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Dolby Laboratories, Inc. (DLB)

Industrials | Specialty Business Services | San Francisco, United States | NYSE
49.00 USD -0.36 (-0.729%) ⇩ (July 14, 2026, 9:49 a.m. EDT)

Short-term:★★☆☆☆Long-term:★★★☆☆Dividends:★★★☆☆
Hot Take | July 11, 2026, 7:05 a.m. EDT

The immediate outlook is bearish due to a confluence of technical weakness and defensive positioning. The stock is trading well below its 50-day and 200-day averages, confirming a downtrend, while the options market is screaming caution with massive put volume relative to calls. This defensive setup aligns with the recent news of the stock hitting new lows. However, the long-term picture is fundamentally sounder than the short-term panic suggests. While the company has missed out on gains recently, the multi-year trajectory shows a net gain of over 50%, driven by strong performance in earlier years. The recent two-year decline is a correction rather than a structural collapse, especially given the robust balance sheet, low debt, and healthy free cash flow generation. The forward P/E of roughly 11x implies the market expects earnings to nearly double, which would be a massive re-rating if realized. The dividend is a solid feature, offering nearly 3% yield with a sustainable payout ratio, providing a nice cushion for holders. Yet, the disconnect between the high analyst price targets and the current depressed share price highlights a potential value opportunity, provided investors can stomach the volatility and wait for the earnings growth story to catch up to the valuation.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoTheta ✓0.142252
AutoETS0.147819
AutoARIMA0.147858
MSTL0.152379

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta

Forecast Reliability
Score 46%
H-stat 5.15
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.018
Excess Kurtosis -0.04
Attribute Value
Sector Industrials
Ex Dividend Date 2026-05-11
Last Dividend Date 2026-05-11
Debt to Equity Ratio 1.891
Revenue per Share 14.284
Market Cap 4,635,307,520
Trailing P/E 19.44
Forward P/E 10.64
Beta 0.81
Profit Margins 17.85%
Website https://www.dolby.com

As of July 11, 2026, 7:05 a.m. EDT: Speculators are heavily positioned for downside protection, with deep in-the-money put volume significantly outweighing call volume across all expirations. The open interest concentration at strikes below the current price suggests a floor expectation, while the lack of significant call positioning indicates limited speculative appetite for immediate rallies.


Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.65% 2.18% 1.76% 1.56%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-05-12 0.36 0.650054
2026-02-10 0.36 0.527937
2025-12-02 0.36 0.542905
2025-08-12 0.33 0.455927
2025-05-13 0.33 0.425367
2025-02-11 0.33 0.395162
2024-12-03 0.33 0.414417
2024-08-19 0.30 0.417072
2024-05-13 0.30 0.364875
2024-02-12 0.30 0.375704
2023-11-27 0.30 0.345781
2023-08-11 0.27 0.352067
2023-05-15 0.27 0.320209
2023-02-13 0.27 0.323780
2022-11-29 0.27 0.374065
2022-08-22 0.25 0.327097
2022-05-16 0.25 0.333289
2022-02-15 0.25 0.323373
2021-11-29 0.25 0.291715
2021-08-10 0.22 0.229191
2021-05-14 0.22 0.230535
2021-02-08 0.22 0.239052
2020-11-23 0.22 0.251084
2020-08-14 0.22 0.315638
2020-05-15 0.22 0.410065
2020-02-07 0.22 0.310734
2019-11-25 0.22 0.317460
2019-08-09 0.19 0.321272
2019-05-13 0.19 0.300490
2019-02-11 0.19 0.302403
2018-11-02 0.19 0.275962
2018-08-03 0.16 0.247181
2018-05-04 0.16 0.261909
2018-02-02 0.16 0.252485
2017-11-03 0.16 0.271278
2017-08-03 0.14 0.272321
2017-05-04 0.14 0.271845
2017-02-02 0.14 0.291971
2016-11-03 0.14 0.299465
2016-08-04 0.12 0.245148
2016-05-05 0.12 0.266312
2016-02-04 0.12 0.323102
2015-10-29 0.12 0.344927
2015-07-30 0.10 0.285959
2015-04-30 0.10 0.248386
2015-01-29 0.10 0.256082
2014-10-30 0.10 0.241546
2012-12-19 4.00 12.816405
Additional Data
dividendRate 1.41
dividendYield 2.86
exDividendDate 2026-05-12
trailingAnnualDividendRate 1.41
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.02856564
lastDividendValue 0.36
lastDividendDate 2026-05-12
dividendDate 2026-05-20

