Dropbox (DBX) Return on Sales [ROS] (2017 - 2026)
Dropbox (DBX) reported Return on Sales [ROS] of 26.10% for Q2 2026, down 0.82 percentage points from 26.91% a year earlier and down 1.35 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Dropbox (DBX) Return on Sales [ROS] (2017 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the twelve months ended Jun 30, 2026, Dropbox's Return on Sales [ROS] came in at 26.64%, up 4.22 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025, it came in at 27.33%, up 8.25 percentage points from FY2024.
- Return on Sales [ROS] has a five-year change of +41.81 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- By year, Return on Sales [ROS] came in at 19.08% in FY2024 (-2.45 pp), 21.53% in FY2023 (+13.74 pp), 7.80% in FY2022 (-4.92 pp) and 12.72% in FY2021 (+27.19 pp).
- Five-year quarterly Return on Sales [ROS] spans a low of -13.43% in Q4 2022 and a high of 42.11% in Q4 2023.
- Year over year, Return on Sales [ROS] gained in four of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +0.13 percentage points.
- The high point for year-over-year Return on Sales [ROS] in five years was Q4 2021 (a gain of 81.17 percentage points); the low point was Q4 2024 (a drop of 28.45 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, the three quarters before Q2 2026 came in at 27.45% (Q1 2026), 25.50% (Q4 2025) and 27.54% (Q3 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROS (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adobe | 92.55 Bn | 67.80 Bn | 6.00 Bn | 34.82% |
| 2 | Autodesk | 54.36 Bn | 42.40 Bn | 1.87 Bn | 29.28% |
| 3 | Atlassian | 37.46 Bn | 32.39 Bn | 1.51 Bn | 10.65% |
| 4 | Twilio | 33.16 Bn | 22.79 Bn | 760.53 Mn | 9.53% |
| 5 | Zoom Communications | 26.58 Bn | -4.16 Bn | 985.50 Mn | 24.61% |
| 6 | Figma | 9.91 Bn | 3.23 Bn | 314.44 Mn | -30.44% |
| 7 | Dropbox | 7.02 Bn | 2.44 Bn | 513.70 Mn | 27.49% |
| 8 | RingCentral | 6.19 Bn | 5.72 Bn | 494.30 Mn | 7.97% |
| 9 | Open Text | 5.93 Bn | 1.47 Bn | 905.53 Mn | 20.28% |
| 10 | Box | 5.84 Bn | 4.73 Bn | 253.97 Mn | 10.16% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 27.49% |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 26.10% |
| 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% |
API Access
Dropbox Return on Sales [ROS] API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-sales-%5Bros%5D&ticker=DBX&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-sales-[ros]", "ticker": "DBX", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-sales-%5Bros%5D&ticker=DBX&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();