Deluxe PE ratio DLX
Share price divided by earnings per share over the last twelve months, since 2011.
- Today, Oct 23, 2026
- 10.7×
- 10-year median
- 15.3×
- Against its 10-year history
- 5th
- percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
- 10-year range
- 9.6× to 247×
- Peer median
- 18.1×
Deluxe's PE ratio is 10.7× as of Oct 23, 2026: a share price of $23.32 against $2.18 of earnings per share over the last twelve months.
That is below its ten-year median of 15.3×, lower than on 95% of days in the last ten years.
Over that time it ranged from 9.6× in May 2023 to 247× in Apr 2021.
The median for 6 publishing stocks of a similar size is 18.1×.
PE ratio over time
The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.
Year by year
| Year | End of year | Low | High |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 so far | 10.7× | 10.1× | 17.6× |
| 2025 | 12.4× | 10.7× | 18.7× |
| 2024 | 18.1× | 17.9× | 34.9× |
| 2023 | 31.1× | 9.6× | 31.1× |
| 2022 | 12.3× | 11.9× | 24.3× |
| 2021 | 18.8× | 16.7× | 247× |
| 2020 | 44.2× | 32.9× | 44.2× |
| 2019 | 21.4× | 11.1× | 21.7× |
| 2018 | 10.5× | 10.2× | 19.0× |
| 2017 | 18.8× | 14.4× | 18.8× |
| 2016 | 15.1× | 12.0× | 15.4× |
| 2015 | 12.7× | 12.4× | 18.1× |
| 2014 | 17.0× | 12.9× | 17.0× |
| 2013 | 14.5× | 10.2× | 14.5× |
| 2012 | 9.8× | 7.3× | 10.1× |
| 2011 | 8.4× | 6.3× | 9.4× |
Against its peers
Companies in Publishing nearest Deluxe's size, closest first, today.
| Company | PE ratio |
|---|---|
| DLXDeluxe | 10.7× |
| SCHLScholastic | 27.5× |
| CMPRCIMPRESS | 21.3× |
| EBFEnnis | 14.8× |
| ACCOACCO BRANDS | 7.4× |
| WLYJohn Wiley & Sons | 14.5× |
| PMTSCPI Card | 23.4× |
| Peer median | 18.1× |
Where Deluxe ranks
What the PE ratio tells you
Share price divided by earnings per share over the last twelve months. It is the price tag on a dollar of profit: 20× means you pay $20 for $1 of yearly earnings.
Blank while earnings are negative. A very low PE can mean the market expects profits to fall, so read it with growth and the company's own history.
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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of . Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.