Growth Metrics

Dolby Laboratories (DLB) FCF Payout Ratio (2016 - 2025)

Dolby Laboratories' FCF Payout Ratio history spans 15 years, with the latest figure at 0.68 for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, FCF Payout Ratio rose 9149.18% year-over-year to 0.68; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.34, up 47.78%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.0, 98.9% down from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio reached 0.68 in Q4 2025 per DLB's latest filing, up from 0.3 in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, FCF Payout Ratio ranged from a high of 12.36 in Q4 2023 to a low of 0.46 in Q2 2022.
  • Average FCF Payout Ratio over 5 years is 1.17, with a median of 0.32 recorded in 2021.
  • Peak YoY movement for FCF Payout Ratio: plummeted 245.59% in 2022, then skyrocketed 9149.18% in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of FCF Payout Ratio shows it stood at 1.47 in 2021, then plummeted by 64.2% to 0.53 in 2022, then skyrocketed by 2249.72% to 12.36 in 2023, then tumbled by 99.94% to 0.01 in 2024, then surged by 9149.18% to 0.68 in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for DLB's FCF Payout Ratio are 0.68 (Q4 2025), 0.3 (Q3 2025), and 0.52 (Q2 2025).