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Dropbox (WBO:DBX) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow : 11.08 (As of Apr. 29, 2024)


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What is Dropbox Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow?

As of today (2024-04-29), Dropbox's share price is €22.59. Dropbox's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was €2.04. Hence, Dropbox's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 11.08.

The historical rank and industry rank for Dropbox's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow or its related term are showing as below:

WBO:DBX' s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 9.08   Med: 18.86   Max: 43.33
Current: 11

During the past 9 years, Dropbox's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 43.33. The lowest was 9.08. And the median was 18.86.

WBO:DBX's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is ranked better than
78.77% of 1474 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 23.485 vs WBO:DBX: 11.00

Dropbox's Free Cash Flow per Share for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was €0.51. Its Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in was €2.04.

During the past 12 months, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of Dropbox was 4.60% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 22.90% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 21.10% per year.

During the past 9 years, Dropbox's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 38.30% per year. The lowest was 15.20% per year. And the median was 22.90% per year.


Dropbox Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Historical Data

The historical data trend for Dropbox's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow 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 Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Chart

Dropbox Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only 18.87 18.74 13.86 10.66 13.42

Dropbox Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow 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 10.66 10.05 12.55 12.63 13.42

Competitive Comparison of Dropbox's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow

For the Software - Infrastructure subindustry, Dropbox's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow 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 Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Dropbox's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Dropbox's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow falls into.



Dropbox Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Calculation

Dropbox's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow ratio for today is calculated as

Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio=Share Price/ Free Cash Flow per Share (TTM)
=22.59/2.039
=11.08

Dropbox's Share Price of today is €22.59.
Dropbox's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was €2.04.

* 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.

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

Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio=Market Cap/Free Cash Flow

Dropbox  (WBO:DBX) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Explanation

Free Cash Flow is considered more important than earnings by value investors. The reason is because, in principle, only the net cash that can be taken from the business belongs to shareholders. This Free Cash Flow can be used to grow the business, reduce debt or return to shareholders in dividends or share buybacks.

In a DCF Calculation Free Cash Flow is used to determine the intrinsic value of companies.


Be Aware

In real business, Free Cash Flow can be affected by the change in accounts receivable, accounts payable, management's decision on expansion, etc. Therefore, investors should look at the Free Cash Flow over the longer term. Long-term average of Free Cash Flow is a more reliable indicator for real free cash flow.


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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.