Growth Metrics

Dolby Laboratories (DLB) Gross Margin (2016 - 2025)

Dolby Laboratories (DLB) has disclosed Gross Margin for 17 consecutive years, with 87.54% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • For the quarter ending Q4 2025, Gross Margin fell 104.0% year-over-year to 87.54%, compared with a TTM value of 87.86% through Dec 2025, down 80.0%, and an annual FY2025 reading of 88.13%, down 84.0% over the prior year.
  • Gross Margin was 87.54% for Q4 2025 at Dolby Laboratories, roughly flat from 87.13% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Gross Margin topped out at 90.7% in Q4 2021 and bottomed at 86.06% in Q2 2025.
  • Average Gross Margin over 5 years is 88.52%, with a median of 88.91% recorded in 2024.
  • The sharpest move saw Gross Margin skyrocketed 489bps in 2021, then crashed -259bps in 2022.
  • Year by year, Gross Margin stood at 90.7% in 2021, then decreased by -1bps to 89.71% in 2022, then rose by 0bps to 89.84% in 2023, then decreased by -1bps to 88.58% in 2024, then fell by -1bps to 87.54% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Gross Margin for DLB at 87.54% in Q4 2025, 87.13% in Q3 2025, and 86.06% in Q2 2025.