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Dropbox Inc · Q3 2023 earnings

Q3 2023 earnings · · Investor relations

Briefing

Delivered a solid quarter, beating revenue guidance and driving better than expected profitability.

Dropbox's Q3 2023 revenue reached $633.0 million, a 7.1% increase year-over-year, with a GAAP net income of $114.1 million. The company's ARR ended at $2.525 billion, up 3.8% year-over-year, and paying users totaled 18.17 million, compared to 17.55 million in the same period last year.

  • Total revenue was $633.0 million, an increase of 7.1% from the same period last year.
  • Total ARR ended at $2.525 billion, an increase of 3.8% from the same period last year.
  • Paying users ended at 18.17 million, as compared to 17.55 million for the same period last year.
  • GAAP net income was $114.1 million, as compared to $83.2 million for the same period last year.

Headline financials

Total Revenue

$633M

Previous: $591M+7.1%
EPS (adj)

$0.56

Previous: $0.43+30.2%
Paying Users

18.2M

Previous: 17.6M+3.5%
ARPU

$138.71

Previous: $134.31+3.3%
Total ARR

$2.53B

Previous: $2.43B+3.9%
Capital Expenditures

-$14.3M

Previous: -$20.9M+31.6%
Free Cash Flow

$99.8M

Previous: $62.3M+60.2%
Net Income

$114M

Previous: $83.2M+37.1%
Operating Income

$131M

Previous: $89.3M+46.4%
Gross Profit

$513M

Previous: $481M+6.7%
Cash & Equivalents

$604M

Previous: $372M+62.4%
Total Assets

$3.01B

Previous: $2.7B+11.4%
R&D Expense

$216M

No prior period
Stock-Based Comp

$83.8M

Previous: $86.1M-2.7%

Revenue & EPS history

Dropbox · Revenue · Quarterly

$633M

Q3 2023+7.1%vs Q3 2022
Beat estimate in 11 of 15 quarters(73%)
ActualEstimate

Historical earnings impact

How earnings announcements have historically affected this stock's price.

Avg. return before/after earnings

Based on 20 quarterly earnings reports · overlaid with Q3 2023

Historical avgQ3 2023

-1.1%

Avg return

Earnings day

-2.7%

Avg return

5 days after

-2.4%

Avg return

30 days after

38%

12 / 32 earnings

Positive

+22.5%

Q4 2019

Best reaction

-22.6%

Q4 2023

Worst reaction

Earnings price reactions
QuarterReport dateReaction (Day 0)+5 days+30 days
Q1 2026+15.2%+4.5%+9.7%
Q4 2025+2.7%-1.2%+1.2%
Q3 2025+7.6%+7.6%+2.3%
Q1 2025-0.7%-0.3%-0.7%
Q4 2024-16.2%-16.6%-16.9%
Q3 2024-3.1%+0.1%+4.2%
Q2 2024+3.5%+3.7%+6.5%
Q1 2024-0.8%+3.0%-8.1%
Q4 2023-22.6%-25.2%-26.5%
Q3 2023-0.6%-1.0%+10.0%
Q2 2023+6.3%+7.5%+7.7%
Q1 2023+7.2%+6.6%+19.1%
Q4 2022-12.2%-11.9%-17.2%
Q3 2022+3.5%+4.4%+12.8%
Q2 2022-0.8%+1.4%-10.8%
Q1 2022-5.6%-7.8%+1.9%
Q4 2021-7.6%-13.3%-7.5%
Q3 2021-9.5%-7.1%-22.0%
Q2 2021+2.5%+3.0%+3.1%
Q1 2021-0.6%+2.8%+14.6%
Q4 2020-2.7%-3.8%+11.5%
Q3 2020+3.2%-0.4%+9.7%
Q2 2020-10.9%-15.3%-14.9%
Q1 2020+7.5%+8.8%+8.0%
Q4 2019+22.5%+12.7%-4.0%
Q3 2019-3.7%-8.0%-11.1%
Q2 2019-9.9%-11.5%-8.6%
Q1 2019-0.7%-6.3%-2.7%
Q4 2018-8.0%-4.5%-14.8%
Q3 2018+2.2%-5.4%-14.0%
Q2 2018-1.6%-8.2%-15.2%
Q1 2018-0.4%-5.9%-4.6%
Q4 2017
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Q4 2016
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