---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000027996-24-000021"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DLX"
cik: "0000027996"
company_name: "DELUXE CORP"
filed_at: "2024-02-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-06T11:42:41.311618+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Deluxe reports Q4 revenue $537.4M (-4.7% YoY); reaffirms 2024 guidance

## Summary
- Full-year 2023 revenue $2,192.3M (-2.0%); comparable adjusted revenue +0.3%.
- GAAP diluted EPS $0.59; adjusted diluted EPS $3.32, down from $4.08 in 2022.
- Q4 net income $15.0M vs $19.0M; adjusted EBITDA $106.4M vs $112.2M.
- Q4 dividend maintained at $0.30/share, payable March 4, 2024.
- 2024 guidance: revenue $2.14-2.18B, adj. EBITDA $400-420M, adj. EPS $3.10-3.40.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000027996-24-000021
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DLX
- cik: 0000027996
- company_name: DELUXE CORP
- filed_at: 2024-02-01T23:59:59+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/27996/000002799624000021/0000027996-24-000021-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/27996/000002799624000021/dlx-20240201.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000027996-24-000021
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000027996-24-000021.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000027996-24-000021.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  DELUXE CORP reported the year ended December 31, 2023 results: revenue $2,192.3, net income $26.2 million, EPS $0.59.
  - Period: the year ended December 31, 2023
  - Revenue: $2,192.3
  - Net income: $26.2 million
  - EPS: $0.59
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Full Year 2023 Financial Highlights (in millions, except per share amounts) Full Year 2023 Full Year 2022 % Change Revenue $2,192.3
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/27996/000002799624000021/0000027996-24-000021-index.htm
- Earnings Releases
  DELUXE CORP reported the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2023 results: revenue $537.4, net income $15.0 million, EPS $0.34.
  - Period: the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2023
  - Revenue: $537.4
  - Net income: $15.0 million
  - EPS: $0.34
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Fourth Quarter 2023 Financial Highlights (in millions, except per share amounts) 4 th Quarter 2023 4 th Quarter 2022 % Change Revenue $537.4
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/27996/000002799624000021/0000027996-24-000021-index.htm
- Earnings Releases
  DELUXE CORP updated its full-year 2024 guidance (reaffirmed).
  - Period: full-year 2024
  - Guidance: reaffirmed
  - Result: guidance update
  source text: The Company expects the following for full-year 2024, inclusive of expected business exits, and all figures are approximate: • Revenue of $2.14 to $2.18 billion • Adjusted EBITDA of $400 to $420 million • Adjusted EPS of $3.10 to $3.40
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/27996/000002799624000021/0000027996-24-000021-index.htm

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