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Deluxe Corp (NYSE: DLX) closed the day trading at $13.64 down -2.29% from the previous closing price of $13.96. In other words, the price has decreased by -$2.29 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.38 million shares were traded. DLX stock price reached its highest trading level at $13.9 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $13.61.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of DLX, let’s look at its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 9.49 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 5.17. 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:
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 609945344 and an Enterprise Value of 2131629440. As of this moment, Deluxe’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 10.94, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 3.79. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.29 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 0.98. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 1.004 whereas that against EBITDA is 5.587.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for DLX is 1.49, which has changed by -0.38364214 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.09362543 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 -10.93%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -28.78%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, DLX traded about 383.70K shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, DLX traded about 344200 shares per day. A total of 44.74M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 43.70M. Insiders hold about 2.32% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 89.29% stake in the company. Shares short for DLX as of 1745971200 were 2900592 with a Short Ratio of 7.56, compared to 1743379200 on 2803461. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 2900592 and a Short% of Float of 9.16.
Dividends & Splits
DLX’s forward annual dividend rate is 1.20, up from 1.2 a year ago. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.08595989The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 5.29. 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.
