Dolby Laboratories, Inc. (DLB)

NYSE: DLB · USD

$61.5

-1.27 (-2.0%)· Recorded snapshot

Market cap	5.8B
Revenue (ttm)	1.4B
Net income (ttm)	226.2M
EPS (ttm)	$2.35
Shares out	93.7M
P/E (trailing)	26.2x
P/E (forward)	13.5x
Dividend	$1.44 (2.35%)
Volume	476,062
Beta	0.78

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Price

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Financial snapshot

Revenue (ttm): 1.4B
Net income (ttm): 226.2M
EPS (ttm): $2.35
P/E (trailing): 26.2x
P/E (forward): 13.5x
Market cap: 5.8B

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Next earnings

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Forward P/E13.5

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Trailing P/E26.2

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ROE8.8

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ROIC10.6

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Profile and market data

Ticker identity, listing, currency, market cap, and source dates.

Metric	Value
Amount currency	USD
CIK code	0001308547
Company name	Dolby Laboratories, Inc.
Country	United States
Country code	US
CUSIP number	25659T107
Earnings date	2026-11-17
Earnings time	amc
Employees	2,051
Employees change	-29
Employees growth	-1.39%
Enterprise value	$5.1B
Exchange	NYSE
Financial currency	USD
Financial report date	2026-06-26
First seen	2026-05-09
Fiscal year end	September
Founded	1965
Industry	Specialty Business Services
IPO date	2005-02-17
Is primary listing	Yes
Is SPAC	No
ISIN number	US25659T1079
Last 10-K release date	2025-11-18
Last earnings date	2026-07-30
Last refreshed	2026-10-28
Last stock split type	Never
Market cap	$5.8B
Market cap category	Mid-Cap
Next earnings date	2026-11-17
Options	Yes
Price	$61.47
Price currency	USD
Sector	Industrials
SIC code	6794
Stock price date	2026-10-28
Symbol	DLB
U.S. state	California
Website	https://www.dolby.com

Valuation

Multiples, yields, enterprise-value ratios, and valuation checks.

Metric	Value
Adjusted P/E ratio	14.96x
Average P/E ratio (10Y)	39.69x
Average P/E ratio (3Y)	30.87x
Average P/E ratio (5Y)	32.65x
Earnings yield	3.82%
EV/Earnings	23.12x
EV/EBIT	19.97x
EV/EBITDA	14.75x
EV/FCF	13.32x
EV/Sales	3.86x
FCF / EV yield	7.51%
FCF yield	6.71%
Forward EV/Sales	3.59x
Forward P/E	13.54x
Forward P/S	4.02x
Graham number	38.18124
Graham upside	-38.89%
Industry forward P/E	18.51x
Industry P/E	36.15x
Lynch fair value	$11.74
Lynch upside	-81.21%
P/(FCF - SBC) ratio	22.27x
P/(OCF - SBC) ratio	19.02x
P/B ratio	2.27x
P/E ratio	26.17x
P/FCF ratio	14.9x
P/OCF ratio	13.37x
P/S ratio	4.32x
Price / tangible book value	3.5x
Price/EBITDA ratio	16.5x
Sector forward P/E	26.24x
Sector P/E	40.28x

Profitability

Margins, returns on capital, cash conversion, and quality metrics.

Metric	Value
EBIT margin	19.33%
EBITDA margin	26.19%
Effective tax rate	17.62%
FCF margin	28.99%
Gross margin	87.61%
Operating margin	19.33%
Pretax margin	20.44%
Profit margin	16.7%
Profit per employee	$110,276
Profitable quarters	34
Profitable years	24
Revenue per employee	$660,339
ROA	5.15%
ROA (5Y)	5.7%
ROCE	9.55%
ROE	8.76%
ROE (5Y)	9.96%
ROIC	10.65%
ROIC (5Y)	14.55%
SBC / revenue	9.59%
Tax / revenue	3.6%

Growth

Revenue, earnings, cash-flow, and forward growth indicators.

