Growth Metrics

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

Dolby Laboratories (DLB) has disclosed FCF Payout Ratio for 15 consecutive years, with 0.68 as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • For the quarter ending Q4 2025, FCF Payout Ratio rose 116.95% year-over-year to 0.68, compared with a TTM value of 0.34 through Dec 2025, up 1545.64%, and an annual FY2025 reading of 0.07, up 317.33% over the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio was 0.68 for Q4 2025 at Dolby Laboratories, up from 0.3 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, FCF Payout Ratio topped out at 2.1 in Q2 2024 and bottomed at 0.74 in Q3 2024.
  • Average FCF Payout Ratio over 5 years is 0.4, with a median of 0.38 recorded in 2021.
  • The sharpest move saw FCF Payout Ratio surged 1229.82% in 2021, then plummeted 153.41% in 2023.
  • Year by year, FCF Payout Ratio stood at 1.47 in 2021, then plummeted by 64.2% to 0.53 in 2022, then fell by 13.84% to 0.45 in 2023, then tumbled by 30.4% to 0.32 in 2024, then skyrocketed by 116.95% to 0.68 in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows FCF Payout Ratio for DLB at 0.68 in Q4 2025, 0.3 in Q3 2025, and 0.52 in Q2 2025.