 1.79
Sep 30, 2019 1.79
Jun 30, 2019 27.20
Jun 30, 2019 27.20
Mar 31, 2019 26.76
Mar 31, 2019 26.76
Dec 31, 2018 20.88
Dec 31, 2018 20.88
Sep 30, 2018 -40.20
Sep 30, 2018 -40.20
Jun 30, 2018 23.91
Jun 30, 2018 23.91
Mar 31, 2018 24.07
Mar 31, 2018 24.07
Dec 31, 2017 9.72
Dec 31, 2017 9.72
Sep 30, 2017 41.16
Sep 30, 2017 41.16
Jun 30, 2017 32.92
Jun 30, 2017 32.92
Mar 31, 2017 29.75
Mar 31, 2017 29.75
Dec 31, 2016 30.87
Dec 31, 2016 30.87
Sep 30, 2016 33.47
Sep 30, 2016 33.47
Jun 30, 2016 32.27
Jun 30, 2016 32.27
Mar 31, 2016 33.64
Mar 31, 2016 33.64
Dec 31, 2015 30.95
Dec 31, 2015 30.95
Sep 30, 2015 33.74
Sep 30, 2015 33.74
Jun 30, 2015 34.26
Jun 30, 2015 34.26
Mar 31, 2015 34.64
Mar 31, 2015 34.64
Dec 31, 2014 29.78
Dec 31, 2014 29.78
Sep 30, 2014 34.15
Sep 30, 2014 34.15
Jun 30, 2014 33.93
Jun 30, 2014 33.93
Mar 31, 2014 33.68
Mar 31, 2014 33.68
Dec 31, 2013 33.55
Dec 31, 2013 33.55
Sep 30, 2013 33.58
Sep 30, 2013 33.58
Jun 30, 2013 34.07
Jun 30, 2013 34.07
Mar 31, 2013 33.13
Mar 31, 2013 33.13
Dec 31, 2012 29.95
Dec 31, 2012 29.95
Sep 30, 2012 31.92
Sep 30, 2012 31.92
Jun 30, 2012 32.42
Jun 30, 2012 32.42
Mar 31, 2012 33.58
Mar 31, 2012 33.58
Dec 31, 2011 35.89
Dec 31, 2011 35.89
Sep 30, 2011 31.35
Sep 30, 2011 31.35
Jun 30, 2011 31.60
Jun 30, 2011 31.60
Mar 31, 2011 32.98
Mar 31, 2011 32.98
Dec 31, 2010 29.69
Dec 31, 2010 29.69
Sep 30, 2010 34.13
Sep 30, 2010 34.13
Jun 30, 2010 33.66
Jun 30, 2010 33.66
Dec 31, 2009 5.78
Dec 31, 2009 5.78
Sep 30, 2009 33.94
Sep 30, 2009 33.94
Jun 30, 2009 33.33
Jun 30, 2009 33.33