---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000027996-22-000204"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DLX"
cik: "0000027996"
company_name: "DELUXE CORP"
filed_at: "2022-11-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-22T09:58:50.482823+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Deluxe Q3 revenue $555M (+4.3% YoY); net income up 17.6%; reaffirms FY22 guidance

## Summary
- Revenue $555.0M (+4.3% YoY); net income $14.7M vs $12.5M; diluted EPS $0.34 vs $0.28.
- Adjusted EBITDA $104.6M (+1.9%); adjusted diluted EPS $0.99, down 10.0% YoY.
- Reaffirms full-year 2022 guidance: revenue growth 8-10% as reported; adj. EBITDA margin 18.5-19.0%.
- All four segments grew revenue YoY excluding business exits; Payments led by Treasury Management.
- Quarterly dividend $0.30/share, payable Dec 5, 2022 to holders of record Nov 21, 2022.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000027996-22-000204
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DLX
- cik: 0000027996
- company_name: DELUXE CORP
- filed_at: 2022-11-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/27996/000002799622000204/0000027996-22-000204-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/27996/000002799622000204/dlx-20221103.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  DELUXE CORP reported third quarter ended September 30, 2022 results: revenue $555.0, net income $14.7, EPS $0.34. Guidance reaffirmed.
  - Period: third quarter ended September 30, 2022
  - Revenue: $555.0
  - Net income: $14.7
  - EPS: $0.34
  - Guidance: reaffirmed
  - Result: reported results
  source text: our full-year guidance.” Third Quarter 2022 Financial and Segment Highlights (in millions, except per share amounts) 3 rd Quarter 2022 3 rd Quarter 2021 % Change Revenue $555.0 $532.1 4.3 % Net Income $14.7 $12.5 17.6 % Adjusted EBITDA $104.6 $102.7 1.9 % Diluted EPS $0.34 $0.28 21.4 % Adjusted Diluted EPS $0.99 $1.10 (10.0 %) • Revenue for the third
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/27996/000002799622000204/0000027996-22-000204-index.htm

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