DLB vs P vs ADEA Stock Comparison

Dolby Laboratories, Everpure and Adeia Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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DLB Dolby Laboratories, Inc.
$62.74 +7.0% 1M -7.2% 1Y
Market cap
$5.79B
P/E
25.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$1.35B
Div. yield
0.02%
Semiconductor EDA Software Technology
2 wins
P Everpure, Inc.
$138.82 +10.2% 1M +45.4% 1Y
Market cap
$46.16B
P/E
182.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$4.26B
Div. yield
–
Server and Storage Hardware Technology
4 wins
ADEA Adeia Inc.
$22.70 -10.9% 1M +28.7% 1Y
Market cap
$2.49B
P/E
20.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$470.87M
Div. yield
–
Semiconductor EDA Software Technology
3 wins

Head to Head

9 decided of 12

Everpure leads on 4 of the 12 questions below (Everpure 4, Adeia 3, Dolby Laboratories 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionDLBPADEALeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $5.79B $46.16B $2.49B P
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 25.6x 182.3x 20.3x ADEA
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 14.0x 46.9x 16.8x DLB
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +0.6% +27.2% +24.3% P
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 16.7% 5.9% 26.1% ADEA
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — — 16.8% –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — — 0.7x –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.02% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -7.2% +45.4% +28.7% P
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -6.4%/yr +38.9%/yr +24.2%/yr P
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 30.2% 73.0% 67.0% DLB
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 66/100 51/100 71/100 ADEA

Percentile Scorecard

DLBPADEA

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

AxisDLBPADEA
Valuation 87 #13 of 94 18 #92 of 112 85 #15 of 94
Growth 25 #69 of 92 78 #25 of 109 69 #29 of 92
Profitability 72 #26 of 90 62 #40 of 104 90 #10 of 90
Financial Health 60 #40 of 99 35 #76 of 116 29 #71 of 99
Shareholder Returns 85 #12 of 73 60 #33 of 81 82 #14 of 73
Overall 66 51 71
  • DLB ranked among 103 companies in Semiconductors
  • P ranked among 122 companies in Computer Hardware
  • ADEA ranked among 103 companies in Semiconductors

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodDLBPADEASPY
1 month +7.0%+10.2%-10.9% -0.2%
3 months +19.5%+90.3%-9.7% +3.9%
6 months -0.3%+95.7%-24.9% +8.2%
Year to date -2.3%+107.2%+31.6% +12.9%
1 year -7.2%+45.4%+28.7% +12.3%
3 years -20.2%+321.3%+174.5% +87.4%
3 years, per year -7.3%+61.6%+40.0% +23.3%
5 years -28.2%+416.6%+195.2% +67.9%
5 years, per year -6.4%+38.9%+24.2% +10.9%
10 years +29.9%+1,023.1%+40.9% +261.1%
10 years, per year +2.7%+27.4%+3.5% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureDLBPADEASPY
Volatility, 1Y 30.2%73.0%67.0% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 31.5%82.7%65.3% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.542.632.55 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.240.620.43 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -49.6%-48.6%-39.3% -25.4%
From 52-week high -9.2%-11.6%-32.5% -1.2%
52-week high $69.09$156.95$33.63 $779.14
52-week low $48.50$56.99$11.74 $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.

MultipleDLBPADEA
P/E now vs peer median 26.1xmedian 45.6x 182.5xmedian 33.2x 20.4xmedian 45.6x
P/S now vs peer median 4.4xmedian 7.7x 10.9xmedian 2.8x 5.3xmedian 7.7x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 15.8xmedian 29.0x 117.8xmedian 20.0x 10.3xmedian 29.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median 15.1xmedian 40.6x 360.9xmedian 29.8x 13.3xmedian 40.6x
P/B now vs peer median 2.3xmedian 4.6x 30.0xmedian 3.0x 5.2xmedian 4.6x
PEG now vs peer median 12.55median 2.28 0.33median 1.17 0.59median 2.28

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 monthsDLBPADEA
Revenue $1.35B $4.26B $470.87M
Gross profit $1.19B $2.97B –
Operating income $239.10M $224.21M $195.97M
Net income $228.00M $253.29M $122.68M
Free cash flow $392.67M $128.17M $188.57M
R&D $265.94M $1.05B $71.74M
EPS (diluted) $2.39 $0.73 $1.07
Cash & equivalents $669.39M $385.69M $137.10M
Total debt – – $386.02M
Shares (diluted) 94.52M 345.59M 114.40M
Enterprise value $3.18B $40.57B $1.74B

