Valuation
26% of the score
98median 13
Deluxe Corporation is valued at 6.6x its operating profit before acquisition amortisation (EBITA), including debt: a low multiple.
25x
20x
15x
10x
6x
6.6x
Full points at 6x or less, none from 25xfull points
DLXDeluxe Corporation
$23.88+27% 1Y
$23.88
$17.2452 weeks$31.50
RyuScore
Seven criteria, each scored 0 to 100 on a published scale, weighted into one number.
RyuScore 59 out of 100, Average
Today's price. Only valuation depends on it.
Average. Deluxe Corporation scores higher than 66% of the 1,794 companies Ryufin scores.
Carried by valuation and return on new capital, held back by return on capital and cycle position.
Industrials median 53 · all companies 50
Return on capital
18% of the score
10median 34
Over 7 years the business earned 3.3% a year after tax on the capital it uses.
2%
8%
15%
25%
3.3%
None at 2% or less, full points from 25%full points
7 years agolatest 7.3%
Return on new capital
16% of the score
100median 49
For every dollar of operating profit earned over 6 years, yearly profit grew by 14 cents. New capital earned 25%, and 55% of profit went back into the business.
-5%
12%
14%
None at minus 5 cents, full points from 12 centsfull points
Capital allocation
14% of the score
44median 64
How management spends the money: shares bought back or issued, and whether assets grow faster than the business they serve.
Share countUp 1.6% a year over 5 years: new shares
435%
-3%
1.6%
0 pointsfull points
Assets against salesAssets grew 9.2% a year, sales 3.6%
4512%
-2%
5.7%
0 pointsfull points
Cycle position
12% of the score
25median 62
Today's operating margin of 12% is 1.51x its normal 7.9%: near a peak, where margins tend to fall back. Normal is half the 10 year median, half the last four years, so a margin that has held is not taken for a peak.
2x
1.5x
1x
0.7x
1.5x
A trough earns points, a peak costs themfull points
10 years agonow 12%
Balance sheet
8% of the score
18median 50
What the debt weighs against the profit that has to carry it.
Net debt to EBITDA3.4x a year of EBITDA
294.5x
0.5x
3.4x
0 pointsfull points
Interest coverOperating profit covers interest 2x
61.5x
12x
2.2x
0 pointsfull points
Earnings quality
6% of the score
93median 90
Whether the reported profit arrives as cash, and whether the accounts show the usual signs of stretching.
Cash against profitOperating cash flow was 4.12x profit over 3 years
1000.7x
1x
1.3x
4.1x
0 pointsfull points
AccrualsCash ran ahead of profit by 6.6% of assets
938%
0%
-8%
-6.6%
0 pointsfull points
Beneish M-score-2.71
85-1.50
-1.78
-2.22
-3.00
-2.71
0 pointsfull points
How the RyuScore works
Each criterion earns 0 to 100 points on the scale drawn under it, and the RyuScore is their average weighted 26, 18, 16, 14, 12, 8 and 6. Scales bend in the company's favour between their ends, so an ordinary figure is never already near zero. Where a criterion cannot be measured from the filings it is taken out and the remaining weights scale up; a company needs 60% of the weight covered, and always a price, to get a score.
Built from the company's annual and quarterly filings with the SEC and today's share price. Banks, insurers and property trusts are not scored: their debt is their raw material, so these yardsticks mean something else there. Figures as of 2026-06-30, latest annual report FY2025.
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