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change -0.3360237
Address1 1,275 Market Street
All Time High 104.74
All Time Low 14.5
Ask 49.48
Ask Size 300
Audit Risk 1
Average Daily Volume10 Day 993,730
Average Daily Volume3 Month 861,822
Average Volume 861,822
Average Volume10Days 993,730
Beta 0.809
Bid 48.54
Bid Size 100
Board Risk 5
Book Value 27.677
City San Francisco
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 2
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 49.0
Current Ratio 2.981
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,782,777,600
Day High 49.2764
Day Low 48.62
Debt To Equity 1.891
Display Name Dolby Laboratories
Dividend Date 1,779,235,200
Dividend Rate 1.41
Dividend Yield 2.86
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,777,582,800
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,777,582,800
Earnings Growth 0.053
Earnings Quarterly Growth 0.034
Earnings Timestamp 1,777,579,200
Earnings Timestamp End 1,777,579,200
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,777,579,200
Ebitda 362,823,008
Ebitda Margins 0.26582
Enterprise To Ebitda 11.392
Enterprise To Revenue 3.028
Enterprise Value 4,133,453,056
Eps Current Year 4.32
Eps Forward 4.60333
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 2.52
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,778,544,000
Exchange NYQ
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fax 415 645 4000
Fifty Day Average 54.0676
Fifty Day Average Change -5.0676003
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.09372712
Fifty Two Week Change Percent -33.602367
Fifty Two Week High 77.0
Fifty Two Week High Change -28.0
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.36363637
Fifty Two Week Low 48.62
Fifty Two Week Low Change 0.38000107
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.007815735
Fifty Two Week Range 48.62 - 77.0
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,108,650,600,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 1.47
Float Shares 59,674,383
Forward Eps 4.60333
Forward P E 10.644468
Free Cashflow 289,174,112
Full Exchange Name NYSE
Full Time Employees 2,051
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,782,864,000
Gross Margins 0.87438005
Gross Profits 1,193,446,016
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.01417
Held Percent Institutions 1.01844
Implied Shares Outstanding 94,598,115
Industry Specialty Business Services
Industry Disp Specialty Business Services
Industry Key specialty-business-services
Ir Website http://investor.dolby.com/stockquote.cfm
Is Earnings Date Estimate 0
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,778,544,000
Last Dividend Value 0.36
Last Fiscal Year End 1,758,844,800
Long Business Summary Dolby Laboratories, Inc. engages in the design and manufacture of audio, imaging, accessibility, and other hardware and software solutions for television, broadcast, and live entertainment industries in the United States and internationally. The company develops and licenses its audio technologies, such as AAC, HE-AAC, and extended HE-AAC, a digital audio codec solution; AVC, a digital video codec used in STBs, mobile devices, cameras, and broadcast television services and other products; and Dolby Atmos and Dolby Vision include encoding technologies that artists use to create more compelling and immersive audio and video experiences. It also provides DD+, an advanced surround sound audio codec technology; Dolby AC-4, an audio codec that uses cutting edge compression; and HEVC, a digital video codec that compresses video. In addition, the company offers Dolby Cinemas, a premium large format cinemas that deliver a Dolby branded premium cinema offering with Dolby Vision, Dolby Atmos, and a Dolby theater design; Dolby.io, a SaaS product of immersive, interactive, and social experiences with real-time engagement for live events, especially sports; and digital cinema servers, cinema processors, amplifiers, loudspeakers, and audio and imaging hardware and software products for the cinema, television, broadcast, communication, and entertainment industries. Further, it provides various services to support theatrical and television production for cinema exhibition, broadcast, and home entertainment. It serves film studios, content creators, post-production facilities, and broadcasters. Dolby Laboratories, Inc. was founded in 1965 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
Long Name Dolby Laboratories, Inc.
Market us_market
Market Cap 4,635,307,520
Market State REGULAR
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_1560395
Most Recent Quarter 1,774,569,600
Net Income To Common 243,644,992
Next Fiscal Year End 1,790,380,800
Non Diluted Market Cap 4,669,362,956
Number Of Analyst Opinions 3
Open 48.99
Operating Cashflow 337,827,008
Operating Margins 0.291
Overall Risk 6
Payout Ratio 0.5476
Peg Ratio 1.29
Phone 415 558 0200
Previous Close 49.36
Price Eps Current Year 11.342592
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 1.770423
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 3.3960636
Profit Margins 0.17851
Quick Ratio 2.581
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key none
Region US
Regular Market Change -0.3600006
Regular Market Change Percent -0.72933674
Regular Market Day High 49.2764
Regular Market Day Low 48.62
Regular Market Day Range 48.62 - 49.2764
Regular Market Open 48.99
Regular Market Previous Close 49.36
Regular Market Price 49.0
Regular Market Time 1,784,036,948
Regular Market Volume 18,542
Return On Assets 0.05222
Return On Equity 0.09417
Revenue Growth 0.071
Revenue Per Share 14.284
Sand P52 Week Change 0.20365608
Sector Industrials
Sector Disp Industrials
Sector Key industrials
Share Holder Rights Risk 10
Shares Outstanding 60,346,214
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.069
Shares Short 6,528,220
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,780,012,800
Shares Short Prior Month 5,000,447
Short Name Dolby Laboratories
Short Percent Of Float 0.1446
Short Ratio 7.3
Source Interval 15
State CA
Symbol DLB
Target High Price 90.0
Target Low Price 60.0
Target Mean Price 78.33333
Target Median Price 85.0
Total Cash 594,742,016
Total Cash Per Share 6.287
Total Debt 49,692,000
Total Revenue 1,364,905,984
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 1.41
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.02856564
Trailing Eps 2.52
Trailing P E 19.444445
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 62.3714
Two Hundred Day Average Change -13.371399
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent -0.2143835
Type Disp Equity
Volume 18,542
Website https://www.dolby.com
Zip 94,103-1410