Dropbox Deferred Revenue 2011-2026 | DBX

Deferred revenue is the amount of money or obligations that a company has received in advance for goods or services that have not yet been delivered or performed. In other words, it is income that has already been received but has not yet been recognized in accounting as revenue because the goods or services have not yet been transferred to the customer.

Features of the metric

Sources of future cash inflows
A high level of deferred revenue indicates that the company has secured future cash flows, which positively affects forecasts of its financial condition and stability.
Assessment of operational stability
Deferred revenue reflects demand for the company’s products or services and its ability to attract customers willing to pay in advance. It is one of the indicators of business stability and its competitive advantages.
Risks and obligations
Although deferred revenue indicates future inflows, it also represents obligations that the company must fulfill. If fulfilling these obligations is delayed or impossible, it can negatively impact reputation and financial results.
Analysis of liquidity and cash flow
Inflows in the form of deferred revenue improve the company’s current liquidity since the funds are already in the accounts. However, investors need to assess the ratio of deferred revenue to fulfilled obligations to understand the actual financial capabilities and risks.
Impact on company valuation
In fundamental analysis, deferred revenue is taken into account for accurate revenue and profit forecasting, especially in industries with long-term contracts or subscriptions (e.g., IT sector, services, manufacturing).

Annual Deferred Revenue Dropbox

2025	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015	2014	2013	2012	2011
730 M	728 M	725 M	703 M	672 M	610 M	554 M	485 M	418 M	353 M	-	-	-	-	-

All numbers in USD currency

Indicator range from annual reports

Maximum	Minimum	Average
730 M	353 M	598 M

Quarterly Deferred Revenue Dropbox

2025-Q3	2025-Q2	2025-Q1	2024-Q3	2024-Q2	2024-Q1	2023-Q3	2023-Q2	2022-Q4	2022-Q3	2022-Q2	2022-Q1	2021-Q4	2021-Q3	2021-Q2	2021-Q1	2020-Q4	2020-Q3	2020-Q2	2020-Q1	2019-Q4	2019-Q3	2019-Q2	2019-Q1	2018-Q4	2018-Q3	2018-Q2	2018-Q1	2017-Q4	2017-Q3	2017-Q2	2017-Q1	2016-Q4	2016-Q3	2016-Q2	2016-Q1	2015-Q4	2015-Q3	2015-Q2	2015-Q1	2014-Q4	2014-Q3	2014-Q2	2014-Q1	2013-Q4	2013-Q3	2013-Q2	2013-Q1	2012-Q4	2012-Q3	2012-Q2	2012-Q1	2011-Q4	2011-Q3	2011-Q2	2011-Q1
741 M	743 M	740 M	740 M	743 M	-	735 M	734 M	703 M	699 M	-	692 M	672 M	668 M	658 M	641 M	610 M	610 M	610 M	610 M	554 M	554 M	554 M	554 M	485 M	485 M	485 M	485 M	418 M	418 M	418 M	418 M	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

