Dropbox (DBX) Share-based Compensation (2017 - 2026)

Dropbox (DBX) posted Share-based Compensation of $30.3 million for Q1 2026, down 18.33% on a QoQ basis from $37.1 million in Q4 2025, and down 23.87% year-over-year from $39.8 million in Q1 2025.

Dropbox (DBX) Share-based Compensation (2017 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Dropbox's Share-based Compensation history runs 10 years deep, the most recent figure standing at $30.3 million for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Share-based Compensation fell 23.87% year-over-year to $30.3 million in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $141.5 million (down 54.1% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at $151.0 million, down 56.42% from the prior year.
  • Share-based Compensation was $30.3 million for Q1 2026 at Dropbox, down from $37.1 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Share-based Compensation topped out at $239.7 million in Q4 2022 and bottomed at -$66.3 million in Q3 2022.
  • A 5-year average of $70.4 million and a median of $37.1 million in 2025 frame the typical range for Share-based Compensation.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Share-based Compensation slumped 143.65% — and 2025, when it soared 2015.0%.
  • Dropbox's Share-based Compensation stood at $239.7 million in 2022, then slumped by 65.42% to $82.9 million in 2023, then soared by 186.25% to $237.3 million in 2024, then sank by 84.37% to $37.1 million in 2025, then fell by 18.33% to $30.3 million in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows DBX's Share-based Compensation at $30.3 million in Q1 2026, $37.1 million in Q4 2025, and $35.8 million in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Share-based Compensation (Qtr)
1 Microsoft 2,921.46 Bn 2,797.02 Bn 56.06 Bn 3.08 Bn
2 PagSeguro Digital 2,686.70 Bn 2,686.70 Bn 358.92 Mn 6.84 Mn
3 Oracle 344.13 Bn 312.24 Bn - 4.70 Bn
4 Repay Holdings 342.29 Bn 342.15 Bn - -
5 Palantir Technologies 294.57 Bn 286.54 Bn 1.42 Bn 201.59 Mn
6 Palo Alto Networks 224.46 Bn 219.93 Bn 1.91 Bn -261.00 Mn
7 CrowdStrike Holdings 182.52 Bn 179.42 Bn 993.68 Mn 1.09 Bn
8 Fortinet 111.29 Bn 107.99 Bn 1.49 Bn 72.50 Mn
9 Cloudflare 93.63 Bn 92.68 Bn 455.60 Mn 15.07 Mn
10 Dropbox 7.54 Bn 6.25 Bn 501.40 Mn 30.30 Mn

Historic Data

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Mar 31, 2026 30.30 Mn
Mar 31, 2026 30.30 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 37.10 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 37.10 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 35.80 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 35.80 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 38.30 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 38.30 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 39.80 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 39.80 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 237.30 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 237.30 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 33.20 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 33.20 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 -2.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 -2.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 78.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 78.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 82.90 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 82.90 Mn