Dropbox (DBX) Operating Margin (2017 - 2026)

Dropbox (DBX) posted Operating Margin of 27.45% for Q1 2026, up 7.67% on a QoQ basis from 25.5% in Q4 2025, and down 197.0% year-over-year from 28.3% in Q1 2025.

Dropbox (DBX) Operating Margin (2017 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Dropbox's Operating Margin history runs 10 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 27.45% for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Operating Margin fell 197.0% year-over-year to 27.45% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 26.85% (up 613.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 27.33%, up 825.0% from the prior year.
  • Operating Margin was 27.45% for Q1 2026 at Dropbox, up from 25.5% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Operating Margin topped out at 42.11% in Q4 2023 and bottomed at 13.43% in Q4 2022.
  • A 5-year average of 19.46% and a median of 20.02% in 2024 frame the typical range for Operating Margin.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2023 — Operating Margin jumped 5554 bps — and 2024, when it plunged 2845 bps.
  • Dropbox's Operating Margin stood at 13.43% in 2022, then surged by 414 bps to 42.11% in 2023, then plunged by 68 bps to 13.66% in 2024, then jumped by 87 bps to 25.5% in 2025, then gained by 8 bps to 27.45% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows DBX's Operating Margin at 27.45% in Q1 2026, 25.5% in Q4 2025, and 27.54% in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Operating Margin (Qtr)
1 Microsoft 2,921.46 Bn 2,797.02 Bn 56.06 Bn 46.33%
2 PagSeguro Digital 2,686.70 Bn 2,686.70 Bn 358.92 Mn 75.95%
3 Oracle 344.13 Bn 312.24 Bn - 31.97%
4 Repay Holdings 342.29 Bn 342.15 Bn - -
5 Palantir Technologies 294.57 Bn 286.54 Bn 1.42 Bn 46.18%
6 Palo Alto Networks 224.46 Bn 219.93 Bn 1.91 Bn 15.30%
7 CrowdStrike Holdings 182.52 Bn 179.42 Bn 993.68 Mn 1.06%
8 Fortinet 111.29 Bn 107.99 Bn 1.49 Bn 31.36%
9 Cloudflare 93.63 Bn 92.68 Bn 455.60 Mn -9.69%
10 Dropbox 7.54 Bn 6.25 Bn 501.40 Mn 27.45%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 27.45%
Dec 31, 2025 25.50%
Sep 30, 2025 27.54%
Jun 30, 2025 26.91%
Mar 31, 2025 29.42%
Dec 31, 2024 13.66%
Sep 30, 2024 20.01%
Jun 30, 2024 20.02%
Mar 31, 2024 22.73%
Dec 31, 2023 42.11%
Sep 30, 2023 20.65%
Jun 30, 2023 9.08%
Mar 31, 2023 13.76%
Dec 31, 2022 -13.43%
Sep 30, 2022 15.11%
Jun 30, 2022 14.48%
Mar 31, 2022 15.91%
Dec 31, 2021 12.41%
Sep 30, 2021 14.05%
Jun 30, 2021 15.91%