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DELUXE CORP (DLX)

As-reported financials and SEC filings for DELUXE CORP. The latest annual period is FY2025. The latest reported quarter is Q2 FY2026. Financial statements come straight from the company’s EDGAR filings; valuation figures such as P/E and market cap use market data.

About DELUXE CORP

Deluxe Corporation provides payment processing and data-driven marketing solutions primarily for small and medium-sized businesses, financial institutions, and large consumer brands in North America. Its main services include merchant payment solutions for in-store, online, and mobile transactions, automated treasury management and payment reconciliation tools, and data analytics for marketing. Deluxe also offers printed business and personal checks, business forms, and promotional products.

Snapshot

Revenue
$2.13B
Revenue growth (YoY)
0.5%
Net income
$82.1M
Diluted EPS
$1.80
Gross margin
53.0%
Operating margin
10.9%
Net margin
3.8%
FCF margin
8.2%
ROE
12.1%
net income / fiscal-year-end equity
P/E
10.8×
trailing when available, otherwise FY EPS
Market cap
$1.08B
Long-term debt / equity
2.08×
non-current term debt only

Fundamentals are from SEC filings for FY2025, the latest annual period (ended December 31, 2025). P/E and market cap are derived from stored market prices, last retrieved on a rolling basis and typically within the past week.

What changed at Deluxe

  • Revenue grew 0.5% to $2.1B in FY2025, after a 3.2% decline the year before.
  • Operating margin is 10.9% in FY2025, +3.9 pp against 7.0% in FY2021.
  • Most recent quarter Q2 FY2026: revenue $499M, down 4.2% from Q2 FY2025.
  • Free cash flow was $175M in FY2025, 8.2% of revenue.
  • Net income rose 55.5% to $82M in FY2025.

Computed from the as-reported figures in the statements below. A change we cannot state from filed figures is left out rather than estimated.

Peer comparison

Where Deluxe’s fundamentals sit among the 216 Communication Services companies. Each figure is ranked only against peers that report it, from lowest (left) to highest (right).

Gross margin53.0%
65th percentile of 105
Operating margin10.9%
74th percentile of 185
Net margin3.8%
65th percentile of 191
FCF margin8.2%
59th percentile of 164
Revenue growth (YoY)+0.5%
39th percentile of 209
ROE12.1%
74th percentile of 165
P/E10.8×
20th percentile of 95
Long-term debt / equity2.08×
77th percentile of 101
Short interest7.87d
84th percentile of 216

No reported insider transactions (codes P/S) in the last 90 days. For context, about 15% of companies in the universe saw any reported insider purchase (code P) in the same window. Browse insider activity →

Percentiles describe where a figure sits among sector peers reporting it (100th = highest). They are position within a peer group, not a rating, and not investment advice. Short interest ranking uses days to cover from FINRA Consolidated Short Interest data; FINRA is the owner and source of that data, included at no additional charge.

Institutional ownership

Held by 1 of the superinvestors we track (plus 3 quant / multi-strat books), based on each investor’s most recent 13F; periods vary by investor (newest: Q2 2026).

Conviction investors
1
+3 quant / multi-strat
Initiated / added
1
1 new, 0 added
Reduced / exited
6
3 trimmed, 3 exited
Combined position
$16.8M
reported long value
InvestorAs ofPosition valueSharesChange
AQR Capital ManagementquantQ2 2026$14.1M591.9KReduced
Two Sigma InvestmentsquantQ2 2026$1.8M77.3KNew
Gotham Asset ManagementQ2 2026$426,73617.9KReduced
Citadel AdvisorsquantQ2 2026$361,16115.1KReduced

No longer held by: Millennium Management (as of Q2 2026), Polen Capital Management (as of Q2 2026), Renaissance Technologies (as of Q2 2026)

From quarterly Form 13F filings, which can be up to 45 days delayed. Long US-listed positions only: excludes short positions, options, cash, bonds, and non-US holdings, so this is not a manager’s complete portfolio. Counts are of the investors we track, not all institutions. Not investment advice.

