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Dropbox, Inc.

DBX

Technology · 35.55 +1.4% today

You’ve read what changed. Here’s whether the market is confirming it.

Isolated · not yet confirmedMarket checked 11 Sept, 15:55 GMT-4

Market read

Dropbox, Inc.'s current read is isolated; its market group is not confirming.

The latest filing evidence is available. 0 of 36 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 20 directly disclosed connections are confirming.

What changed
  • Revenue increased 0.9% versus the comparable filing period.
  • Operating margin fell 0.8 percentage points.
Company+1.4% todayVolume comparison unavailable
Market group0 of 36 activeEnterprise Software · unavailable
Disclosed network0 of 8 confirmingNo filing-linked name is confirming now
What would change this read
  • Interest expense increased $22.1M for the three months ended March 31, 2026, primarily due to interest related to the term loan facility now fully drawn.

Invalidation: The isolated read changes if DBX's group or a disclosed connection begins moving with it.

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Research brief

The story so far

Technology · Software - Infrastructure

The latest filing evidence is available. 0 of 36 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 20 directly disclosed connections are confirming.

Evidence that supports
  • Revenue increased 0.9% versus the comparable filing period.
Evidence that challenges
  • Operating margin fell 0.8 percentage points.
  • Net income decreased 23.7% versus the comparable filing period.
  • Net margin fell 4.9 percentage points.
What would clarify the read
  • Interest expense increased $22.1M for the three months ended March 31, 2026, primarily due to interest related to the term loan facility now fully drawn.

Company research

Understand the business, not just the ticker

As of Sep 12, 2026
Business model and earnings drivers

Use the company’s filings to identify the few operating, demand, cost, capital and regulatory variables that determine its earnings power.

Key research questions
  • Which operating variable is changing?
  • Is that change durable, cyclical or one-off?
  • What evidence would disprove the current interpretation?
Annual periods9
Price observations328
Usable filing statements159
Verified relationships15
Evidence supporting the case
  • Operating margin changed +8.3 percentage points in the latest annual period.
  • Net margin changed +2.4 percentage points in the latest annual period.
  • Foreign exchange has repeated favorable evidence across 5 filings.
  • Credit and interest rates has repeated favorable evidence across 4 filings.
Evidence challenging the case
  • Latest annual revenue changed -1.1% year over year.
  • Product pipeline and R&D has repeated adverse evidence across 5 filings.
Questions before a position
  • P/E is 59% below the available filing-peer median; determine whether growth and quality justify the difference.
  • EV/sales is 24% below the available filing-peer median; determine whether growth and quality justify the difference.
Longer-term price context

Price as of Sep 11, 2026

35.55
6m+37.2%12m+15.7%24m
Annual trajectory

Reported annual revenue and per-share history. This is accounting history, not a forecast.

PeriodRevenueYoYDiluted EPSShare change
2021-12-31$2.2B+12.7%$0.85-4.5%
2022-12-31$2.3B+7.7%$1.52-8.2%
2023-12-31$2.5B+7.6%$1.31-4.9%
2024-12-31$2.5B+1.9%$1.40-6.4%
2025-12-31$2.5B-1.1%$1.86-15.6%

What management says matters

Persistent and emerging business drivers

Foreign exchangepositive · 5 filings
Comparison of the six months ended June 30, 2026 and 2025 Revenue Six Months Ended June 30, 2026 2025 $ Change % Change (In millions) Revenue $ 1,261.0 $ 1,250.4 $ 10.6 0.8 % Revenue increased $10.6 million or 0.8% during the six months ended June 30, 2026, a…
10-Q · Aug 7, 2026
Product pipeline and R&Dmixed · 5 filings
Research and development Six Months Ended June 30, 2026 2025 $ Change % Change (In millions) Research and development $ 372.3 $ 362.8 $ 9.5 2.6 % Research and development expenses increased $9.5 million or 2.6% during the six months ended June 30, 2026, as co…
10-Q · Aug 7, 2026
Capital investment and capacitymixed · 4 filings
For the six months ended June 30, 2026, net cash provided by investing activities was $86.1 million, which primarily related to $89.5 million in net investment activity inflows, driven by maturities of short-term investments, offset by cash paid for capital e…
10-Q · Aug 7, 2026
Credit and interest ratespositive · 4 filings
Interest expense, net Six Months Ended June 30, 2026 2025 $ Change % Change (In millions) Interest expense, net $ (86.7) $ (33.2) $ (53.5) 161.1 % Interest expense, net increased by $53.5 million during the six months ended June 30, 2026, as compared to the s…
10-Q · Aug 7, 2026

Valuation discipline

Descriptive valuation snapshot

Price/sales 3.8× · EV/sales 3.5×. Comparisons use only industry-matched filing peers.

