ADEA vs DLB vs SNDK Stock Comparison

Adeia, Dolby Laboratories and Sandisk Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
ADEA Adeia Inc.
$22.70 -10.9% 1M +28.7% 1Y
Market cap
$2.47B
P/E
20.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$470.87M
Div. yield
–
Semiconductor EDA Software Technology
1 win
DLB Dolby Laboratories, Inc.
$62.74 +7.0% 1M -7.2% 1Y
Market cap
$5.82B
P/E
25.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$1.35B
Div. yield
0.02%
Semiconductor EDA Software Technology
1 win
SNDK Sandisk Corp
$1,304.84 -26.6% 1M +639.3% 1Y
Market cap
$203.06B
P/E
17.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$20.25B
Div. yield
–
Server and Storage Hardware Technology
8 wins

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

Sandisk leads on 8 of the 12 questions below (Sandisk 8, Adeia 1, Dolby Laboratories 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionADEADLBSNDKLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $2.47B $5.82B $203.06B SNDK
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 20.2x 25.8x 17.8x SNDK
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 16.8x 14.0x 6.3x SNDK
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +24.3% +0.6% +175.3% SNDK
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 26.1% 16.7% 56.5% SNDK
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 16.8% — 73.7% SNDK
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 0.7x — — –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.02% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +28.7% -7.2% +639.3% SNDK
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +24.2%/yr -6.4%/yr — ADEA
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 67.0% 30.2% 111.5% DLB
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 71/100 66/100 79/100 SNDK

Percentile Scorecard

ADEADLBSNDK

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisADEADLBSNDK
Valuation 85 #15 of 94 87 #13 of 94 66 #39 of 112
Growth 69 #29 of 92 25 #69 of 92 100 #1 of 109
Profitability 90 #10 of 90 72 #26 of 90 100 #1 of 104
Financial Health 29 #71 of 99 60 #40 of 99 82 #22 of 116
Shareholder Returns 82 #14 of 73 85 #12 of 73 49 #42 of 81
Overall 71 66 79
  • ADEA ranked among 103 companies in Semiconductors
  • DLB ranked among 103 companies in Semiconductors
  • SNDK ranked among 122 companies in Computer Hardware

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodADEADLBSNDKSPY
1 month -10.9%+7.0%-26.6% -0.2%
3 months -9.7%+19.5%+19.0% +3.9%
6 months -24.9%-0.3%+30.2% +8.2%
Year to date +31.6%-2.3%+449.7% +12.9%
1 year +28.7%-7.2%+639.3% +12.3%
3 years +174.5%-20.2%— +87.4%
3 years, per year +40.0%-7.3%— +23.3%
5 years +195.2%-28.2%— +67.9%
5 years, per year +24.2%-6.4%— +10.9%
10 years +40.9%+29.9%— +261.1%
10 years, per year +3.5%+2.7%— +13.7%

Risk

MeasureADEADLBSNDKSPY
Volatility, 1Y 67.0%30.2%111.5% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 65.3%31.5%105.8% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 2.550.543.98 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.43-0.245.73 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -39.3%-49.6%-56.5% -25.4%
From 52-week high -32.5%-9.2%-44.1% -1.2%
52-week high $33.63$69.09$2,335.00 $779.14
52-week low $11.74$48.50$175.53 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleADEADLBSNDK
P/E now vs peer median 20.4xmedian 45.6x 26.1xmedian 45.6x 16.8xmedian 33.2x
P/S now vs peer median 5.3xmedian 7.7x 4.4xmedian 7.7x 9.4xmedian 2.8x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 10.3xmedian 29.0x 15.8xmedian 29.0x 14.8xmedian 20.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median 13.3xmedian 40.6x 15.1xmedian 40.6x 16.6xmedian 29.8x
P/B now vs peer median 5.2xmedian 4.6x 2.3xmedian 4.6x 12.1xmedian 3.0x
PEG now vs peer median 0.59median 2.28 12.55median 2.28 —median 1.17

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsADEADLBSNDK
Revenue $470.87M $1.35B $20.25B
Gross profit – $1.19B $14.47B
Operating income $195.97M $239.10M $12.39B
Net income $122.68M $228.00M $11.43B
Free cash flow $188.57M $392.67M $11.49B
R&D $71.74M $265.94M $1.33B
EPS (diluted) $1.07 $2.39 $73.76
Cash & equivalents $137.10M $669.39M $4.76B
Total debt $386.02M – –
Shares (diluted) 114.40M 94.52M 155.00M
Enterprise value $1.72B $3.21B $191.59B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricADEADLBSNDK
P/E 20.4x 26.1x 16.8x
P/FCF 13.3x 15.1x 16.6x
P/Operating cash flow 13.1x 13.5x 16.3x
P/S 5.3x 4.4x 9.4x
P/B 5.2x 2.3x 12.1x
P/Tangible book 13.3x 2.7x 12.1x
EV/EBITDA 10.3x 15.8x 14.8x
EV/EBIT 13.7x 21.9x 15.0x
EV/Revenue 5.7x 3.9x 9.2x
EV/FCF 14.3x 13.4x 16.2x
EV/Operating cash flow 14.1x 12.0x 15.9x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.59 12.55 –

