Dolby Laboratories (DLB) Dividends Paid - Common (2009 - 2026)

Dolby Laboratories (DLB) posted Dividends Paid - Common of -$33.2 million for Q1 2026, down 196.78% on a QoQ basis from $34.3 million in Q4 2025, and down 204.51% year-over-year from $31.8 million in Q1 2025.

Dolby Laboratories (DLB) Dividends Paid - Common (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Dolby Laboratories' Dividends Paid - Common history runs 16 years deep, the most recent figure standing at -$33.2 million for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Dividends Paid - Common fell 204.51% year-over-year to -$33.2 million in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $64.3 million (down 47.91% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at $1.8 million, down 64.23% from the prior year.
  • Dividends Paid - Common was -$33.2 million for Q1 2026 at Dolby Laboratories, down from $34.3 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Dividends Paid - Common topped out at $98.6 million in Q3 2022 and bottomed at -$77.3 million in Q3 2023.
  • A 5-year average of $21.1 million and a median of $31.5 million in 2024 frame the typical range for Dividends Paid - Common.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2024 — Dividends Paid - Common soared 2913.18% — and 2026, when it sank 204.51%.
  • Dolby Laboratories' Dividends Paid - Common stood at $25.9 million in 2022, then plunged by 95.95% to $1.0 million in 2023, then surged by 2913.18% to $31.5 million in 2024, then gained by 8.85% to $34.3 million in 2025, then tumbled by 196.78% to -$33.2 million in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows DLB's Dividends Paid - Common at -$33.2 million in Q1 2026, $34.3 million in Q4 2025, and $31.6 million in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Dividends Paid - Common (Qtr)
1 Cintas 81.31 Bn 81.12 Bn 1.45 Bn 180.74 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 - -280.00 Mn
5 Copart 25.18 Bn 21.85 Bn 732.88 Mn -
6 Global Payments 21.29 Bn 16.10 Bn 1.70 Bn 68.25 Mn
7 Rb Global 20.33 Bn 20.14 Bn 927.90 Mn 66.50 Mn
8 UL Solutions 17.42 Bn 17.18 Bn 381.00 Mn 29.00 Mn
9 Aramark 15.00 Bn 14.59 Bn 426.39 Mn 31.53 Mn
10 Dolby Laboratories 4.68 Bn 4.61 Bn 350.90 Mn -33.23 Mn

Historic Data

Download Data
DateValue
Mar 27, 2026 -33.23 Mn
Mar 27, 2026 -33.23 Mn
Dec 26, 2025 34.34 Mn
Dec 26, 2025 34.34 Mn
Sep 26, 2025 31.60 Mn
Sep 26, 2025 31.60 Mn
Jun 27, 2025 31.60 Mn
Jun 27, 2025 31.60 Mn
Mar 28, 2025 31.80 Mn
Mar 28, 2025 31.80 Mn
Dec 27, 2024 31.55 Mn
Dec 27, 2024 31.55 Mn
Sep 27, 2024 31.50 Mn
Sep 27, 2024 31.50 Mn
Jun 28, 2024 28.60 Mn
Jun 28, 2024 28.60 Mn
Mar 29, 2024 28.70 Mn
Mar 29, 2024 28.70 Mn
Dec 29, 2023 1.05 Mn
Dec 29, 2023 1.05 Mn