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Deluxe

Provides checks, merchant payments, B2B payment workflows, data services, and business print.

$23.64
After-hours close+0.01 (+0.04%)
At close$23.63(+0.21%)
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Deluxe CorporationDLXIndustrials

Provides checks, merchant payment acceptance, B2B payment workflows, data-driven marketing, and business print services, with most revenue still tied to Print. Customers are primarily North American small and midsize businesses, financial institutions, and large consumer brands.

Supplies payment and business-service tools rooted in a check-printing base. Merchant Services handles card and other payment acceptance, B2B Payments covers lockbox, remote deposit, disbursement, and fraud services, Data Solutions provides analytics and marketing support, and Print includes checks, forms, promotional products, apparel, and digital storefronts.

Serves small and midsize businesses, financial institutions, and large consumer brands, primarily across North America. The operating model uses One Deluxe go-to-market work and Print cash flow, brand, and relationships to fund payments and data growth.

The business still depends structurally on Print cash generation, secular check-volume decline, acquisition integration, payment-processing competition, and financial-institution demand for data-driven marketing.

Company facts

CEOBarry C. McCarthy
ListedMar 17, 1980
ExchangeNYSE
HeadquartersMinneapolis, MN
CountryUnited States
Employees4,571
CIK0000027996
ISINUS2480191012

Key statistics

Market cap$1.08B
EPS (ttm)$2.25
P/E (ttm)10.51
ROE14.6%
P/B1.56
P/S0.5122
Dividend yield5.08%
Beta0.31vs XLI 0.34

Year to date +6.5% · Average volume (30d) 415.9K

Analysts

Price target, next 12 months$27.00+14.2%Median of 6 analysts · vs the Aug 28 close
ConsensusBuy4 of 6 analysts rate it buy or better

Ratings

Target range

Latest analyst notes

No analyst notes in the last 24 months.

Earnings

EPS

Estimate$0.99
ReportedDue Nov 4, 2026

Revenue

Estimate$532.2M
ReportedDue Nov 4, 2026

History

Report dateEPS estEPSSurpriseRevenue estRevenueSurpriseNext session
Aug 5, 2026Q2 FY26$0.81$0.87+7.0%$486.3M$499.3M+2.7%−1.99%
May 6, 2026Q1 FY26$0.91$1.05+15.4%$535.0M$538.1M+0.6%+2.33%
Jan 28, 2026Q4 FY25$0.82$0.96+17.1%$517.4M$535.3M+3.5%+13.47%
Nov 5, 2025Q3 FY25$0.92$1.09+18.5%$517.4M$540.2M+4.4%+14.07%
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Financial highlights

12 quartersQ1 FY25Q2 FY25Q3 FY25Q4 FY25Q1 FY26Q2 FY26
Revenue$536.5M$521.3M$540.2M$535.3M$538.1M$499.3M
Gross profit$281.8M$279.5M$291.1M$279.5M$279.7M$259.6M
Operating income$56.5M$65.0M$78.8M$58.2M$70.4M$55.7M
Net income$14.0M$22.4M$33.7M$12.0M$35.8M$19.1M
Diluted EPS$0.31$0.50$0.74$0.33$0.77$0.41
Gross margin52.5%53.6%53.9%52.2%52.0%52.0%
Operating margin10.5%12.5%14.6%10.9%13.1%11.2%

Fiscal years (4-quarter sums)FY21 $2.02B · FY22 $2.24B · FY23 $2.19B · FY24 $2.12B · FY25 $2.13B

Revenue by product · Q2 FY26

Checks Revenue$165.5M · 36%
Merchant Services Revenue$107.6M · 23%
Data-Driven Marketing Solutions$77.7M · 17%
Treasury Management Solutions$57.1M · 12%
Forms And Other Products$39.4M · 8%
Other Payment Solutions Member$16.4M · 4%

Balance sheet, Jun 30, 2026Cash & short-term investments $34.9M · Total debt $1.46B · Total assets $2.56B · Shareholders' equity $707.5M

Dividends

Next ex-date
Nov 18, 2026
estimated · in 81 days
Annual dividend
$1.20
per share
Dividend yield
5.08%
Schedule
Quarterly
4 payments a year

Raised for 18 straight years. To collect a payout, hold shares through the close before the ex-date.

History

Ex-dateRecordPaidAmountNote
Aug 18, 2026Aug 18Sep 1$0.30
May 19, 2026May 19Jun 2$0.30
Feb 9, 2026Feb 9Feb 23$0.30
Nov 17, 2025Nov 17Dec 1$0.30
Aug 18, 2025Aug 18Sep 2$0.30
May 19, 2025May 19Jun 2$0.30
Feb 18, 2025Feb 18Mar 3$0.30
Nov 19, 2024Nov 19Dec 2$0.30
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Ownership

Institutions 92.44%42.32M sharesInsiders 2.97%1.36M sharesOther 4.59%2.10M shares

Shares outstanding 45.78M · Float 44.29M · 96.8% free float

Top shareholders13F · 13D/G · Form 4

HolderShares% outstandingFormFiled
BlackRock, Inc.6.97M15.23%13FAug 7, 2026
State Street Corp2.86M6.25%13FAug 7, 2026
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP2.85M6.22%13FAug 11, 2026
Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC2.64M5.77%13FAug 13, 2026
Vanguard Capital Management2.30M5.02%13GJul 31, 2026

Insider tradesForm 4

DateInsiderRoleSharesAvg price
Dec 10, 2025William C. Zintofficer: SVP, Chief Financial Officer+175$21.44
Sep 10, 2025William C. Zintofficer: SVP, Chief Financial Officer+175$19.13
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Peers

  • Ennis

    Public print peer in business forms and financial documents

  • Global Payments

    Merchant-payments scale rival for SMB and mid-market acceptance

  • FIS

    Banking and enterprise payments infrastructure competitor

  • Cimpress

    Vista-led competitor in customized print and promo products

  • Jack Henry & Associates

    Community-bank technology peer in payments and treasury

CompareAfter-hours close

CompanyPriceChange
Deluxe$23.64+0.04%$1.08B10.56.00.5−4.2%
Ennis$21.52+0.05%$544.4M12.91.4+1.4%
Global Payments$91.82+0.02%$22.79B6.22.2+61.5%
FIS$41.31−0.33%$21.42B6.36.51.7+29.1%
Cimpress$89.28−0.06%$2.16B23.717.70.6+8.7%
Jack Henry & Associates$169.73−0.01%$12.06B24.423.14.8+4.7%
Median18.312.11.7+8.7%