DBX — what changed in the latest 10-Q
A section-by-section comparison of DBX's newest periodic SEC filing (10-K/10-Q) against the prior same-form filing: paragraphs added and removed per section, with verbatim excerpts. Purely a deterministic text diff — no similarity scores, no directional read, not investment advice.
Comparing 10-Q · 2026-05-08 vs the prior 10-Q · 2025-11-07
| Section | Outcome | Added | Removed | Minor | Unchanged |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MD&A | Text added/removed | +37 | −51 | ~21 | 36 |
| Market risk (Item 3) | Text added/removed | 0 | 0 | ~5 | 4 |
| Controls & procedures | No paragraph-level changes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Legal proceedings | Text added/removed | +2 | −5 | 0 | 2 |
| Risk factors | Text added/removed | +49 | −48 | ~46 | 193 |
| Other information | Text added/removed | +1 | −3 | 0 | 1 |
Counts are paragraphs; added/removed means text added or removed vs the prior filing — no direction or judgement implied.
Representative excerpts
Up to 5 excerpts of about 300 characters per section, quoted verbatim from the two SEC filings.
MD&A
Text added vs the prior filing · source: 10-Q · 2026-05-08
During the three months ended March 31, 2026, we outperformed expectations, with stronger customer retention and engagement, particularly across Individual plans. Teams performance showed signs of stabilization, supported by continued progress on pricing and packaging simplification, a more unified …
periods, if at all. For a further discussion of the potential impacts of the macroeconomic environment on our business, see “Risk Factors” included in Part II, Item 1A. of this report.
Total ARR increased for the period ended March 31, 2026, compared to the periods ended December 31, 2025 and March 31, 2025, primarily driven by a favorable impact of changes in foreign exchange rates across multiple currencies relative to the U.S. dollar and growth in Individual plans, offset by ou…
The average revenue per paying user increased for the three months ended March 31, 2026 as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2025, as a result of the favorable impact of changes in foreign exchange rates across multiple currencies relative to the U.S. dollar offset by our strategic decisi…
Our FCF increased for the three months ended March 31, 2026, compared to the three months ended March 31, 2025, primarily due to an increase in cash provided by operating activities, reflecting payments made in the first quarter of 2025 for the third tranche termination fee for the partial terminati…
Text removed vs the prior filing · source: 10-Q · 2025-11-07
During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025, our overall performance exceeded expectations, with business trends reflecting steady execution amid ongoing macroeconomic uncertainty. We saw better than expected improvements in customer retention and engagement across both Individual and …
In October 2024, we announced a reduction of our global workforce by approximately 20% to streamline our team structure to better align with our long-term growth and profitability objectives. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025, we incurred $0.2 million and $3.7 million, respec…
Total ARR decreased for the period ended September 30, 2025, compared to the periods ended December 31, 2024 and September 30, 2024, primarily driven by our strategic decision to significantly reduce our investment in FormSwift at the beginning of 2025 and a challenging operating environment across …
Constant CurrencySeptember 30, 2025December 31, 2024September 30, 2024
The average revenue per paying user increased for the three months ended September 30, 2025 as compared to the three months ended September 30, 2024, as a result of the favorable impact of changes in foreign exchange rates across multiple currencies relative to the U.S. dollar offset by our strategi…
Legal proceedings
Text added vs the prior filing · source: 10-Q · 2026-05-08
In December 2022, Entangled Media, LLC filed a patent infringement suit asserting two U.S. patents against Dropbox. The case is currently pending in the Northern District of California (San Jose Division). In August 2025, the court granted-in-part Dropbox’s Motion for Summary Judgment, finding that …
While we remain confident in the Company’s defenses to the asserted allegations in this case, it is not possible to determine the ultimate outcome at this time, however, we do not believe any potential loss would be material to our financial position or results of operations.
