Deluxe Past Earnings Performance

Past criteria checks 4/6

Deluxe has been growing earnings at an average annual rate of 56.7%, while the Commercial Services industry saw earnings growing at 26% annually. Revenues have been growing at an average rate of 3.6% per year. Deluxe's return on equity is 9%, and it has net margins of 2.6%.

Key information

56.7%

Earnings growth rate

56.3%

EPS growth rate

Commercial Services Industry Growth9.7%
Revenue growth rate3.6%
Return on equity9.0%
Net Margin2.6%
Last Earnings Update30 Sep 2024

Recent past performance updates

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Revenue & Expenses Breakdown

How Deluxe makes and spends money. Based on latest reported earnings, on an LTM basis.


Earnings and Revenue History

DB:DL8 Revenue, expenses and earnings (USD Millions)
DateRevenueEarningsG+A ExpensesR&D Expenses
30 Sep 242,139559220
30 Jun 242,148389280
31 Mar 242,182349400
31 Dec 232,192269540
30 Sep 232,219309680
30 Jun 232,236539770
31 Mar 232,227589810
31 Dec 222,238659930
30 Sep 222,245601,0080
30 Jun 222,222581,0040
31 Mar 222,137489720
31 Dec 212,022639220
30 Sep 211,906738230
30 Jun 211,813907840
31 Mar 211,746937640
31 Dec 201,79158410
30 Sep 201,858258520
30 Jun 201,912-3228140
31 Mar 201,996-3058370
31 Dec 192,009-2248250
30 Sep 192,011-1888170
30 Jun 192,0111008630
31 Mar 192,0051278430
31 Dec 181,9981497530
30 Sep 181,9681768110
30 Jun 181,9732368170
31 Mar 181,9702358180
31 Dec 171,9662298300
30 Sep 171,9511988400
30 Jun 171,9122288270
31 Mar 171,8782278250
31 Dec 161,8492288020
30 Sep 161,8322337960
30 Jun 161,8132317870
31 Mar 161,7982297790
31 Dec 151,7732177720
30 Sep 151,7582157670
30 Jun 151,7312037530
31 Mar 151,7011977370
31 Dec 141,6741997180
30 Sep 141,6431877050
30 Jun 141,6281897030
31 Mar 141,6041876940
31 Dec 131,5851866910

Quality Earnings: DL8 has a large one-off loss of $40.0M impacting its last 12 months of financial results to 30th September, 2024.

Growing Profit Margin: DL8's current net profit margins (2.6%) are higher than last year (1.4%).


Free Cash Flow vs Earnings Analysis


Past Earnings Growth Analysis

Earnings Trend: DL8 has become profitable over the past 5 years, growing earnings by 56.7% per year.

Accelerating Growth: DL8's earnings growth over the past year (83.4%) exceeds its 5-year average (56.7% per year).

Earnings vs Industry: DL8 earnings growth over the past year (83.4%) exceeded the Commercial Services industry 19.1%.


Return on Equity

High ROE: DL8's Return on Equity (9%) is considered low.


Return on Assets


Return on Capital Employed


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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/26 06:12
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/23 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

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Analyst Sources

Deluxe Corporation is covered by 9 analysts. 4 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
null nullArgus Research Company
James ClementBuckingham Research Group Inc.
Charles StrauzerCJS Securities, Inc.