DELUXE CORP
DELUXE CORP (DLX) has a dated report snapshot, but its current priced-in claim is temporarily suppressed because the live engine record is unavailable or has changed.
Deluxe is using the steady cash from its legacy print and check business to pay down debt and fund a transition into payments and data. It hit its 3x leverage target three quarters early and now derives more than half its revenue from payments and data. At about $23 the price sits at or below where most valuation methods land. Asset-based, earnings-power, relative, and growth-DCF frames all support the price or exceed it, making this a value-and-asset story rather than a growth bet. The core r
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245 institutional managers reported holding DLX in 13F filings for the quarter ended 2026-03-31. Together they hold about 86% of the company; the top 10 hold 55%. 41 opened new positions that quarter. Held by BlackRock, Vanguard Group, State Street, among others. On the short side, 3.6M shares were sold short as of the 2026-06-15 count, about 8% of shares outstanding (9.1 days of typical volume to cover).
Quarterly 13F filings arrive up to 45 days after quarter end, so the picture is never current (filed through 2026-05-29). Nothing here is investment advice.
DLX's share count grew 7.4% over the past five years. It pays a dividend, and has paid one every year in our records (17 and counting); the current rate is $1.20 a share annually. Cash returned over the past three years: $151.13M in dividends.
Share counts are split-adjusted; repurchase totals are gross of share issuance. Nothing here is investment advice.
Open-market insider buys at DLX over the trailing three years: 2023: 1 buy totaling $0k; 2024: 2 buys totaling $19k; 2025: 1 buy totaling $3k. 21 officers and directors are on file.
Code P open-market purchases from SEC Form 4 filings, non-derivative, excluding scheduled 10b5-1 plans. Nothing here is investment advice.
DLX's recent reports: the day-one move, then what the following quarter actually did.
| report | day one | next quarter |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-08-05 | +10.6% | -10.1% |
| 2023-11-04 | +14.6% | +10.6% |
| 2024-02-23 | +10.2% | +5.9% |
| 2024-05-04 | +9.3% | +0.3% |
Day-one is the close-to-close move around the filing. Nothing here is investment advice.
DLX's latest 8-K filings: 2026-06-18 (items 1.01, 2.03, 7.01, 9.01); 2026-05-06 (items 2.02, 9.01); 2026-04-24 (items 5.07, 9.01); 2026-03-09 (items 5.02); 2026-02-10 (items 1.01).
Item codes are the SEC's own classification of what each report discloses. Nothing here is investment advice.
Last analyzed: June 27, 2026
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