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As of close of business last night, Deluxe Corp’s stock clocked out at $17.15, up 1.90% from its previous closing price of $16.83. In other words, the price has increased by $1.90 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.23 million shares were traded. DLX stock price reached its highest trading level at $17.18 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $16.8984.
Ratios:
To gain a deeper understanding of DLX’s stock, we examine its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 11.93 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 6.50. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.84 and its Current Ratio is at 0.93. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 2.49 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 2.41.
Upgrades & Downgrades
In addition, analysts’ ratings and any changes thereto give investors an idea of the stock’s future direction. In the most recent recommendation for this company, Northcoast on April 19, 2024, initiated with a Buy rating and assigned the stock a target price of $27.
On September 01, 2021, Cowen started tracking the stock assigning a Outperform rating and target price of $55.
Insider Transactions:
Investing in insider trades can also provide an investor with insight into how management views future stock prices. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Jun 11 ’25 when Zint William C bought 175 shares for $15.88 per share. The transaction valued at 2,779 led to the insider holds 22,077 shares of the business.
Zint William C bought 175 shares of DLX for $2,791 on Mar 12 ’25. The SVP, Chief Financial Officer now owns 21,902 shares after completing the transaction at $15.95 per share. On Mar 10 ’25, another insider, McCarthy Barry C, who serves as the President & CEO of the company, bought 3,926 shares for $16.45 each. As a result, the insider paid 64,583 and bolstered with 272,851 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, DLX now has a Market Capitalization of 766903424 and an Enterprise Value of 2233188864. As of this moment, Deluxe’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 13.76, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 4.77. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.36 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.23. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 1.052 whereas that against EBITDA is 5.853.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for DLX is 1.45, which has changed by -0.20528269 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.12792087 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, DLX has reached a high of $24.87, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $13.61. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 12.69%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -7.55%.
Shares Statistics:
It appears that DLX traded 408.83K shares on average per day over the past three months and 465070 shares per day over the past ten days. A total of 44.74M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 43.70M. Insiders hold about 2.33% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 89.37% stake in the company. Shares short for DLX as of 1749772800 were 3114402 with a Short Ratio of 7.62, compared to 1747267200 on 2834971. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 3114402 and a Short% of Float of 9.83.
Dividends & Splits
With its trailing 12-month dividend rate of 1.2, DLX has a forward annual dividend rate of 1.20. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.07130125The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 5.38. The current Payout Ratio is 101.69% for DLX, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-05-19 with an ex-dividend date of 1747612800. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2001-01-02 when the company split stock in a 10000:7995 ratio.
