Dropbox Valuation

Is DBX undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

6/6

Valuation Score 6/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of DBX when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: DBX ($24.15) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($60.52)

Significantly Below Fair Value: DBX is trading below fair value by more than 20%.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for DBX?

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

DBX key valuation metrics and ratios. From Price to Earnings, Price to Sales and Price to Book to Price to Earnings Growth Ratio, Enterprise Value and EBITDA.
Key Statistics
Enterprise Value/Revenue3.5x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA16x
PEG Ratio5.5x

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does DBX's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for DBX vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average108.4x
OTEX Open Text
75.1x56.1%US$9.6b
SPSC SPS Commerce
96.7x13.3%US$6.6b
PEGA Pegasystems
68.7x-0.4%US$5.3b
ESTC Elastic
193.1x-74.4%US$10.8b
DBX Dropbox
18x3.3%US$8.2b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: DBX is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (18x) compared to the peer average (108.4x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does DBX's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Software Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a15.6%
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No. of CompaniesPE048121620

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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: DBX is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (18x) compared to the US Software industry average (43.9x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is DBX's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

DBX PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio18x
Fair PE Ratio31.6x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: DBX is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (18x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (31.6x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst DBX forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$24.15
US$29.37
+21.6%
13.7%US$36.00US$24.00n/a10
Apr ’25US$24.31
US$29.87
+22.9%
12.6%US$36.00US$24.00n/a10
Mar ’25US$24.14
US$30.27
+25.4%
12.0%US$36.00US$24.00n/a10
Feb ’25US$32.27
US$31.55
-2.2%
13.3%US$37.00US$24.00n/a11
Jan ’25US$29.48
US$30.18
+2.4%
12.4%US$36.00US$24.00n/a11
Dec ’24US$28.78
US$29.26
+1.7%
11.4%US$34.00US$24.00n/a11
Nov ’24US$26.16
US$30.17
+15.3%
10.5%US$35.00US$24.00n/a11
Oct ’24US$27.23
US$30.17
+10.8%
10.5%US$35.00US$24.00n/a11
Sep ’24US$27.86
US$29.21
+4.8%
13.6%US$35.00US$22.00n/a12
Aug ’24US$26.75
US$28.04
+4.8%
15.3%US$34.00US$18.00n/a12
Jul ’24US$26.67
US$26.92
+0.9%
15.9%US$34.00US$18.00n/a12
Jun ’24US$23.19
US$26.62
+14.8%
17.1%US$34.00US$18.00n/a11
May ’24US$20.35
US$26.89
+32.1%
16.4%US$34.00US$20.00n/a11
Apr ’24US$21.62
US$27.21
+25.9%
15.4%US$34.00US$20.00US$24.3111
Mar ’24US$20.55
US$27.21
+32.4%
15.4%US$34.00US$20.00US$24.1411
Feb ’24US$23.88
US$26.94
+12.8%
15.6%US$34.00US$20.00US$32.2711
Jan ’24US$22.38
US$27.32
+22.1%
16.0%US$34.00US$20.00US$29.4811
Dec ’23US$23.75
US$27.32
+15.0%
16.0%US$34.00US$20.00US$28.7811
Nov ’23US$21.69
US$28.50
+31.4%
13.4%US$35.00US$24.00US$26.169
Oct ’23US$20.72
US$28.99
+39.9%
12.5%US$35.00US$24.00US$27.239
Sep ’23US$21.26
US$28.36
+33.4%
11.8%US$35.00US$24.00US$27.868
Aug ’23US$22.86
US$29.98
+31.2%
13.5%US$38.00US$25.00US$26.756
Jul ’23US$21.90
US$31.17
+42.3%
16.6%US$38.00US$25.00US$26.676
Jun ’23US$21.12
US$31.17
+47.6%
16.6%US$38.00US$25.00US$23.196
May ’23US$21.75
US$32.67
+50.2%
14.5%US$38.00US$25.00US$20.356
Apr ’23US$23.89
US$33.83
+41.6%
14.7%US$40.00US$27.00US$21.626

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price and analysts are within a statistically confident range of agreement.


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