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Deluxe First Quarter 2024 Earnings: Revenues Beat Expectations, EPS Lags

Deluxe (NYSE:DLX) First Quarter 2024 Results

Key Financial Results

  • Revenue: US$535.0m (down 1.9% from 1Q 2023).

  • Net income: US$10.8m (up 294% from 1Q 2023).

  • Profit margin: 2.0% (up from 0.5% in 1Q 2023).

  • EPS: US$0.24 (up from US$0.063 in 1Q 2023).

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All figures shown in the chart above are for the trailing 12 month (TTM) period

Deluxe Revenues Beat Expectations, EPS Falls Short

Revenue exceeded analyst estimates by 1.7%. Earnings per share (EPS) missed analyst estimates by 15%.

Looking ahead, revenue is forecast to stay flat during the next 3 years compared to a 6.7% growth forecast for the Commercial Services industry in the US.

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Performance of the American Commercial Services industry.

The company's shares are up 7.6% from a week ago.

Risk Analysis

We should say that we've discovered 4 warning signs for Deluxe (1 makes us a bit uncomfortable!) that you should be aware of before investing here.

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