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$16.75 +0.50 (+3.08%)
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DLX vs. ABCB, BUSE, FFBC, HWC, PPBI, PFS, EBF, QUAD, HNI, and SCS

Should you be buying Deluxe stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Deluxe include Ameris Bancorp (ABCB), First Busey (BUSE), First Financial Bancorp. (FFBC), Hancock Whitney (HWC), Pacific Premier Bancorp (PPBI), Provident Financial Services (PFS), Ennis (EBF), Quad Graphics (QUAD), HNI (HNI), and Steelcase (SCS).

Deluxe vs. Its Competitors

Deluxe (NYSE:DLX) and Ameris Bancorp (NASDAQ:ABCB) are related companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, risk and institutional ownership.

Deluxe pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.2%. Ameris Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Deluxe pays out 96.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Ameris Bancorp pays out 14.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Deluxe has a beta of 1.53, meaning that its share price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ameris Bancorp has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.

93.9% of Deluxe shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.6% of Ameris Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 5.6% of Deluxe shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.4% of Ameris Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Ameris Bancorp has a net margin of 21.46% compared to Deluxe's net margin of 2.64%. Deluxe's return on equity of 21.20% beat Ameris Bancorp's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Deluxe2.64% 21.20% 4.91%
Ameris Bancorp 21.46%9.57%1.32%

Ameris Bancorp has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Deluxe. Ameris Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Deluxe, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Deluxe$2.12B0.35$52.80M$1.2513.40
Ameris Bancorp$1.12B4.11$358.68M$5.4012.41

Deluxe currently has a consensus target price of $23.00, suggesting a potential upside of 37.31%. Ameris Bancorp has a consensus target price of $71.43, suggesting a potential upside of 6.60%. Given Deluxe's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Deluxe is more favorable than Ameris Bancorp.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Deluxe
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Ameris Bancorp
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.86

In the previous week, Ameris Bancorp had 3 more articles in the media than Deluxe. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Ameris Bancorp and 5 mentions for Deluxe. Ameris Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.50 beat Deluxe's score of 1.15 indicating that Ameris Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Deluxe
4 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Ameris Bancorp
7 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Deluxe and Ameris Bancorp tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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DLX vs. The Competition

MetricDeluxeBusiness/Office Products IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$727.02M$1.07B$15.07B$20.75B
Dividend Yield7.38%4.65%2.76%3.65%
P/E Ratio13.408.3828.1427.65
Price / Sales0.350.6852.3154.26
Price / Cash2.065.6726.6222.19
Price / Book1.191.786.164.65
Net Income$52.80M$78.25M$196.13M$993.85M
7 Day Performance4.34%2.98%3.21%1.86%
1 Month Performance10.92%2.23%8.53%5.63%
1 Year Performance-31.91%-28.20%20.98%10.35%

Deluxe Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
DLX
Deluxe
4.9639 of 5 stars
$16.75
+3.1%
$23.00
+37.3%
-30.2%$727.02M$2.12B13.404,981
ABCB
Ameris Bancorp
3.2825 of 5 stars
$68.18
+1.1%
$71.43
+4.8%
+11.7%$4.70B$1.12B13.092,850Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
BUSE
First Busey
4.7645 of 5 stars
$24.42
+1.9%
$27.67
+13.3%
-11.7%$2.19B$663.36M22.821,548News Coverage
Positive News
Earnings Report
FFBC
First Financial Bancorp.
4.4465 of 5 stars
$25.78
+1.3%
$28.75
+11.5%
-6.2%$2.47B$1.62B10.702,090Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Upgrade
HWC
Hancock Whitney
4.6397 of 5 stars
$60.23
+1.1%
$63.43
+5.3%
+9.8%$5.16B$2.06B11.113,476Analyst Revision
PPBI
Pacific Premier Bancorp
3.8211 of 5 stars
$22.56
+0.9%
$27.25
+20.8%
-20.4%$2.19B$541.46M14.841,325Positive News
PFS
Provident Financial Services
4.3295 of 5 stars
$18.78
+1.3%
$23.60
+25.7%
+2.7%$2.45B$789.01M16.911,801Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
EBF
Ennis
2.0241 of 5 stars
$18.42
+1.2%
N/A-23.5%$475.11M$394.62M12.121,856
QUAD
Quad Graphics
2.123 of 5 stars
$5.56
-0.4%
$9.45
+70.0%
-4.8%$281.39M$2.67B-14.6312,200News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
HNI
HNI
4.9172 of 5 stars
$52.01
+0.7%
$71.00
+36.5%
+3.4%$2.42B$2.53B18.517,700Upcoming Earnings
SCS
Steelcase
4.9494 of 5 stars
$10.57
-0.2%
$16.00
+51.4%
-24.2%$1.21B$3.22B10.2611,300Positive News

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This page (NYSE:DLX) was last updated on 7/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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