---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000027996-23-000130"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DLX"
cik: "0000027996"
company_name: "DELUXE CORP"
filed_at: "2023-05-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-15T23:10:10.463348+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Deluxe Q1 GAAP EPS $0.06, adjusted EPS $0.80; revenue $545.4M, down 1.9%; affirms FY 2023 guidance

## Summary
- GAAP net income $2.8M vs $9.7M prior year; GAAP diluted EPS $0.06 vs $0.22.
- Comparable adjusted revenue +0.5% to $545.4M; adjusted EBITDA $100.4M, up 0.8%.
- Adjusted diluted EPS $0.80 vs $1.05 in Q1 2022, down 23.8%.
- FY 2023 guidance affirmed: revenue $2.145-$2.210B, adjusted EBITDA $390-$405M, adjusted EPS $2.90-$3.25.
- Quarterly dividend $0.30/sh declared, payable June 5, 2023 to holders of record May 22.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000027996-23-000130
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DLX
- cik: 0000027996
- company_name: DELUXE CORP
- filed_at: 2023-05-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/27996/000002799623000130/0000027996-23-000130-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/27996/000002799623000130/dlx-20230504.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000027996-23-000130
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000027996-23-000130.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  DELUXE CORP updated its first quarter ended March 31, 2023 guidance (reaffirmed).
  - Period: first quarter ended March 31, 2023
  - Guidance: reaffirmed
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Furnished as Exhibit 99.1 is a press release of Deluxe Corporation reporting results from first quarter 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/27996/000002799623000130/0000027996-23-000130-index.htm

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