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
MetricDLBPADEA
P/E 26.1x 182.5x 20.4x
P/FCF 15.1x 360.9x 13.3x
P/Operating cash flow 13.5x 108.1x 13.1x
P/S 4.4x 10.9x 5.3x
P/B 2.3x 30.0x 5.2x
P/Tangible book 2.7x 30.5x 13.3x
EV/EBITDA 15.8x 117.8x 10.3x
EV/EBIT 21.9x 201.8x 13.7x
EV/Revenue 3.9x 10.6x 5.7x
EV/FCF 13.4x 353.1x 14.3x
EV/Operating cash flow 12.0x 105.8x 14.1x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 12.55 0.33 0.59

Growth

14 metrics
MetricDLBPADEA
Revenue growth (1Y) 0.6% 27.2% 24.3%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 1.7% 15.5% 6.2%
Gross profit growth (1Y) -0.5% 28.3% –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 1.5% 15.5% –
Operating income growth (1Y) -15.1% 195.6% 57.0%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -1.0% 277.6% 17.2%
Net income growth (1Y) -14.2% 82.0% 46.3%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 1.3% 574.2% 34.4%
EPS growth (1Y) -12.3% 77.8% 43.4%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 2.1% 550.0% 34.3%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -6.0% -46.6% -5.5%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 9.5% -13.6% 0.5%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -10.4% -76.7% -6.2%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 9.3% -34.5% 1.0%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricDLBPADEA
Gross margin 87.6% 69.7% –
EBITDA margin 24.5% 9.0% 55.6%
Operating margin 17.7% 5.3% 41.6%
Pretax margin 20.4% 6.6% 35.3%
Net margin 16.7% 5.9% 26.1%
FCF margin 29.0% 3.0% 40.0%
Operating cash flow margin 32.3% 10.0% 40.6%
Return on equity 8.7% 17.0% 26.0%
Return on assets 7.1% 5.1% 12.2%
Return on invested capital – – 16.8%
Return on capital employed 8.6% 8.0% 21.4%
Asset turnover 0.4x 0.9x 0.5x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.9x 1.7x 1.6x
Stock comp / revenue 9.6% 12.9% 7.8%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricDLBPADEA
Debt / assets – – 38.1%
Debt / equity – – 0.8x
Net debt / EBITDA – – 0.7x
Debt / FCF – – 2.0x
Liabilities / assets 17.9% 70.5% 52.9%
Equity / assets 82.1% 29.5% 47.1%
Interest coverage – – 5.4x
Current ratio 3.2x 1.5x 3.2x
Quick ratio 3.1x 1.3x 3.8x
Cash ratio 1.6x 0.5x 2.2x
Altman Z-score 8.47 8.47 4.31

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricDLBPADEA
Dividend yield 2.3% – 0.9%
Net buyback yield 3.5% 0.6% 1.1%
Shareholder yield 5.8% 0.6% 2.0%
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.

ConsensusDLBPADEA
Forward P/E 14.0xFY2026 46.9xFY2026 16.8xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $4.49FY2026 $2.96FY2026 $1.35FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +5.9%FY2026 +43.7%FY2026 -18.2%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +4.7% +48.6% +11.9%
Revenue, next fiscal year $1.50BFY2026 $4.74BFY2026 $427.36MFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +11.1%FY2026 +29.5%FY2026 -3.6%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -7.7% +41.5% +10.7%

Institutional Ownership

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

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.

DLBPADEA
DLB 1.00 0.06 0.15
P 0.06 1.00 0.32
ADEA 0.15 0.32 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, DLB, P and ADEA?

Everpure (P) is the largest by market capitalisation: Dolby Laboratories (DLB) $5.79B, Everpure (P) $46.16B, Adeia (ADEA) $2.49B.

Which stock is cheaper, DLB, P and ADEA?

Adeia (ADEA) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Dolby Laboratories (DLB) 25.6x, Everpure (P) 182.3x, Adeia (ADEA) 20.3x). On next year's consensus earnings, Dolby Laboratories (DLB) is cheapest (Dolby Laboratories (DLB) 14.0x, Everpure (P) 46.9x, Adeia (ADEA) 16.8x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Everpure (P) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Dolby Laboratories (DLB) +0.6%, Everpure (P) +27.2%, Adeia (ADEA) +24.3%.

Which company is more profitable?

Adeia (ADEA) has the highest net margin (Dolby Laboratories (DLB) 16.7%, Everpure (P) 5.9%, Adeia (ADEA) 26.1%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Everpure (P) returned the most: Dolby Laboratories (DLB) -7.2%, Everpure (P) +45.4%, Adeia (ADEA) +28.7%. Over five years, Everpure (P) compounded fastest (Dolby Laboratories (DLB) -6.4%/yr, Everpure (P) +38.9%/yr, Adeia (ADEA) +24.2%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

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

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Dolby Laboratories (DLB) has been the steadiest (Dolby Laboratories (DLB) 30.2%, Everpure (P) 73.0%, Adeia (ADEA) 67.0%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

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

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Everpure (P) leads on 4. 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.