Dolby Laboratories (DLB) Change in Inventory (2009 - 2026)

Dolby Laboratories (DLB) posted Change in Inventory of -$3.0 million for Q1 2026, down 238.34% on a QoQ basis from -$879000.0 in Q4 2025, and down 219.2% year-over-year from $2.5 million in Q1 2025.

Dolby Laboratories (DLB) Change in Inventory (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Dolby Laboratories' Change in Inventory history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at -$3.0 million for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Change in Inventory fell 219.2% year-over-year to -$3.0 million in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was -$13.0 million (down 223.49% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at -$8.0 million, down 402.15% from the prior year.
  • Change in Inventory was -$3.0 million for Q1 2026 at Dolby Laboratories, down from -$879000.0 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Change in Inventory topped out at $10.8 million in Q3 2023 and bottomed at -$5.2 million in Q2 2025.
  • A 5-year average of $820470.6 and a median of -$879000.0 in 2025 frame the typical range for Change in Inventory.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2023 — Change in Inventory soared 2388.35% — and 2026, when it sank 219.2%.
  • Dolby Laboratories' Change in Inventory stood at $501000.0 in 2022, then soared by 1755.69% to $9.3 million in 2023, then sank by 114.41% to -$1.3 million in 2024, then surged by 34.4% to -$879000.0 in 2025, then slumped by 238.34% to -$3.0 million in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows DLB's Change in Inventory at -$3.0 million in Q1 2026, -$879000.0 in Q4 2025, and -$4.0 million in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Change in Inventory (Qtr)
1 Cintas 81.31 Bn 81.12 Bn 1.45 Bn 2.69 Mn
2 Rentokil Initial 73.75 Bn 71.25 Bn - -
3 Relx 60.28 Bn 60.04 Bn - -
4 Thomson Reuters 38.09 Bn 37.23 Bn - -
5 Copart 25.18 Bn 21.85 Bn 732.88 Mn 7.86 Mn
6 Global Payments 21.29 Bn 16.10 Bn 1.70 Bn -
7 Rb Global 20.33 Bn 20.14 Bn 927.90 Mn -
8 UL Solutions 17.42 Bn 17.18 Bn 381.00 Mn -
9 Aramark 15.00 Bn 14.59 Bn 426.39 Mn 39.01 Mn
10 Dolby Laboratories 4.68 Bn 4.61 Bn 350.90 Mn -2.97 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 27, 2026 -2.97 Mn
Mar 27, 2026 -2.97 Mn
Dec 26, 2025 -879,000.00
Dec 26, 2025 -879,000.00
Sep 26, 2025 -4.00 Mn
Sep 26, 2025 -4.00 Mn
Jun 27, 2025 -5.18 Mn
Jun 27, 2025 -5.18 Mn
Mar 28, 2025 2.50 Mn
Mar 28, 2025 2.50 Mn
Dec 27, 2024 -1.34 Mn
Dec 27, 2024 -1.34 Mn
Sep 27, 2024 -1.96 Mn
Sep 27, 2024 -1.96 Mn
Jun 28, 2024 -3.22 Mn
Jun 28, 2024 -3.22 Mn
Mar 29, 2024 -1.46 Mn
Mar 29, 2024 -1.46 Mn
Dec 29, 2023 9.30 Mn
Dec 29, 2023 9.30 Mn