dolby laboratories inc - DLB

DLB

Close Chg Chg %
66.96 0.06 0.09%

Closed Market

67.02

+0.06 (0.09%)

Volume: 546.79K

Last Updated:

Dec 8, 2025, 3:59 PM EDT

Company Overview: dolby laboratories inc - DLB

DLB Key Data

Open

$67.04

Day Range

66.35 - 67.29

52 Week Range

64.02 - 89.66

Market Cap

$6.40B

Shares Outstanding

95.51M

Public Float

60.09M

Beta

0.89

Rev. Per Employee

N/A

P/E Ratio

25.61

EPS

$2.66

Yield

197.01%

Dividend

$0.36

EX-DIVIDEND DATE

Dec 2, 2025

SHORT INTEREST

N/A

AVERAGE VOLUME

655.65K

 

DLB Performance

1 Week
 
-0.67%
 
1 Month
 
2.90%
 
3 Months
 
-7.76%
 
1 Year
 
-15.35%
 
5 Years
 
-26.46%
 

DLB Analyst Ratings

  • Sell
  • Under
  • Hold
  • Over
  • Buy
Number of Ratings 5
Full Ratings ➔

About dolby laboratories inc - DLB

Dolby Laboratories, Inc. engages in the provision of audio and imaging technologies. It focuses on licensing audio and video technologies to electronic manufacturers. The company was founded by Ray Milton Dolby in 1965 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

DLB At a Glance

Dolby Laboratories, Inc.
1275 Market Street
San Francisco, California 94103-1410
Phone 1-415-558-0200 Revenue 1.35B
Industry Packaged Software Net Income 255.02M
Sector Technology Services 2025 Sales Growth 5.92%
Fiscal Year-end 09 / 2026 Employees 2,051
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DLB Valuation

P/E Current 25.339
P/E Ratio (with extraordinary items) N/A
P/E Ratio (without extraordinary items) 27.671
Price to Sales Ratio 5.23
Price to Book Ratio 2.635
Price to Cash Flow Ratio 14.94
Enterprise Value to EBITDA 16.67
Enterprise Value to Sales 4.678
Total Debt to Enterprise Value 0.006

DLB Efficiency

Revenue/Employee 657,791.321
Income Per Employee 124,338.372
Receivables Turnover 2.636
Total Asset Turnover 0.424

DLB Liquidity

Current Ratio 3.171
Quick Ratio 3.102
Cash Ratio 1.814

DLB Profitability

Gross Margin 88.131
Operating Margin 20.752
Pretax Margin 22.495
Net Margin 18.902
Return on Assets 8.008
Return on Equity 10.001
Return on Total Capital 9.582
Return on Invested Capital 9.879

DLB Capital Structure

Total Debt to Total Equity 1.482
Total Debt to Total Capital 1.461
Total Debt to Total Assets 1.20
Long-Term Debt to Equity 1.086
Long-Term Debt to Total Capital 1.071
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Annual Financials for Dolby Laboratories Inc - DLB