Text removed vs the prior filing · source: 10-Q · 2025-11-07
On July 19, 2019 and July 23, 2021, Motion Offense, LLC (“Motion Offense”) filed patent infringement suits in the Western District of Texas (Waco Division) asserting infringement of a total of six patents. These lawsuits were consolidated in September 2021 (“the Consolidated Action”). In April 2023,…
The Consolidated Action had a jury trial in May 2023, and the jury found in favor of Dropbox on all counts including non-infringement and invalidity of the patents and awarded no damages to Motion Offense. In August 2024, the court entered judgment in line with the May 2023 verdict. The parties comp…
In Motion Offense’s third patent infringement suit, the parties filed their initial pleadings but the case is currently stayed pending Dropbox’s Inter Partes Review (“IPR”) of the asserted patent. On June 30 and July 1, 2025, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board issued Final Written Decisions in the IP…
In addition, in December 2022, Entangled Media, LLC filed a patent infringement suit against Dropbox in the Western District of Texas (Austin Division). The complaint alleges that Dropbox infringes two patents (U.S. Patent Nos. 8,296,338 and 8,484,260). In June 2023, the case was transferred to the …
While we remain confident in the Company’s defenses to the asserted allegations in these cases, it is not possible to determine the ultimate outcome at this time, however, we do not believe any potential loss would be material to our financial position or results of operations.
Risk factors
Text added vs the prior filing · source: 10-Q · 2026-05-08
Our rate of growth has declined and we have experienced negative growth in past periods. If we do not successfully execute our plan for future growth, our growth rate may continue to decline and we may continue to experience negative growth in future periods.
The rate of growth of our business and revenue has declined in recent periods and we have experienced negative growth. If we are unable to execute on our new product initiatives and plans for growth in the future, we may be unable to reverse this trend. Our new product initiatives, including any AI-…
Efforts to grow and expand our business, including the introduction of new features and products, places a continuous significant strain on our management, operational, and financial resources. As we introduce new products and features, including AI features, our information technology systems, orga…
In order to return to growth or reaccelerate our growth, we must effectively allocate our resources and if we invest in future growth, or reduce resources allocated to certain products, functions, or strategies, and fail to achieve our goals our business will be harmed. Our ability to forecast our f…
Our business depends on our ability to attract and retain users, convert users to paying users and upgrade paying users, and any decline in acquisitions, renewals or upgrades could adversely affect our future results of operations.
Text removed vs the prior filing · source: 10-Q · 2025-11-07
Our business depends on our ability to retain and upgrade paying users, and any decline in renewals or upgrades could adversely affect our future results of operations.
Our business depends upon our ability to maintain and expand our relationships with our users. Our business is subscription-based, and paying users are not obligated to and may not renew their subscriptions after their existing subscriptions expire. As a result, we cannot provide assurance that payi…
We encourage both basic and paying users to upgrade to our premium offerings by recommending additional features and through in-product prompts and notifications. We are focused on increasing recurring revenue and we believe that users that subscribe to our premium paid offerings demonstrate a prope…
Our future growth could be harmed if we fail to attract new users or convert registered users to paying users.
We must continually add new users to grow our business beyond our current user base and to replace users who choose not to continue to use our platform. In particular, in order to grow our revenue, we must attract paying users and convert registered users to paying users. Historically, our revenue h…
Other information
Text added vs the prior filing · source: 10-Q · 2026-05-08
No directors or officers, as defined in Rule 16a-1(f), adopted and/or terminated a “Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement” or a “non-Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement,” as defined in Regulation S-K Item 408.
Text removed vs the prior filing · source: 10-Q · 2025-11-07
During our last fiscal quarter, the following directors and officers, as defined in Rule 16a-1(f), adopted a “Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement” as defined in Regulation S-K Item 408, as follows:
On September 10, 2025, Lisa Campbell, a member of our Board of Directors, adopted a Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement providing for the sale from time-to-time of an aggregate of up to 4,222 shares of our Class A common stock. The trading arrangement is intended to satisfy the affirmative defense in Ru…
No other directors or officers, as defined in Rule 16a-1(f), adopted and/or terminated a “Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement” or a “non-Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement,” as defined in Regulation S-K Item 408.
How to read Risk Factors (Item 1A) in a 10-Q
A 10-Q risk-factor section usually takes one of three forms; this page classifies it as one of:
- Pointer — the filer states there have been no material changes and points back to the annual 10-K risk factors; there is no own risk text to compare this quarter.
- Partial update — the filer carves out specific updated risks ("except as set forth below"); the excerpts show exactly what is new this quarter.
- Restated in full — the quarter carries the complete risk-factor text. When the prior quarter was only a pointer there is no prior full text to diff against, so the page flags the section as restated instead.
This describes the filing structure only — it is never a judgement on whether risk went up or down.
Source: text-level diff of the two SEC EDGAR filings · deterministic (no AI-generated content) · for reference only · not investment advice