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Dropbox (WBO:DBX) Buyback Yield % : 8.35 (As of May. 16, 2024)


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What is Dropbox Buyback Yield %?

Buyback yield is the net repurchase of shares outstanding over the market capital of the company. It is a measure of shareholder return.

Dropbox's current buyback yield was 8.35%.


Dropbox Buyback Yield % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Dropbox's Buyback Yield % can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Dropbox Buyback Yield % Chart

Dropbox Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Buyback Yield %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only -0.03 4.27 11.35 10.30 5.50

Dropbox Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
Buyback Yield % Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 9.63 6.78 4.39 4.34 14.04

Competitive Comparison of Dropbox's Buyback Yield %

For the Software - Infrastructure subindustry, Dropbox's Buyback Yield %, along with its competitors' market caps and Buyback Yield % data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Dropbox's Buyback Yield % Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Dropbox's Buyback Yield % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Dropbox's Buyback Yield % falls into.



Dropbox Buyback Yield % Calculation

Buyback yield is a measure of shareholder return.

Dropbox's Buyback Yield for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Buyback Yield=Net Issuance of Stock / Market Cap
=- (Repurchase of Stock + Issuance of Stock) / Market Cap
=- (-495.088 + 2.292) / 8959.587
=5.50%

Dropbox's annualized Buyback Yield for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Buyback Yield=Net Issuance of Stock(Annualized) / Market Cap
=- (Repurchase of Stock + Issuance of Stock) * Annualized Factor / Market Cap
=- (-257.048 + 0.092) * 4 / 7322.85871
=14.04%

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

In calculating the annualized quarterly data, the Repurchase of Stock and Issuance of Stock data used here is four times the quarterly (Mar. 2024) data.


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Dropbox (WBO:DBX) Business Description

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Address
1800 Owens Street, San Francisco, CA, USA, 94158
Dropbox is a leading provider of cloud-storage and content collaboration tools with an emphasis on individuals and SMB. The company was founded in 2007 and was a pioneer in cloud storage and cross-platform file syncing. Utilizing inorganic and organic means, the firm has been working on diversifying its product mix and pivoting away from the cloud-storage space.