Dolby Laboratories (DLB)

Last Closing Price: 74.02 (2025-06-13)

Company Description

Dolby Laboratories, Inc. specializes in audio noise reduction and audio encoding/compression. The company offers state-of-the-art audio, imaging, and voice technologies that revolutionize entertainment and communications at theaters, home, work and mobile devices. Also, the company designs and manufactures audio and imaging products including digital cinema servers and other products for film production, cinema, television, broadcast and other entertainment industries. Moreover, Dolby offers a host of services for supporting theatrical and television production for cinema exhibition, broadcast and home entertainment. This apart, it serves film studios, content creators, post-production facilities, cinema operators, broadcasters and video game designers. The products of the company are sold directly to the end users and through dealers and distributors as well. A majority of the company's revenues are derived from the licensing of audio technologies.

Financials, Fundamental Metrics & Ratios
Revenue (Most Recent Fiscal Year) $1.27B
Net Income (Most Recent Fiscal Year) $261.83M
PE Ratio (Current Year Earnings Estimate) 25.38
PE Ratio (Trailing 12 Months) 24.92
PEG Ratio (Long Term Growth Estimate) --
Price to Sales Ratio (Trailing 12 Months) 5.39
Price to Book Ratio (Most Recent Quarterly Book Value per Share) 2.75
Price to Cash Ratio (Most Recent Annual Cash Flow per Share) 19.69
Pre-Tax Margin (Trailing 12 Months) 23.95%
Net Margin (Trailing 12 Months) 19.44%
Return on Equity (Trailing 12 Months) 11.48%
Return on Assets (Trailing 12 Months) 9.24%
Current Ratio (Most Recent Fiscal Quarter) 3.04
Quick Ratio (Most Recent Fiscal Quarter) 2.96
Debt to Common Equity (Most Recent Fiscal Quarter) 0.00
Inventory Turnover (Trailing 12 Months) 4.34
Book Value per Share (Most Recent Fiscal Quarter) $26.06
Earnings per Share (Most Recent Fiscal Quarter) $1.09
Earnings per Share (Most Recent Fiscal Year) $2.82
Diluted Earnings per Share (Trailing 12 Months) $2.65
Stock
Exchange NYSE
Sector Industrials
Industry Specialty Business Services
Common Shares Outstanding 96.07M
Free Float 59.19M
Market Capitalization $7.11B
Average Volume (Last 20 Days) 0.32M
Beta (Past 60 Months) 0.93
Percentage Held By Insiders (Latest Annual Proxy Report) 38.39%
Percentage Held By Institutions (Latest 13F Reports) 58.56%
Annual Dividend (Based on Last Quarter) $1.32
Dividend Yield (Based on Last Quarter) 1.78%