Dolby Laboratories (DLB) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2026)

Dolby Laboratories' Return on Capital Employed history runs 17 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 9.19% for Q1 2026.

• Quarterly Return on Capital Employed fell 70.0% year-over-year to 9.19% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 9.19% (down 70.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 9.7%, down 13.0% from the prior year.
• Return on Capital Employed was 9.19% for Q1 2026 at Dolby Laboratories, up from 8.94% in the prior quarter.
• Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 11.14% in Q1 2023 and bottomed at 7.33% in Q4 2023.
• A 5-year average of 8.98% and a median of 8.94% in 2025 frame the typical range for Return on Capital Employed.
• Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Return on Capital Employed tumbled 410 bps — and 2023, when it surged 292 bps.
• Dolby Laboratories' Return on Capital Employed stood at 8.65% in 2022, then fell by 15 bps to 7.33% in 2023, then surged by 38 bps to 10.1% in 2024, then dropped by 12 bps to 8.94% in 2025, then rose by 3 bps to 9.19% in 2026.
• Business Quant data shows DLB's Return on Capital Employed at 9.19% in Q1 2026, 8.94% in Q4 2025, and 9.55% in Q3 2025.