Short interest

Total shares sold short as of each twice-monthly FINRA settlement. Rising short interest means more investors are positioned against the stock; days to cover estimates how many trading days of average volume that position represents.

Shares short
3.6M
settled 2026-08-14
Change vs prior
-0.6%
vs previous settlement
Days to cover
7.87
at avg daily volume
Avg daily volume
457.6K
FINRA reported
SettlementShares shortChangeDays to cover
2026-08-143.6M-0.6%7.87
2026-07-313.6M-1.0%10.49
2026-07-153.7M-1.1%10.33
2026-06-303.7M+2.9%6.25
2026-06-153.6M+6.4%9.11
2026-05-293.4M-3.8%8.87
2026-05-153.5M-5.9%5.01
2026-04-303.7M+7.0%10.61

Source: FINRA Consolidated Short Interest. FINRA is the owner and source of the FINRA-supplied data, which is included at no additional charge for your own personal or professional use; republishing or redistributing it is not permitted. Settlement dates are shown; FINRA publishes each settlement about nine business days later, so the latest figure can be two to four weeks old. Not presented as a percentage of float. No FINRA endorsement of this product is implied. Not investment advice.

Income statement (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Revenue$2.13B$2.12B$2.19B$2.24B$2.02B
Gross profit$1.13B$1.13B$1.16B$1.21B$1.14B
Operating income$232.4M$192.2M$160.8M$169.4M$142.2M
Net income$82.1M$52.8M$26.1M$65.4M$62.6M
Diluted EPS$1.80$1.18$0.59$1.50$1.45

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Balance sheet (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Cash and equivalents$36.9M$34.4M$72.0M$40.4M$41.2M
Current assets$665.8M$611.6M$761.0M$704.0M$620.5M
Total assets$2.86B$2.83B$3.08B$3.08B$3.07B
Current liabilities$643.2M$625.5M$819.1M$752.3M$683.4M
Long-term debt$1.41B$1.47B$1.51B$1.57B$1.63B
Total liabilities$2.18B$2.21B$2.48B$2.47B$2.50B
Total equity$680.7M$620.9M$604.6M$604.2M$574.6M

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Cash flow (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Operating cash flow$270.6M$194.3M$198.4M$191.5M$210.8M
Capital expenditure$95.3M$94.3M$100.7M
Free cash flow$175.3M$100.0M$97.7M

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Quarterly trend (as reported)

QuarterRevenueRevenue YoYNet incomeDiluted EPS
Q2 FY2026$499.3M-4.2%$19.1M$0.41
Q1 FY2026$538.1M0.3%$35.8M$0.77
Q4 FY2025$535.2M2.8%$12.0M$0.26
Q3 FY2025$540.2M2.2%$33.7M$0.74
Q2 FY2025$521.3M-3.1%$22.4M$0.50
Q1 FY2025$536.5M0.3%$14.0M$0.31
Q4 FY2024$520.6M-3.1%$12.6M$0.28
Q3 FY2024$528.4M-1.7%$8.9M$0.20

Latest 8 reported quarters, from company XBRL filings on SEC EDGAR.

Company facts

ExchangeNYSE
SectorCommunication Services
SIC industryBlankbooks, Looseleaf Binders & Bookbindg & Relatd Work
Latest annual periodFY2025 (ended December 31, 2025)
Latest reported quarterQ2 FY2026 (ended June 30, 2026)
Oldest indexed filing2015
SEC CIK27996

Selected SEC filings

10-Q2026-08-06
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10-Q2026-05-07
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8-K2026-08-05
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8-K2026-07-31
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8-K2026-06-18
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8-K2026-05-06
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Data sourced from SEC EDGAR. Figures are as-reported and may be unaudited or restated; verify against the source filing before relying on them. Informational only. Not investment advice.