Growth Metrics

Dropbox (DBX) Return on Capital Employed (2018 - 2025)

Dropbox's Return on Capital Employed history spans 8 years, with the latest figure at 0.74% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Capital Employed rose 46.0% year-over-year to 0.74%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.74%, up 46.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.58%, 33.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed reached 0.74% in Q4 2025 per DBX's latest filing, up from 0.7% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 0.74% in Q4 2025 to a low of 0.15% in Q1 2021.
  • Average Return on Capital Employed over 5 years is 0.25%, with a median of 0.2% recorded in 2022.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Capital Employed: fell -13bps in 2021, then surged 46bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 0.13% in 2021, then decreased by -21bps to 0.11% in 2022, then soared by 183bps to 0.3% in 2023, then decreased by -7bps to 0.28% in 2024, then skyrocketed by 166bps to 0.74% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for DBX's Return on Capital Employed are 0.74% (Q4 2025), 0.7% (Q3 2025), and 0.56% (Q2 2025).