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After finishing at $15.50 in the prior trading day, Deluxe Corp (NYSE: DLX) closed at $14.60, down -5.81%. In other words, the price has decreased by -$5.81 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.86 million shares were traded. DLX stock price reached its highest trading level at $15.32 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $14.48.
Ratios:
Our goal is to gain a better understanding of DLX by taking a closer look at its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 2.13 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 6.54. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.92 and its Current Ratio is at 0.98. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 2.56 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 2.48.
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:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Mar 12 ’25 when Zint William C bought 175 shares for $15.95 per share. The transaction valued at 2,791 led to the insider holds 21,902 shares of the business.
McCarthy Barry C bought 3,926 shares of DLX for $64,583 on Mar 10 ’25. The President & CEO now owns 272,851 shares after completing the transaction at $16.45 per share. On Dec 11 ’24, another insider, Zint William C, who serves as the SVP, Chief Financial Offier of the company, bought 120 shares for $23.79 each. As a result, the insider paid 2,855 and bolstered with 11,704 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 652874048 and an Enterprise Value of 2206361600. As of this moment, Deluxe’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 12.37, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 4.04. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.31 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.04. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 1.04 whereas that against EBITDA is 5.734.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for DLX is 1.45, which has changed by -0.323134 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.09969199 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 $13.70. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -6.82%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -26.34%.
Shares Statistics:
The stock has traded on average 412.69K shares per day over the past 3-months and 362830 shares per day over the last 10 days, according to various share statistics. A total of 44.31M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 43.76M. Insiders hold about 2.14% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 88.00% stake in the company. Shares short for DLX as of 1744675200 were 2684102 with a Short Ratio of 6.50, compared to 1741910400 on 2879726. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 2684102 and a Short% of Float of 8.469999999999999.
Dividends & Splits
In the trailing 12 months, DLX’s forward annual dividend rate was 1.2, compared to 1.20 this year. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.077419356The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 5.22. The current Payout Ratio is 101.69% for DLX, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-02-18 with an ex-dividend date of 1739836800. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2001-01-02 when the company split stock in a 10000:7995 ratio.