Metric	Value
EPS growth	-13.34%
EPS growth (Q)	-37.5%
EPS growth (QoQ)	-69.7%
EPS growth 10Y	1.37%
EPS growth 3Y	1.6%
EPS growth 5Y	-3.5%
EPS growth years	0
FCF growth	-10.36%
FCF growth (Q)	148.88%
FCF growth (QoQ)	82.72%
FCF growth 3Y	9.33%
FCF growth 5Y	-0.25%
Gross profit growth	-0.48%
Gross profit growth (Q)	-2.53%
Gross profit growth 3Y	1.55%
Gross profit growth 5Y	1.06%
Net income growth	-14.41%
Net income growth (Q)	-37.92%
Net income growth (QoQ)	-69.87%
Net income growth 3Y	1.05%
Net income growth 5Y	-5.04%
Net income growth years	0
OCF growth	-6%
OCF growth (Q)	147.39%
OCF growth (QoQ)	81.03%
OCF growth 10Y	1.77%
OCF growth 3Y	9.49%
OCF growth 5Y	-0.59%
Operating income growth	-9.47%
Operating income growth (Q)	-18.73%
Operating income growth 3Y	-0.7%
Operating income growth 5Y	-4.58%
Revenue growth	0.55%
Revenue growth (Q)	-3.34%
Revenue growth (QoQ)	-22.91%
Revenue growth 10Y	2.82%
Revenue growth 3Y	1.7%
Revenue growth 5Y	1.34%
Revenue growth years	1

Financial statements

Income-statement and cash-flow amounts, totals and per share.

Metric	Value
Capital expenditures	$-44.9M
Depreciation and amortization	$92.8M
EBIT	$261.8M
EBITDA	$354.7M
EPS	$2.35
FCF per share	$4.19
Financing cash flow	$-376.8M
Free cash flow	$392.7M
Free cash flow minus SBC	$262.7M
Gross profit	$1.2B
Income taxes	$48.8M
Investing cash flow	$-76.5M
Net cash flow	$-17.7M
Net income	$226.2M
Operating cash flow minus SBC	$307.7M
Operating income	$261.8M
Revenue	$1.4B
Stock-based compensation	$129.9M

Financial strength

Debt, cash, solvency, accounting-quality, and balance-sheet signals.

Metric	Value
Altman Z-Score	8.86
Book value per share	$27.59
Debt / EBITDA	0.13
Debt / equity	0.02
Debt / FCF	0.12
Goodwill	$528.3M
Long-term assets	$1.8B
Long-term liabilities	$147.6M
Net cash (debt)	$622.6M
Net cash / market cap	10.64%
Net cash growth	-5.7%
Net debt / EBITDA	-1.76
Net debt / equity	-0.24
Net debt / FCF	-1.59
Piotroski F-Score	4
Property, plant and equipment	$501.5M
Shareholders' equity	$2.6B
Tangible book value	$1.7B
Tangible book value per share	$17.86
Total assets	$3.2B
Total cash	$670M
Total debt	$47.5M
Total liabilities	$563.9M
WACC	8.45%

Liquidity

Current-asset coverage and working-capital efficiency metrics.

Metric	Value
Asset turnover	0.43
Current assets	$1.3B
Current liabilities	$416.3M
Current ratio	3.19
Inventory turnover	5.31
Net working capital	$249.5M
Quick ratio	2.79
Working capital	$909.7M
Working capital turnover	1.46

Dividends and buybacks

Dividend yield, payout, buybacks, and shareholder-yield indicators.