All numbers in USD currency

Indicator range from quarterly reporting

Maximum	Minimum	Average
743 M	418 M	606 M

Deferred Revenue of other stocks in the Software industry

Issuer	Deferred Revenue	Price	% 24h	Market Cap	Country
Bentley Systems, Incorporated BSY	246 M	$ 40.22	1.08 %	$ 12.7 B	USA
FireEye, Inc. FEYE	614 M	-	-3.41 %	$ 4.13 B	USA
CleanSpark CLSK	64.2 K	$ 9.61	4.34 %	$ 2.71 B	USA
Cheetah Mobile CMCM	157 M	$ 7.65	-0.39 %	$ 10.9 B	-
Powerbridge Technologies Co., Ltd. PBTS	1.86 M	-	2.4 %	$ 115 M	China
Cogent Biosciences COGT	1.32 M	$ 37.01	-0.19 %	$ 4.77 B	USA
Sapiens International Corporation N.V. SPNS	37.5 M	-	-	$ 2.43 B	Curacao
Alteryx AYX	252 M	-	-	$ 3.42 B	USA
Creative Realities CREX	1.13 M	$ 3.54	-2.48 %	$ 30 M	USA
Altair Engineering ALTR	139 M	-	-	$ 9.4 B	USA
salesforce.com CRM	24.3 B	$ 198.79	-1.62 %	$ 189 B	USA
CSG Systems International CSGS	50.7 M	$ 80.22	0.4 %	$ 2.22 B	USA
ANSYS ANSS	505 M	-	-	$ 32.7 B	USA
Net Element, Inc. NETE	1.61 M	-	8.63 %	$ 83.8 M	USA
Endava plc DAVA	3.2 M	$ 5.29	-3.82 %	$ 2.5 B	-
Diebold Nixdorf, Incorporated DBD	326 M	$ 75.32	-2.91 %	$ 2.77 B	USA
Docebo DCBO	28.3 M	$ 18.95	-2.52 %	$ 1.34 B	Canada
Datadog DDOG	1.19 B	$ 128.56	2.23 %	$ 44.7 B	USA
Aspen Technology AZPN	124 M	-	-	$ 16.8 B	USA
DocuSign DOCU	1.32 B	$ 48.69	-	$ 9.94 B	USA
Domo DOMO	185 M	$ 4.27	1.18 %	$ 154 M	USA
Amdocs Limited DOX	115 M	$ 69.26	-0.65 %	$ 8 B	Guernsey
The Descartes Systems Group Inc DSGX	56.8 M	$ 72.26	0.72 %	$ 6.11 B	Canada
Viant Technology DSP	581 K	$ 10.12	-2.22 %	$ 164 M	USA
Dynatrace DT	1.09 B	$ 38.89	-1.06 %	$ 11.6 B	USA
Duos Technologies Group DUOT	11.8 M	$ 7.49	-0.4 %	$ 57.9 M	USA
Brightcove BCOV	68.2 M	-	-	$ 192 K	USA
Euronet Worldwide EEFT	60 M	$ 72.49	-1.15 %	$ 3.03 B	USA
Proofpoint, Inc. PFPT	712 M	-	-	$ 10.1 B	USA
eGain Corporation EGAN	48.8 M	$ 9.65	0.73 %	$ 272 M	USA
8x8 EGHT	37.8 M	$ 2.32	-7.94 %	$ 301 M	USA
Black Knight BKI	59.9 M	-	-0.02 %	$ 11.7 B	USA
Benefitfocus BNFT	27.8 M	-	-	$ 362 M	USA
Bill.com Holdings BILL	22.4 M	$ 44.47	-1.31 %	$ 4.61 B	USA
Zix Corporation ZIXI	40.4 M	-	0.12 %	$ 482 M	USA
Borqs Technologies BRQS	2.35 M	-	-23.51 %	$ 9.87 M	China
Blackbaud BLKB	369 M	$ 47.16	-2.08 %	$ 2.25 B	USA
Appian Corporation APPN	341 M	$ 26.57	-0.19 %	$ 1.97 B	USA
American Software AMSWA	47.6 M	-	-2.14 %	$ 369 M	USA
F5 Networks FFIV	1.21 B	$ 285.33	-0.31 %	$ 16.5 B	USA
Formula Systems (1985) Ltd. FORTY	129 M	$ 128.2	-	$ 1.3 B	Israel
Shift4 Payments FOUR	13 M	$ 47.24	-1.32 %	$ 63 M	USA
JFrog Ltd. FROG	310 M	$ 42.18	3.92 %	$ 4.9 B	USA
Fortinet FTNT	3.28 B	$ 83.81	0.17 %	$ 64.1 B	USA
ChannelAdvisor Corporation ECOM	29.9 M	-	0.02 %	$ 668 M	USA
Grid Dynamics Holdings GDYN	1.47 M	$ 6.51	-2.03 %	$ 550 M	USA
CyberArk Software Ltd. CYBR	597 M	-	-	$ 18.1 B	Israel
Globant S.A. GLOB	291 K	$ 50.43	-2.29 %	$ 7.32 B	Luxembourg