Growth

14 metrics
MetricADEADLBSNDK
Revenue growth (1Y) 24.3% 0.6% 175.3%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 6.2% 1.7% –
Gross profit growth (1Y) – -0.5% 554.2%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 1.5% –
Operating income growth (1Y) 57.0% -15.1% 999.7%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 17.2% -1.0% –
Net income growth (1Y) 46.3% -14.2% 796.7%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 34.4% 1.3% –
EPS growth (1Y) 43.4% -12.3% 751.8%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 34.3% 2.1% –
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -5.5% -6.0% 13,794%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 0.5% 9.5% –
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -6.2% -10.4% 9,678%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 1.0% 9.3% –

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricADEADLBSNDK
Gross margin – 87.6% 71.5%
EBITDA margin 55.6% 24.5% 62.0%
Operating margin 41.6% 17.7% 61.2%
Pretax margin 35.3% 20.4% 64.3%
Net margin 26.1% 16.7% 56.5%
FCF margin 40.0% 29.0% 56.8%
Operating cash flow margin 40.6% 32.3% 57.6%
Return on equity 26.0% 8.7% 77.5%
Return on assets 12.2% 7.1% 57.8%
Return on invested capital 16.8% – 73.7%
Return on capital employed 21.4% 8.6% 87.2%
Asset turnover 0.5x 0.4x 1.0x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.6x 1.9x 1.0x
Stock comp / revenue 7.8% 9.6% 1.1%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricADEADLBSNDK
Debt / assets 38.1% – –
Debt / equity 0.8x – –
Net debt / EBITDA 0.7x – –
Debt / FCF 2.0x – –
Liabilities / assets 52.9% 17.9% 30.1%
Equity / assets 47.1% 82.1% 69.9%
Interest coverage 5.4x – 169.7x
Current ratio 3.2x 3.2x 2.3x
Quick ratio 3.8x 3.1x 12.2x
Cash ratio 2.2x 1.6x 0.9x
Altman Z-score 4.31 8.47 20.58

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricADEADLBSNDK
Dividend yield 0.9% 2.3% –
Net buyback yield 1.1% 3.5% 0.0%
Shareholder yield 2.0% 5.8% 0.0%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 58.9% –
Payout ratio (FCF) – 34.2% –
Dividend growth (1Y) – 8.6% –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – 9.6% –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusADEADLBSNDK
Forward P/E 16.8xFY2026 14.0xFY2026 6.3xFY2027
EPS, next fiscal year $1.35FY2026 $4.49FY2026 $206.11FY2027
EPS growth, next FY -18.2%FY2026 +5.9%FY2026 +190.8%FY2027
EPS growth, the year after +11.9% +4.7% +36.1%
Revenue, next fiscal year $427.36MFY2026 $1.50BFY2026 $50.93BFY2027
Revenue growth, next FY -3.6%FY2026 +11.1%FY2026 +151.5%FY2027
Revenue growth, the year after +10.7% -7.7% +10.4%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersADEADLBSNDK
Held by institutions 100.0% 100.0% –
Institutions holding 304 389 –
Change in shares held, QoQ +5.6% +5.8% –
Institutions buying 186 195 –
Institutions selling 86 148 –
Buyers to sellers 2.16 1.32 –

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

ADEADLBSNDK
ADEA 1.00 0.15 0.38
DLB 0.15 1.00 -0.02
SNDK 0.38 -0.02 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, ADEA, DLB and SNDK?

Sandisk (SNDK) is the largest by market capitalisation: Adeia (ADEA) $2.47B, Dolby Laboratories (DLB) $5.82B, Sandisk (SNDK) $203.06B.

Which stock is cheaper, ADEA, DLB and SNDK?

Sandisk (SNDK) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Adeia (ADEA) 20.2x, Dolby Laboratories (DLB) 25.8x, Sandisk (SNDK) 17.8x). On next year's consensus earnings, Sandisk (SNDK) is cheapest (Adeia (ADEA) 16.8x, Dolby Laboratories (DLB) 14.0x, Sandisk (SNDK) 6.3x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Sandisk (SNDK) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Adeia (ADEA) +24.3%, Dolby Laboratories (DLB) +0.6%, Sandisk (SNDK) +175.3%.

Which company is more profitable?

Sandisk (SNDK) has the highest net margin (Adeia (ADEA) 26.1%, Dolby Laboratories (DLB) 16.7%, Sandisk (SNDK) 56.5%). On return on invested capital, Sandisk (SNDK) leads (Adeia (ADEA) 16.8%, Sandisk (SNDK) 73.7%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Sandisk (SNDK) returned the most: Adeia (ADEA) +28.7%, Dolby Laboratories (DLB) -7.2%, Sandisk (SNDK) +639.3%. Over five years, Adeia (ADEA) compounded fastest (Adeia (ADEA) +24.2%/yr, Dolby Laboratories (DLB) -6.4%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Adeia (ADEA) 0.00%, Dolby Laboratories (DLB) 0.02%, Sandisk (SNDK) 0.00%. Adeia (ADEA) and Sandisk (SNDK) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Dolby Laboratories (DLB) has been the steadiest (Adeia (ADEA) 67.0%, Dolby Laboratories (DLB) 30.2%, Sandisk (SNDK) 111.5%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, ADEA, DLB and SNDK?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Sandisk (SNDK) leads on 8. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.