Dropbox (DBX) Return on Invested Capital (2018 - 2026)

Dropbox (DBX) posted Return on Invested Capital of 0.0% for Q1 2026, up 19.5% quarter-over-quarter from 0.0% in Q4 2025, and little changed year-on-year from 0.0% in Q1 2025.

Dropbox (DBX) Return on Invested Capital (2018 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Dropbox (DBX) has reported Return on Invested Capital for 9 consecutive years, with 0.0% the latest figure, recorded in Q1 2026.

  • Return on Invested Capital for Q1 2026 came in at 0.0%, changed 0.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 0.0% (changed 0.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 0.01%, up 2.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Invested Capital was 0.0% for Q1 2026 at Dropbox, up from 0.0% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Return on Invested Capital peaked at 0.26% in Q4 2023 and troughed at 0.13% in Q2 2024.
  • Average Return on Invested Capital over 5 years is 0.01%, with a median of 0.01% recorded in 2024.
  • Year-over-year, Return on Invested Capital climbed 28 bps in 2023 and decreased 27 bps in 2024.
  • Over 5 years, Return on Invested Capital stood at 0.03% in 2022, then soared by 1059 bps to 0.26% in 2023, then sank by 105 bps to 0.01% in 2024, then surged by 67 bps to 0.0% in 2025, then rose by 19 bps to 0.0% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant data, the three most recent Return on Invested Capital figures were 0.0% in Q1 2026, 0.0% in Q4 2025, and 0.01% in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

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1 Microsoft 2,853.66 Bn 2,775.39 Bn 56.06 Bn 0.00%
2 Oracle 408.21 Bn 376.86 Bn 17.12 Bn 0.00%
3 Palantir Technologies 300.98 Bn 293.06 Bn 1.42 Bn 0.00%
4 Palo Alto Networks 247.84 Bn 243.30 Bn 1.91 Bn 0.00%
5 CrowdStrike Holdings 193.63 Bn 190.57 Bn 993.68 Mn 0.00%
6 Fortinet 117.45 Bn 114.16 Bn 1.49 Bn 0.01%
7 Cloudflare 86.88 Bn 85.93 Bn 455.60 Mn 0.00%
8 Synopsys 86.18 Bn 86.06 Bn 1.77 Bn 0.00%
9 Block 46.10 Bn 39.21 Bn 2.91 Bn 0.00%
10 Dropbox 6.68 Bn 5.39 Bn 501.40 Mn 0.00%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 0.00%
Dec 31, 2025 0.00%
Sep 30, 2025 -0.01%
Jun 30, 2025 -0.01%
Mar 31, 2025 -0.01%
Dec 31, 2024 -0.01%
Sep 30, 2024 -0.03%
Jun 30, 2024 -0.13%
Mar 31, 2024 0.08%
Dec 31, 2023 0.26%
Sep 30, 2023 -0.05%
Jun 30, 2023 -0.04%
Mar 31, 2023 -0.07%
Dec 31, 2022 -0.03%
Sep 30, 2022 -0.01%
Jun 30, 2022 -0.01%
Mar 31, 2022 -0.04%
Dec 31, 2021 0.05%
Sep 30, 2021 -0.01%
Jun 30, 2021 -0.01%