Growth Metrics

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

Dolby Laboratories' Gross Margin history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at 87.54% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Gross Margin fell 104.0% year-over-year to 87.54%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 87.86%, down 80.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 88.13%, 84.0% down from the prior year.
  • Gross Margin reached 87.54% in Q4 2025 per DLB's latest filing, roughly flat from 87.13% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Gross Margin ranged from a high of 90.7% in Q4 2021 to a low of 86.06% in Q2 2025.
  • Average Gross Margin over 5 years is 88.52%, with a median of 88.91% recorded in 2024.
  • Peak YoY movement for Gross Margin: skyrocketed 489bps in 2021, then crashed -259bps in 2022.
  • A 5-year view of Gross Margin shows it 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.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for DLB's Gross Margin are 87.54% (Q4 2025), 87.13% (Q3 2025), and 86.06% (Q2 2025).