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All values USD millions. 2022 2023 2024 2025 5-year trend
Sales/Revenue
1.25B 1.30B 1.27B 1.35B
Sales Growth
-2.14% +3.66% -2.00% +5.92%
Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) incl D&A
141.36M 152.57M 140.50M 160.13M
COGS excluding D&A
- - - -
-
Depreciation & Amortization Expense
103.61M 95.51M 87.33M 98.60M
Depreciation
74.61M 66.91M 54.13M 53.30M
Amortization of Intangibles
29.00M 28.60M 33.20M 45.30M
COGS Growth
+8.72% +7.93% -7.91% +13.98%
Gross Income
1.11B 1.15B 1.13B 1.19B
Gross Income Growth
-3.37% +3.12% -1.22% +4.92%
Gross Profit Margin
+88.73% +88.26% +88.97% +88.13%
2022 2023 2024 2025 5-year trend
SG&A Expense
895.21M 884.36M 868.51M 909.03M
Research & Development
261.17M 271.52M 263.66M 261.79M
Other SG&A
634.03M 612.84M 604.85M 647.24M
SGA Growth
+10.45% -1.21% -1.79% +4.67%
Other Operating Expense
- - - -
-
Unusual Expense
10.62M 47.06M 6.38M 15.01M
EBIT after Unusual Expense
206.61M 215.75M 258.33M 264.96M
Non Operating Income/Expense
8.67M 34.30M 54.15M 38.53M
Non-Operating Interest Income
6.57M 28.09M 34.08M 15.38M
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
- 5.10M 14.20M 24.10M
Interest Expense
- - - -
-
Interest Expense Growth
- - - -
-
Gross Interest Expense
- - - -
-
Interest Capitalized
- - - -
-
Pretax Income
215.28M 250.05M 312.48M 303.49M
Pretax Income Growth
-39.27% +16.15% +24.97% -2.88%
Pretax Margin
+17.17% +19.24% +24.53% +22.49%
Income Tax
31.38M 48.41M 48.16M 46.99M
Income Tax - Current - Domestic
2.56M (30.00K) 1.83M (34.51M)
Income Tax - Current - Foreign
58.28M 66.78M 68.01M 76.52M
Income Tax - Deferred - Domestic
(29.98M) (17.30M) (21.31M) 4.34M
Income Tax - Deferred - Foreign
517.00K (1.03M) (362.00K) 643.00K
Income Tax Credits
- - - -
-
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
- 5.10M 14.20M 24.10M
Other After Tax Income (Expense)
- - - -
-
Consolidated Net Income
183.90M 201.64M 264.32M 256.49M
Minority Interest Expense
(189.00K) 988.00K 2.49M 1.47M
Net Income
184.09M 200.66M 261.82M 255.02M
Net Income Growth
-40.66% +9.00% +30.48% -2.60%
Net Margin Growth
+14.68% +15.44% +20.56% +18.90%
Extraordinaries & Discontinued Operations
- - - -
-
Discontinued Operations
- - - -
-
Net Income After Extraordinaries
184.09M 200.66M 261.82M 255.02M
Preferred Dividends
- - - -
-
Net Income Available to Common
184.09M 200.66M 261.82M 255.02M
EPS (Basic)
1.841 2.0952 2.7404 2.6601
EPS (Basic) Growth
-39.95% +13.81% +30.79% -2.93%
Basic Shares Outstanding
99.99M 95.77M 95.54M 95.87M
EPS (Diluted)
1.8051 2.0531 2.6902 2.6161
EPS (Diluted) Growth
-39.12% +13.74% +31.03% -2.75%
Diluted Shares Outstanding
101.98M 97.73M 97.33M 97.48M
EBITDA
320.84M 358.33M 352.04M 378.56M
EBITDA Growth
-26.52% +11.69% -1.76% +7.54%
EBITDA Margin
+25.59% +27.57% +27.64% +28.06%

Snapshot

Average Recommendation OVERWEIGHT Average Target Price 90.50
Number of Ratings 5 Current Quarters Estimate 0.877
FY Report Date 12 / 2025 Current Year's Estimate 4.227
Last Quarter’s Earnings 0.99 Median PE on CY Estimate N/A
Year Ago Earnings 4.24 Next Fiscal Year Estimate 4.51
Median PE on Next FY Estimate N/A

Earnings Per Share

This Quarter Next Quarter This Fiscal Next Fiscal
# of Estimates 3 3 3 2
Mean Estimate 0.88 1.37 4.23 4.51
High Estimates 0.90 1.42 4.27 4.60
Low Estimate 0.86 1.31 4.20 4.42
Coefficient of Variance 2.37 4.14 0.90 2.82

Analysts Recommendations

Current 1 Month Ago 3 Months Ago
BUY 3 3 4
OVERWEIGHT 1 1 1
HOLD 1 1 1
UNDERWEIGHT 0 0 1
SELL 0 0 0
MEAN Overweight Overweight Overweight

Insider Actions for Dolby Laboratories Inc - DLB

Date Name Shares Transaction Value
May 21, 2025 Shriram Revankar SVP, Advanced Technology Group 77,435 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $77.24 per share 5,981,079.40
Mar 3, 2025 Kevin J. Yeaman President and CEO; Director 95,671 Bona fide gift 0.00
Mar 3, 2025 Kevin J. Yeaman President and CEO; Director 95,671 Bona fide gift 0.00
Feb 24, 2025 Dolby Ray Trust 510,000 Conversion of derivative security 0.00
Feb 24, 2025 Dolby Ray Trust N/A Bona fide gift 0.00
Feb 24, 2025 Todd Pendleton SVP, Chief Marketing Officer 55,411 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $71.07 per share 3,938,059.77
Feb 24, 2025 Todd Pendleton SVP, Chief Marketing Officer 37,290 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $83.75 per share 3,123,037.50
Feb 24, 2025 Todd Pendleton SVP, Chief Marketing Officer 13,358 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Feb 7, 2025 Peter C. Gotcher Director 40,733 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Feb 7, 2025 Avadis Tevanian Director 3,140 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Feb 7, 2025 Simon Anthony Segars Director 43,242 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Feb 7, 2025 Dave Dolby Director 88,810 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Feb 7, 2025 Tony A. Prophet Director 12,407 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Feb 7, 2025 Anjali Sud Director 12,171 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Feb 7, 2025 Ryan Nicholson VP, CAO and Corp. Controller 36,758 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $33.15 per share 1,218,527.70
Feb 7, 2025 Ryan Nicholson VP, CAO and Corp. Controller 29,758 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $84.07 per share 2,501,755.06
Feb 7, 2025 Ryan Nicholson VP, CAO and Corp. Controller N/A Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Feb 7, 2025 Emily Rollins Director 9,633 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00

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