Scenario scaffold

Mechanical 2.0-year scenarios are available as editable assumptions, not consensus.

Price action

How the market is pricing the story

35.55+1.4% today

Jodie does not have enough daily observations to draw a useful short-term chart for this asset. The latest quoted price was checked 11 Sept, 15:55 GMT-4; this is a coverage limitation, not a flat-price conclusion.

Developments

No sourced recent-development timeline yet

Jodie has not returned a relevant primary source or news item for DBX. This is an evidence-coverage gap, not a conclusion that nothing material happened.

Business and financial condition

Reported financial figures are not available yet

Jodie has not returned structured SEC XBRL fundamentals for this asset. This is a coverage limitation, not an assessment of the business or its financial health.

Latest filing assessment

The latest filing shows material pressure

10-Q filed 2026-08-07 against the comparable filing from 2025-08-08.

cautious
OperationscautiousEvidence score -1
liquidityneutralEvidence score 0
valuationmixed

Capital and cash conversion

Reported investment and cash context

Capital spending YoY
+114.3%
Capital spending / revenue
+0.4%
Free-cash-flow margin
+34.8%
FCF margin change
+1.8 pts

Capex, revenue, and operating cash flow are matched to the same reported duration. Reported accounting context, not a forecast or trading recommendation.

What improved

  • Revenue increased 0.9% versus the comparable filing period.

What weakened

  • Operating margin fell 0.8 percentage points.
  • Net income decreased 23.7% versus the comparable filing period.
  • Net margin fell 4.9 percentage points.

Filing receipts

Our gross margin decreased during the six months ended June 30, 2026 compared to the six months ended June 30, 2025, primarily due to a 5.3% increase in our cost of revenue, partially offset by a 0.8% increase in revenue during the period, as described above.

Interest expense, net Three Months Ended June 30, 2026 2025 $ Change % Change (In millions) Interest expense, net $ (50.0) $ (18.6) $ (31.4) 168.8 % Interest expense, net increased by $31.4 million during the three months ended June 30, 2026, as compared to the three months ended June 30, 2025, primarily due to an increase in interest expense related to our term loan facility now that it is fully drawn.

Interest expense, net Six Months Ended June 30, 2026 2025 $ Change % Change (In millions) Interest expense, net $ (86.7) $ (33.2) $ (53.5) 161.1 % Interest expense, net increased by $53.5 million during the six months ended June 30, 2026, as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2025, primarily due to an increase in interest expense related to our term loan facility now that it is fully drawn.

Point-in-time filing assessment published from the live pipeline.

Business ecosystem

The relationships behind DBX

Customers, suppliers, partners and competitors named in company filings—not inferred from headlines.

Depends on

CRMSalesforce, Inc.partnerMay 8, 2026

Products like Dropbox Backup, Dropbox Sign, DocSend, Dropbox Dash ("Dash"), Dropbox Replay, Dropbox Transfer, and Reclaim.ai, Inc.

MSFTMicrosoft CorporationpartnerMay 8, 2026

We also integrate seamlessly with other products, integrating with partners including Microsoft, Zoom, Slack (now part of Salesforce), BetterCloud, Atlassian, Google and a variety of productivity, collaboration, data management, and security vendors.

Depended on by

BOXBox, Inc.competitorMay 27, 2026

In the enterprise file sync and share market, our primary competitors include, but are not limited to, Microsoft (OneDrive), Google (Drive) and, to a lesser extent, Dropbox.

Filing peers

Companies whose filings use similar operating language.

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What is moving around it

Live connections

DBX is currently a Follower in the organic co-movement group Enterprise Software. This group is discovered from market behaviour rather than assigned from an industry taxonomy. 3 filing-linked names are in the relationship map; none is currently confirmed as moving with the group.

Context history

Theme membership history

No durable theme membership has been observed for this name yet.