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Dolby Laboratories

NYQ:DLB · US25659T1079
SoftwareLarge

360

54
EV / EBIT54
Price / Owner Earnings55
Owner Earnings Yield86
Dividend Yield1
Price/Sales56
EV / Gross Profit77
Price/Book76
Return on Capital43
Cash Return on Capital49
Return on Equity34
EBIT Margin66
Gross Profitability45
Cash Conversion28
Accruals29
Owner Earnings Margin76
Sales growth35
Profit Growth65
Long-Term EPS Growth9
Owner Earnings Growth27
Reinvestment6
Price momentum20
Debt load95
Refinancing82
Debt Payback100
Liquidity1
Analyst ratings56
Opinion Changes50
Price Target Upside70
Market mood69
Value Creation8/20creating some value
  • Creates more value than its capital costs
  • Owner earnings growing
  • Owner earnings per share growing
  • Reinvests at strong returns
  • Solid earnings base

What this means

Dolby Laboratories clears its cost of capital, but the record is mixed across the five tests. Real value creation, just not yet consistent.

Profile

CountryUSA
IndustrySoftware
SizeLarge
TypePublic Company
ExchangeNYSE
Founded1967
Employees2,132
Websitedolby.com
ISINUS25659T1079
Last UpdateApr 2, 2026
Indices
S&P MIDCAP (USA)
Themes
Digital MediaEntertainment SystemsStreaming MediaVideo-on-Demand ServersSoftware DevelopmentEncoding HardwareBroadcastingConsumerHardwareInformation TechnologySoftware

Description

Dolby Laboratories, Inc. engages in improving entertainment experiences by inventing and innovating technologies that advance audio and video capture, transmission, and playback. The company enables highly compelling experiences in movies and TV sho…

Analysis

Middle-of-the-road

Dolby Laboratories, Inc. is a middle-of-the-road business: neither the economics nor the price stand out from the peer group.

The price is fair. You pay 16.6× its owner earnings: the cash an owner could take out each year, which is in the historically fair zone.

The trajectory is tepid and the balance sheet is sturdy. The company scores 8/20 on our value-creation score: creating some value.

Nothing is flagged here: no red or amber gates, no divergence between profits and cash. That is itself information: the numbers are straightforward. As always: this describes the company's numbers; it is not a recommendation.

360° rank · history

1007550250
92
2023202420252026

All-time high

92

Mar 2026

All-time low

86

Jan 2024

Average rank

90

across all years

Detailed & Historical Ranks

Deep dive into 15 detailed ranks and 3 years of history.

Current202520242023
Price/Sales
56
48
39
53
Price/Earnings
81
59
51
54
Price/Book
76
55
49
51
Dividend Yield
1
59
57
55
Value (overall)
82
72
54
65

Cells are coloured by rank band (red weak → green strong). Sentiment & 360° history begins 2023.

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Make Sense of the Ranks

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1 · Watch OutGood· 100
Value
1 · ExpensiveGood Value· 100
Quality
1 · Weak FundamentalsHigh Quality· 100
Growth
1 · Tough TimesHigh Growth· 100
Safety
1 · High LeverageWell-Financed· 100
Sentiment
1 · SkepticismPositive· 100
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