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

2024	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015	2014	2013	2012	2011
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
728 M	353 M	583 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
Appian Corporation APPN	282 M	$ 22.9	0.11 %	$ 1.67 B	USA
Agilysys AGYS	42.2 M	$ 81.31	-0.24 %	$ 2.01 B	USA
FireEye, Inc. FEYE	614 M	-	-3.41 %	$ 4.13 B	USA
Aspen Technology AZPN	124 M	-	-	$ 16.8 B	USA
Powerbridge Technologies Co., Ltd. PBTS	1.86 M	-	2.4 %	$ 115 M	China
Brightcove BCOV	68.2 M	-	-	$ 192 K	USA
BigCommerce Holdings BIGC	46.6 M	-	-	$ 371 M	USA
Adobe ADBE	6.9 B	$ 261.0	-1.13 %	$ 111 B	USA
Black Knight BKI	59.9 M	-	-0.02 %	$ 11.7 B	USA
Sapiens International Corporation N.V. SPNS	37.5 M	-	-	$ 2.43 B	Curacao
ANSYS ANSS	505 M	-	-	$ 32.7 B	USA
Bentley Systems, Incorporated BSY	246 M	$ 33.82	-0.82 %	$ 10.6 B	USA
Bit Digital BTBT	30.7 M	$ 1.67	-4.89 %	$ 234 M	USA
Borqs Technologies BRQS	2.35 M	-	-23.51 %	$ 9.87 M	China
A10 Networks ATEN	78.3 M	$ 20.72	0.1 %	$ 1.54 B	USA
American Software AMSWA	47.6 M	-	-2.14 %	$ 369 M	USA
Altair Engineering ALTR	139 M	-	-	$ 9.4 B	USA
Benefitfocus BNFT	27.8 M	-	-	$ 362 M	USA
Net Element, Inc. NETE	1.61 M	-	8.63 %	$ 83.8 M	USA
Avaya Holdings Corp. AVYA	245 M	-	-	$ 3.47 M	USA
Alteryx AYX	252 M	-	-	$ 3.42 B	USA
Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. CHKP	1.47 B	$ 169.87	-0.94 %	$ 18.8 B	Israel
BlackBerry Limited BB	162 M	$ 3.42	-1.44 %	$ 2.02 B	Canada
Avalara AVLR	281 M	-	-	$ 8.28 B	USA
Cheetah Mobile CMCM	157 M	$ 5.56	-0.89 %	$ 7.95 B	-
Proofpoint, Inc. PFPT	712 M	-	-	$ 10.1 B	USA
BlackLine BL	339 M	$ 37.58	-2.68 %	$ 2.33 B	USA
Bridgeline Digital BLIN	2.08 M	$ 0.73	3.42 %	$ 7.6 M	USA
Blackbaud BLKB	360 M	$ 48.27	-1.65 %	$ 2.44 B	USA
Bill.com Holdings BILL	22.4 M	$ 46.44	-1.16 %	$ 4.81 B	USA
Bumble BMBL	43.4 M	$ 2.72	-1.04 %	$ 329 M	USA
Zix Corporation ZIXI	40.4 M	-	0.12 %	$ 482 M	USA
salesforce.com CRM	20.7 B	$ 187.43	-1.2 %	$ 180 B	USA
BSQUARE Corporation BSQR	201 K	-	0.53 %	$ 38.6 K	USA
Box BOX	563 M	$ 23.37	0.78 %	$ 3.37 B	USA
CrowdStrike Holdings CRWD	702 M	$ 414.8	-3.46 %	$ 102 B	USA
Ceridian HCM Holding CDAY	42.3 M	-	-	$ 10.6 B	USA
Citrix Systems CTXS	1.71 B	-	-	$ 13.2 B	USA
Cadence Design Systems CDNS	691 M	$ 292.18	-2.43 %	$ 79.2 B	USA
Calix CALX	26.8 M	$ 53.28	-0.08 %	$ 3.51 B	USA
CDK Global CDK	28.6 M	-	0.06 %	$ 6.34 B	USA
CyberArk Software Ltd. CYBR	597 M	-	-	$ 18.1 B	Israel
Endava plc DAVA	3.2 M	$ 5.05	-1.17 %	$ 2.5 B	-
Coupa Software Incorporated COUP	356 M	-	-	$ 6.12 B	USA
The Descartes Systems Group Inc DSGX	56.8 M	$ 65.03	-1.08 %	$ 5.5 B	Canada
CYREN Ltd. CYRN	4.64 M	-	-18.15 %	$ 1.77 M	USA
Dynatrace DT	1.09 B	$ 36.8	-1.08 %	$ 11 B	USA
CSG Systems International CSGS	54.4 M	$ 79.75	0.12 %	$ 2.26 B	USA
Cloudera, Inc. CLDR	473 M	-	0.06 %	$ 4.74 B	Canada
ACI Worldwide ACIW	75.4 M	$ 40.68	2.83 %	$ 4.29 B	USA