Dropbox (DBX) Share-based Compensation (2017 - 2026)
Dropbox's (DBX) quarterly Share-based Compensation came in at $30.3 million in Q1 2026, down 23.87% YoY from $39.8 million in Q1 2025, and down 18.33% on a QoQ basis from $37.1 million in Q4 2025.
Dropbox (DBX) Share-based Compensation (2017 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Dropbox (DBX) has 10 years of Share-based Compensation data on file, last reported at $30.3 million in 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 slipped to $30.3 million in Q1 2026, from $37.1 million in the prior quarter.
- In the past five years, Share-based Compensation ranged from a high of $239.7 million in Q4 2022 to a low of -$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 tumbled 143.65% — and 2025, when it soared 2015.0%.
- Tracing DBX's Share-based Compensation over 5 years: stood at $239.7 million in 2022, then plunged by 65.42% to $82.9 million in 2023, then jumped by 186.25% to $237.3 million in 2024, then tumbled by 84.37% to $37.1 million in 2025, then dropped by 18.33% to $30.3 million in 2026.
- The last three Share-based Compensation figures came in at $30.3 million (Q1 2026), $37.1 million (Q4 2025), and $35.8 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.
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Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 77.30 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 77.30 Mn |
| 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 |