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DBX (Dropbox) Profitability Rank : 6 (As of Mar. 2025)


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What is Dropbox Profitability Rank?

Dropbox has the Profitability Rank of 6.

GuruFocus Profitability Rank ranks how profitable a company is and how likely the company's business will stay that way. It is rated on a scale of 1 to 10 and is based on these factors:

1. Operating Margin %
2. Piotroski F-Score
3. Trend of the Operating Margin % (5-year average). The company with an uptrend profit margin has a higher rank.
4. Consistency of the profitability
5. Predictability Rank

A higher score indicates superior profitability, with companies rated 7 or above considered to have more robust and sustainable profit generation. Conversely, a score of 3 or lower suggests challenges in generating consistent profits.

Dropbox's Operating Margin % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was 29.42%. As of today, Dropbox's Piotroski F-Score is 6.


Competitive Comparison of Dropbox's Profitability Rank

For the Software - Infrastructure subindustry, Dropbox's Profitability Rank, along with its competitors' market caps and Profitability Rank data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Dropbox's Profitability Rank Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Dropbox's Profitability Rank distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Dropbox's Profitability Rank falls into.


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Dropbox Profitability Rank Calculation

GuruFocus Profitability Rank ranks how profitable a company is and how likely the company's business will stay that way.

The rank is rated on a scale of 1 to 10. A higher score indicates superior profitability, with companies rated 7 or above considered to have more robust and sustainable profit generation. Conversely, a score of 3 or lower suggests challenges in generating consistent profits.

Dropbox has the Profitability Rank of 6.

Profitability Rank is not directly related to the Financial Strength. But if a company is consistently profitable, its financial strength will be stronger.

Profitability Rank is based on these factors:

1. Operating Margin %

Operating Margin % - also known as operating income margin, operating profit margin and return on sales (ROS) - is the ratio of Operating Income divided by net sales or Revenue, usually presented in percent.

Dropbox's Operating Margin % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as:

Operating Margin %=Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2025 ) / Revenue (Q: Mar. 2025 )
=183.8 / 624.7
=29.42 %

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

2. Piotroski F-Score

The zones of discrimination were as such:

Good or high score = 8 or 9
Bad or low score = 0 or 1

Dropbox has an F-score of 6 indicating the company's financial situation is typical for a stable company.

3. Trend of the Operating Margin % (5-year average). The company with an uptrend profit margin has a higher rank.

4. Consistency of the profitability

5. Predictability Rank


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Dropbox Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
1800 Owens Street, San Francisco, CA, USA, 94158
Dropbox provides cloud storage and content collaboration tools, focusing on individuals and small to midsize businesses. Founded in 2007, Dropbox was a pioneer in the file sync and share market. In recent years, the firm has been emphasizing its Dash product, which facilitates AI-powered universal search across unstructured cloud data.
Executives
Karen Peacock director C/O DROPBOX, INC., 1800 OWENS STREET, SUITE 200, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94158
Lisa M Campbell director C/O DOLBY LABORATORIES INC., 1275 MARKET STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94103
Timothy Regan officer: Chief Accounting Officer 333 BRANNAN STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94107
Andrew Houston director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chief Executive Officer 333 BRANNAN STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94107
Bart Volkmer officer: General Counsel 333 BRANNAN STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94107
Timothy H. Young officer: Sr Vice President and GM, Core C/O DROPBOX, INC., 1800 OWENS STREET, SUITE 200, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94158
Abhay Parasnis director 345 PARK AVENUE, SAN JOSE CA 95110
Sara Mathew director CAMPBELL SOUP COMPANY, ONE CAMPBELL PLACE, CAMDEN NJ 08103
Mylod Robert J Jr director
Michael Seibel director C/O DROPBOX, INC., 1800 OWENS STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94158
Ajay Vashee officer: Chief Financial Officer 333 BRANNAN STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94107
Donald W Blair director ONE RIVERFRONT PLAZA, CORNING NY 14831
Arash Ferdowsi director, 10 percent owner, officer: Co-Founder 111 PINE STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94111
Olivia Nottebohm officer: Chief Operating Officer C/O DROPBOX. INC., 1800 OWENS STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94158
Quentin Clark officer: See Remarks 333 BRANNAN STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94107