---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000027996-23-000174"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DLX"
cik: "0000027996"
company_name: "DELUXE CORP"
filed_at: "2023-11-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-09T01:13:43.643167+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Deluxe Q3 net loss $8M; raises FY2023 adjusted EBITDA and EPS guidance

## Summary
- Net loss $8.0M ($0.18 diluted EPS) vs net income $14.7M a year ago; adjusted diluted EPS $0.79.
- Revenue $537.8M down 3.1% reported; comparable adjusted revenue flat YoY.
- Adjusted EBITDA $101.9M (-2.6%); comparable adjusted EBITDA up 3.0%, margin up 50 bps.
- Raises FY2023 adj. EBITDA to $405-420M from $400-415M; adj. EPS to $3.20-3.45 from $3.10-3.40.
- Launches North Star initiative targeting $100M incremental run-rate free cash flow and $80M EBITDA by 2026.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000027996-23-000174
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DLX
- cik: 0000027996
- company_name: DELUXE CORP
- filed_at: 2023-11-02T23:59:59+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/27996/000002799623000174/0000027996-23-000174-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/27996/000002799623000174/dlx-20231102.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000027996-23-000174.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  DELUXE CORP updated its third quarter ended September 30, 2023 guidance (raised).
  - Period: third quarter ended September 30, 2023
  - Guidance: raised
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Furnished as Exhibit 99.1 is a press release of Deluxe Corporation reporting results from third quarter 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/27996/000002799623000174/0000027996-23-000174-index.htm

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