Metric	Value
Buyback yield / dilution	1.23%
Dividend growth	9.09%
Dividend growth (10Y)	11.61%
Dividend growth (3Y)	10.06%
Dividend growth (5Y)	10.35%
Dividend growth years	11
Dividend payment date	2026-08-19
Dividend payment years	13
Dividend payout frequency	Quarterly
Dividend per share	$1.44
Dividend yield	2.35%
Ex-dividend date	2026-08-11
FCF payout ratio	34.35%
Last dividend	$0.36
Payout ratio	61.32%
Shareholder yield	3.53%

Performance and technicals

Returns, volatility, beta, momentum, RSI, and moving-average context.

Metric	Value
10Y price change	27.27%
10Y return CAGR	3.86%
10Y total return	46.07%
150-day SMA	$57.89
15Y price change	98.61%
15Y return CAGR	6.65%
15Y total return	162.74%
1D price change	-2.02%
1M price change	4.97%
1M total return	4.97%
1W price change	-1.68%
1W total return	-1.68%
1Y price change	-9.07%
1Y return CAGR	-6.97%
1Y total return	-6.96%
20-day SMA	$60.33
200-day SMA	$59.29
20Y price change	208.12%
20Y return CAGR	7.28%
20Y total return	307.61%
3M price change	19.9%
3M total return	20.59%
3Y price change	-21.83%
3Y return CAGR	-6.18%
3Y total return	-17.43%
50-day SMA	$60.81
50-day SMA vs 200-day SMA	50over200
52-week high	$69.95
52-week high date	2026-02-12
52-week low	$48.26
52-week low date	2026-07-14
5Y price change	-29.86%
5Y return CAGR	-5.32%
5Y total return	-23.92%
6M price change	-3.41%
6M total return	-2.24%
All-time high	$104.74
All-time high date	2021-05-03
All-time low	$14.50
All-time low date	2005-09-02
Average true range (ATR)	$1.49
Average volume	608.1K
Beta (1Y)	0.53
Beta (2Y)	0.74
Beta (5Y)	0.78
Change from 52-week high	-12.12%
Change from 52-week low	27.37%
Change from all-time high	-41.31%
Change from all-time low	323.93%
Change from open	-1.11%
Day's gap	-0.92%
Dollar volume	$29.3M
High price	$62.44
Low price	$61.04
Monthly RSI	43.48
Open price	$62.16
Position in 52-week range	30.71%
Premarket change	-0.7%
Premarket close	$62.74
Premarket price	$62.30
Premarket volume	7.3K
Previous close	$62.74
Price vs 150-day SMA	6.18%
Price vs 20-day SMA	1.88%
Price vs 200-day SMA	3.68%
Price vs 50-day SMA	1.08%
Relative volume	0.8
RSI	54.48
Sharpe ratio	-0.24
Sharpe ratio (3Y)	-0.28
Sharpe ratio (5Y)	-0.27
Sortino ratio	-0.14
Sortino ratio (3Y)	-0.19
Sortino ratio (5Y)	-0.17
Volume	476.1K
Weekly RSI	52.74
YTD price change	-4.28%
YTD total return	-2.59%

Ownership and float

Institutional, insider, float, short-interest, and share-count fields.

Metric	Value
Float	58.8M
Float percentage	62.73%
Shares change (QoQ)	-1.04%
Shares change (YoY)	-1.23%
Shares held by insiders	4.77%
Shares held by institutions	67.9%
Shares outstanding	93.7M
Short % of float	10.11%
Short % of shares	6.34%
Short ratio	6.1 days

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Forecast

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Valuation

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Sensitivity

Cost-of-equity and terminal-growth stress table.

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Risks

Kill scenarios, soft-pass flags, and downside catalysts.

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Earnings

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Position sizing

Entry, exit, conviction, and quarterly monitoring rules.

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Financials

Revenue, margins, cash flow, and balance-sheet context.

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Peers

Relative valuation and profitability against the cohort.

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Moat

Economic-profit evidence and competitive advantage risk.

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Industry cycle

Sector phase, capital cycle, and secular tailwinds.

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Dolby Laboratories, Inc. (DLB)

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