Dolby Laboratories (DLB) FCF Payout Ratio (2009 - 2026)

Dolby Laboratories' FCF Payout Ratio history runs 16 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 0.4 for Q1 2026.

• Quarterly FCF Payout Ratio fell 310.41% year-over-year to 0.4 in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 0.21 (down 32.53% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 0.0, down 75.61% from the prior year.
• FCF Payout Ratio was 0.4 for Q1 2026 at Dolby Laboratories, down from 0.68 in the prior quarter.
• Across five years, FCF Payout Ratio topped out at 2.43 in Q3 2022 and bottomed at 1.01 in Q3 2023.
• A 5-year average of 0.46 and a median of 0.32 in 2024 frame the typical range for FCF Payout Ratio.
• Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — FCF Payout Ratio surged 530.79% — and 2026, when it tumbled 310.41%.
• Dolby Laboratories' FCF Payout Ratio stood at 0.53 in 2022, then slipped by 13.84% to 0.45 in 2023, then plunged by 30.4% to 0.32 in 2024, then jumped by 116.95% to 0.68 in 2025, then slumped by 158.19% to 0.4 in 2026.
• Business Quant data shows DLB's FCF Payout Ratio at 0.4 in Q1 2026, 0.68 in Q4 2025, and 0.3 in Q3 2025.