Reviewing Deluxe Corporation (DLX)’s and Team Inc. (NYSE:TISI)’s results

Deluxe Corporation (NYSE:DLX) and Team Inc. (NYSE:TISI) have been rivals in the Business Services for quite some time. Below is a review of each business including various aspects such as risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, earnings and valuation.

Earnings & Valuation

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Deluxe Corporation	2.00B	1.00	149.01M	3.20	13.98
Team Inc.	1.25B	0.45	63.15M	-3.02	0.00

Table 1 shows top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation of the two companies.

Profitability

Table 2 shows us the return on equity, net margins and return on assets of both companies.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Deluxe Corporation	7.45%	14.9%	6.5%
Team Inc.	-5.05%	-16.3%	-7%

Volatility & Risk

A beta of 1.35 shows that Deluxe Corporation is 35.00% more volatile than Standard & Poor’s 500. Competitively, Team Inc. is 58.00% more volatile than Standard & Poor’s 500, because of the 1.58 beta.

Liquidity

Deluxe Corporation’s Current Ratio and Quick Ratio are 1.1 and 1 respectively. The Current Ratio and Quick Ratio of its competitor Team Inc. are 2.6 and 2.3 respectively. Team Inc. therefore has a better chance of paying off short and long-term obligations compared to Deluxe Corporation.

Dividends

Deluxe Corporation pays out its dividends annually at $1.2 per share and 2.59% dividend yield. No dividend is paid out for Team Inc.

Analyst Ratings

The Recommendations and Ratings for Deluxe Corporation and Team Inc. are featured in the next table.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Deluxe Corporation	0	1	0	2.00
Team Inc.	0	0	1	3.00

Deluxe Corporation’s upside potential currently stands at 9.53% and an $50 consensus target price. Competitively Team Inc. has an average target price of $25, with potential upside of 35.57%. Based on the results delivered earlier, Team Inc. is looking more favorable than Deluxe Corporation, analysts view.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

Deluxe Corporation and Team Inc. has shares owned by institutional investors as follows: 87.6% and 0%. About 0.3% of Deluxe Corporation’s share are owned by insiders. Competitively, 1.4% are Team Inc.’s share owned by insiders.

Performance

Here are the Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly, Half Yearly, Yearly and YTD Performance of both pretenders.

	Performance (W)	Performance (M)	Performance (Q)	Performance (HY)	Performance (Y)	Performance (YTD)
Deluxe Corporation	-8.3%	-4.68%	-10.44%	-25.51%	-36.48%	16.47%
Team Inc.	1.67%	10.53%	-6.93%	-31.09%	-6.21%	8.19%

For the past year Deluxe Corporation has stronger performance than Team Inc.

Summary

On 11 of the 14 factors Deluxe Corporation beats Team Inc.

Deluxe Corporation provides checks, forms, marketing solutions, accessories, and other products and services for small businesses and financial institutions. It operates through three segments: Small Business Services, Financial Services, and Direct Checks. The company provides checks; printed forms, such as deposit tickets, billing forms, work orders, job proposals, purchase orders, invoices, and personnel forms, as well as computer forms and check registers; and accessories and other products comprising envelopes, office supplies, stamps, and labels, as well as checkbook covers. It also offers Web services, which include logo and Web design; hosting and other Web services; search engine optimization; and marketing programs, including email, mobile, and social media, and other self-service marketing solutions. In addition, the company provides fraud protection and security, online and offline payroll services, and electronic checks; and promotional solutions, such as postcards, brochures, retail packaging supplies, apparel, greeting cards, and business cards. Further, it offers financial technology solutions to larger financial institutions, which comprise data-driven marketing solutions, including outsourced marketing campaign targeting and execution; treasury management solutions; and digital enablement solutions, including loyalty and rewards programs. It operates in the United States, Canada, Europe, and North and South America. The company was formerly known as Deluxe Check Printers, Incorporated and changed its name to Deluxe Corporation in 1988. Deluxe Corporation was founded in 1915 and is headquartered in Shoreview, Minnesota.

Team, Inc. provides specialty industrial services in the United States, Canada, Europe, and internationally. The company operates through three segments: TeamQualspec Group (TeamQualspec), TeamFurmanite Group (TeamFurmanite), and Quest Integrity. The TeamQualspec segment offers non-destructive evaluation and testing, radiographic testing, ultrasonic testing, magnetic particle inspection, liquid penetrant inspection, positive material identification, electromagnetic testing, eddy current testing, and alternating current field measurement services. It also provides long-range guided ultrasonic, phased array ultrasonic testing, tank inspection and management programs, rope access, and mechanical integrity and field heat treating services. The TeamFurmanite segment provides on-stream and turnaround/project related services, such as leak repair, fugitive emissions control, hot tapping, field machining and technical bolting, valve repair, field welding, heat exchanger and maintenance, isolation and test plug, and valve insertion services. The Quest Integrity segment provides furnace tube inspection system, in-line inspection services, pipeline integrity management services, and engineering assessment services. The company serves petrochemical, refining, power, pipeline, steel, pulp, and paper industries; and municipalities, shipbuilding, original equipment manufacturers, distributors, and engineering and construction firms. Team, Inc. was founded in 1973 and is headquartered in Sugar Land, Texas.