EarningsQ2 2026 Earnings Report
MX:DBX Q2 2026 EPS Results
Actual EPS$12.73
Consensus EPS$12.55
Beat/MissBeat by +$0.19
One Year Ago EPS$12.05
MX:DBX Q2 2026 Revenue Results
Actual Revenue$10.72B
Expected Revenue$10.64B
Beat/MissBeat by +$81.72M
YoY Revenue Growth+0.93%
Earnings Announcement Details
QuarterQ2 2026
Date08/06/2026
TimeAfter Close
Conference CallThursday, August 6, 2026
MX:DBX Upcoming Earnings
Dropbox's next earnings date is estimated for October 29, 2026, based on past reporting schedules.
Q2 2026 Earnings Call Audio
MX:DBX Q2 2026 Earnings Call
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Q2 2026 Earnings Slide Deck
Q2 2026 Earnings Call Summary
Earnings Call Sentiment|Positive
The call highlights steady operational progress: three consecutive quarters of paying user growth, modest revenue and ARR expansion (especially when excluding the FormSwift divestiture), strong unlevered free cash flow and disciplined capital allocation including an expanded buyback. Management also articulated a clear strategy to embed AI natively and leverage Dropbox's content platform, with early external integrations and promising initial usage. Offsets include modest overall growth rates, margin pressure from AI compute costs, higher interest expense reducing net income and near‑term ARPU headwinds driven by mix and product roll‑offs. Management raised margin and cash‑flow guidance, signaling confidence, but longer‑term upside from AI remains dependent on adoption and monetization execution.Company Guidance
Sequential Paying User Growth
Added ~96,000 paying users, bringing total to 18.19 million; third consecutive quarter of paying user growth driven by improvements in onboarding, activation and the Simple SKU.
Revenue Beat and Modest Year‑Over‑Year Growth
Q2 revenue of $631.5M, up 0.9% year‑over‑year; excluding FormSwift, revenue grew 1.7% YoY (0.1% on a constant currency basis); company outperformed guidance for the quarter.
ARR Improvement
Total ARR $2.566B, up 1.0% YoY; excluding FormSwift ARR grew 1.7% YoY (0.2% constant currency).
Strong Cash Generation and Shareholder Returns
Generated $283.5M of unlevered free cash flow in Q2 (unlevered FCF per share $1.25, up 25% YoY); ended quarter with $1.114B in cash and short‑term investments; announced $900M new share repurchase authorization and repurchased ~12.6M shares for ~$315M during the quarter.
Operating Margin and Guidance Upside
Non‑GAAP operating margin of 39.7% in Q2 (ahead of guidance of 38.5%); raised full‑year non‑GAAP operating margin guidance by 50 basis points to 40.0%–40.5%.
Product and GTM Execution Wins
Notable improvements across pricing, packaging, onboarding, checkout, conversion and retention; onboarding steps reduced (example: teams onboarding from 12 to 4 steps); Teams returned to positive license growth and Teams net new ARR grew sequentially.
Early AI & Ecosystem Traction
Launched integrations with ChatGPT and Claude with over 150,000 users connected; testing next‑generation in‑product smart FSS (Dash evolution) and embedding AI natively into Dropbox; management sees platform as valuable for AI workflows and third‑party integrations.
Increased Full‑Year Cash Flow Guidance
Raised unlevered free cash flow guidance to at or above $1.070B for FY2026 (increase of $15M versus prior guidance).
MX:DBX Earnings History
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