Dropbox (NASDAQ:DBX) CTO Sells $156,154.96 in Stock

Dropbox, Inc. (NASDAQ:DBXGet Free Report) CTO Ali Dasdan sold 5,666 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, May 18th. The shares were sold at an average price of $27.56, for a total value of $156,154.96. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief technology officer owned 514,611 shares in the company, valued at approximately $14,182,679.16. The trade was a 1.09% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. The sale was made to cover tax withholding obligations related to the vesting of equity awards.

Ali Dasdan also recently made the following trade(s):

  • On Thursday, February 26th, Ali Dasdan sold 7,306 shares of Dropbox stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $24.89, for a total value of $181,846.34.

Dropbox Stock Down 1.1%

Shares of DBX opened at $27.25 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $6.36 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.89, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.11 and a beta of 0.64. Dropbox, Inc. has a 52-week low of $21.69 and a 52-week high of $32.40. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $24.60 and a 200 day moving average price of $26.38.

Dropbox (NASDAQ:DBXGet Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, May 7th. The company reported $0.76 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.71 by $0.05. The company had revenue of $629.50 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $620.56 million. Dropbox had a net margin of 18.71% and a negative return on equity of 30.01%. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up .8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $0.70 earnings per share. On average, equities analysts anticipate that Dropbox, Inc. will post 2.03 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Trading of Dropbox

Large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Rossby Financial LCC boosted its stake in Dropbox by 128.5% during the 3rd quarter. Rossby Financial LCC now owns 937 shares of the company’s stock worth $28,000 after purchasing an additional 527 shares during the period. Palisade Asset Management LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Dropbox in the third quarter valued at about $30,000. First Horizon Corp purchased a new stake in shares of Dropbox in the third quarter valued at about $31,000. Kestra Advisory Services LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Dropbox during the fourth quarter worth about $31,000. Finally, Larson Financial Group LLC boosted its stake in shares of Dropbox by 228.0% during the fourth quarter. Larson Financial Group LLC now owns 1,138 shares of the company’s stock worth $32,000 after buying an additional 791 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 94.84% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

DBX has been the subject of a number of research reports. Royal Bank Of Canada boosted their price target on shares of Dropbox from $30.00 to $32.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Friday, May 8th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. dropped their price objective on Dropbox from $29.00 to $25.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, February 20th. Wall Street Zen upgraded Dropbox from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Saturday, May 16th. Weiss Ratings reissued a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Dropbox in a report on Monday, May 4th. Finally, UBS Group decreased their target price on Dropbox from $27.00 to $23.00 and set a “sell” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, February 20th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating, three have assigned a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Dropbox presently has a consensus rating of “Reduce” and a consensus price target of $27.00.

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Dropbox, Inc (NASDAQ: DBX) is a leading provider of cloud-based file storage, collaboration, and productivity tools. Founded in 2007 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, the company offers a suite of services designed to help individuals and organizations securely store, share, and manage digital content. Dropbox has grown from a simple file-syncing application into an integrated collaboration platform used by millions of customers around the globe.

At its core, Dropbox provides cloud storage plans tailored for consumers and businesses.

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