Dolby Laboratories (DLB) Research & Development (2009 - 2026)

Dolby Laboratories' Research & Development history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at $63.7 million for Q1 2026.

• Quarterly Research & Development rose 3.15% year-over-year to $63.7 million in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $233.0 million (down 15.13% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at $261.8 million, down 0.71% from the prior year.
• Research & Development was $63.7 million for Q1 2026 at Dolby Laboratories, down from $91.6 million in the prior quarter.
• Across five years, Research & Development topped out at $159.6 million in Q3 2022 and bottomed at -$8.4 million in Q3 2025.
• A 5-year average of $76.1 million and a median of $77.5 million in 2024 frame the typical range for Research & Development.
• Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Research & Development surged 721.26% — and 2025, when it slumped 112.24%.
• Dolby Laboratories' Research & Development stood at $82.2 million in 2022, then slipped by 3.9% to $79.0 million in 2023, then dropped by 15.65% to $66.6 million in 2024, then jumped by 37.39% to $91.6 million in 2025, then slumped by 30.48% to $63.7 million in 2026.
• Business Quant data shows DLB's Research & Development at $63.7 million in Q1 2026, $91.6 million in Q4 2025, and -$8.4 million in Q3 2025.