DLB vs Peers Stock Comparison

Dolby Laboratories Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
DLB Dolby Laboratories, Inc.
$63.13 +7.7% 1M -6.3% 1Y
Market cap
$5.95B
P/E
26.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$1.35B
Div. yield
2.28%
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Percentile Scorecard

DLB

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

AxisDLB
Valuation 90 #4 of 32
Growth 28 #22 of 30
Profitability 67 #10 of 28
Financial Health 65 #14 of 38
Shareholder Returns 100 #1 of 23
Overall 70
  • DLB ranked among 40 companies in Semiconductors

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodDLBSPY
1 month +7.7% -0.8%
3 months +23.1% +3.5%
6 months -0.8% +7.0%
Year to date -1.7% +12.2%
1 year -6.3% +13.0%
3 years -19.7% +86.3%
3 years, per year -7.1% +23.1%
5 years -28.0% +68.6%
5 years, per year -6.4% +11.0%
10 years +26.6% +258.0%
10 years, per year +2.4% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureDLBSPY
Volatility, 1Y 30.3% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 31.6% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.54 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.21 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -49.6% -25.4%
From 52-week high -8.6% -1.8%
52-week high $69.09 $779.14
52-week low $48.50 $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.

MultipleDLB
P/E now vs peer median 26.3xmedian 42.4x
P/S now vs peer median 4.4xmedian 9.8x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 15.9xmedian 32.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median 15.2xmedian 32.1x
P/B now vs peer median 2.3xmedian 4.0x
PEG now vs peer median 12.63median 2.73

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 monthsDLB
Revenue $1.35B
Gross profit $1.19B
Operating income $239.10M
Net income $228.00M
Free cash flow $392.67M
R&D $265.94M
EPS (diluted) $2.39
Cash & equivalents $669.39M
Shares (diluted) 94.52M
Enterprise value $3.35B

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
MetricDLB
P/E 26.3x
P/FCF 15.2x
P/Operating cash flow 13.6x
P/S 4.4x
P/B 2.3x
P/Tangible book 2.7x
EV/EBITDA 15.9x
EV/EBIT 22.1x
EV/Revenue 3.9x
EV/FCF 13.4x
EV/Operating cash flow 12.1x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 12.63

Growth

14 metrics
MetricDLB
Revenue growth (1Y) 0.6%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 1.7%
Gross profit growth (1Y) -0.5%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 1.5%
Operating income growth (1Y) -15.1%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -1.0%
Net income growth (1Y) -14.2%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 1.3%
EPS growth (1Y) -12.3%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 2.1%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -6.0%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 9.5%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -10.4%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 9.3%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricDLB
Gross margin 87.6%
EBITDA margin 24.5%
Operating margin 17.7%
Pretax margin 20.4%
Net margin 16.7%
FCF margin 29.0%
Operating cash flow margin 32.3%
Return on equity 8.7%
Return on assets 7.1%
Return on invested capital –
Return on capital employed 8.6%
Asset turnover 0.4x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.9x
Stock comp / revenue 9.6%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricDLB
Debt / assets –
Debt / equity –
Net debt / EBITDA –
Debt / FCF –
Liabilities / assets 17.9%
Equity / assets 82.1%
Interest coverage –
Current ratio 3.2x
Quick ratio 3.1x
Cash ratio 1.6x
Altman Z-score 8.51

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricDLB
Dividend yield 2.3%
Net buyback yield 3.5%
Shareholder yield 5.7%
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.

ConsensusDLB
Forward P/E 14.1xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $4.49FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +5.9%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +4.7%
Revenue, next fiscal year $1.50BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +11.1%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -7.7%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersDLB
Held by institutions 65.4%
Institutions holding 389
Change in shares held, QoQ +5.8%
Institutions buying 195
Institutions selling 148
Buyers to sellers 1.32

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Dolby Laboratories (DLB) 2.28%.

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.