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Dropbox (Dropbox) PB Ratio : (As of Apr. 27, 2024)


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What is Dropbox PB Ratio?

The PB Ratio, or Price-to-Book ratio, or Price/Book, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Book Value per Share. As of today (2024-04-27), Dropbox's share price is $24.15. Dropbox's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $-0.49. Hence, Dropbox's PB Ratio of today is .

The historical rank and industry rank for Dropbox's PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

During the past 9 years, Dropbox's highest PB Ratio was 32.88. The lowest was 8.78. And the median was 13.04.

DBX's PB Ratio is not ranked *
in the Software industry.
Industry Median: 2.62
* Ranked among companies with meaningful PB Ratio only.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


Dropbox PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Dropbox's PB Ratio 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 PB Ratio Chart

Dropbox Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
PB Ratio
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Dropbox Quarterly Data
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Competitive Comparison of Dropbox's PB Ratio

For the Software - Infrastructure subindustry, Dropbox's PB Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and PB Ratio 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 PB Ratio Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Dropbox's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Dropbox's PB Ratio falls into.



Dropbox PB Ratio Calculation

The PB Ratio, or Price-to-Book ratio, or Price/Book, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Book Value per Share. It is a ratio widely used to value stocks.

Dropbox's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Dec. 2023)
=24.15/-0.492
=

* 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.

It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:

A closely related ratio is called Price-to-Tangible-Book. The difference between Price-to-Tangible-Book and PB Ratio is that book value other than intangibles are used in the calculation.


Dropbox  (NAS:DBX) PB Ratio Explanation

Unlike valuation ratios relative to the earning power such as PE Ratio, PE Ratio without NRI, PS Ratio, Price-to-Operating-Cash-Flow , or Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, the PB Ratio measures the valuation of the stock relative to the underlying asset of the company.

The PB Ratio works the best for the businesses that earn most of their profit from their assets, e.g. banks and insurance companies.


Be Aware

Some businesses have very light assets, such as software companies or insurance agencies. The PB Ratio does not work well for these companies. Some companies even have negative equity, so the PB Ratio cannot be applied to them.


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Dropbox (Dropbox) Business Description

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.
Executives
Bart Volkmer officer: General Counsel 333 BRANNAN STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94107
Timothy Regan officer: Chief Accounting Officer 333 BRANNAN STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94107
Andrew Houston director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chief Executive Officer 333 BRANNAN STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94107
Karen Peacock director C/O DROPBOX, INC., 1800 OWENS STREET, SUITE 200, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94158
Lisa M Campbell director C/O DOLBY LABORATORIES INC., 1275 MARKET STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94103
Timothy H. Young officer: Sr Vice President and GM, Core C/O DROPBOX, INC., 1800 OWENS STREET, SUITE 200, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94158
Abhay Parasnis director 345 PARK AVENUE, SAN JOSE CA 95110
Sara Mathew director CAMPBELL SOUP COMPANY, ONE CAMPBELL PLACE, CAMDEN NJ 08103
Mylod Robert J Jr director
Michael Seibel director C/O DROPBOX, INC., 1800 OWENS STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94158
Ajay Vashee officer: Chief Financial Officer 333 BRANNAN STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94107
Donald W Blair director ONE RIVERFRONT PLAZA, CORNING NY 14831
Arash Ferdowsi director, 10 percent owner, officer: Co-Founder 111 PINE STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94111
Olivia Nottebohm officer: Chief Operating Officer C/O DROPBOX. INC., 1800 OWENS STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94158
Quentin Clark officer: See Remarks 333 BRANNAN STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94107