Deluxe (DLX) Q3 2026 earnings — TrendMatrix coverage
Reported
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Key numbers
- Adjusted EPS
- $1.06
- Estimate
- $0.95
- Surprise
- +11.6%
- Score today
- 5.0/10
Revenue for this quarter isn’t shown: the reported figure hasn’t cleared TrendMatrix’s freshness and sanity checks yet, and consensus revenue isn’t tracked. EPS above is the available figure.
How the report landed
Deluxe (DLX) beat the $0.95 estimate with adjusted EPS of $1.06 — a large 11.6% upside surprise.
Coverage in the report window
- Deluxe Corporation Reports Third-Quarter 2026 Financial Results — fiscal.ai, 2026-11-05
Where TrendMatrix's rating stands now
TrendMatrix currently rates DLX Sell at 5.0/10; no pre/post engine snapshot brackets this report.
4 of the last 4 quarters beat the estimate; this quarter's +11.6% surprise compares with a +12.2% four-quarter average. Next scheduled report: 2027-01-27.
What argues against it
- Target reached (0.9% upside)
- Risk below floor (2.8 < 3.0)
- Reward/Risk 0.1:1 at current price — below 1.5:1 minimum
This section and the ones below it reflect TrendMatrix’s latest engine read — they update after the report date and are not frozen to it.
The levels TrendMatrix's engine tracks
- Current price
- $27.18
- Price target
- $27.41
- Stop
- $25.27
- Upside to target
- +0.9%
- Reward-to-risk
- 0.1:1
The stock trades at 16.1× trailing but 6.8× forward earnings — consensus estimates already build in a substantial earnings recovery.
Risk check: RSI 70 — a level conventionally read as overbought; gains at these levels often lean on momentum.
Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-11-06 — shown for context, not personalized investment advice.
DLX at TrendMatrix's latest read
Industrial quarters are order-book stories — backlog and book-to-bill color how the market reads the reported number.
- Industry
- Conglomerates
- Market cap
- $1.27B
- P/E (fwd)
- 6.8
- P/E (ttm)
- 16.1
- 52-week range
- $18.56–$32.07
- Off 52-week high
- 15.3%
- RSI (14)
- 70
- Volume vs avg
- 0.52×
- Score today
- 5.0/10