Dolby Laboratories (DLB) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2026)
Dolby Laboratories' (DLB) quarterly Return on Capital Employed came in at 8.58% in Q2 2026, down 139.0% YoY from 22.0% in Q2 2025, and down 6.66% on a QoQ basis from 9.19% in Q1 2026.
Dolby Laboratories (DLB) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Dolby Laboratories (DLB) has 17 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 8.58% in Q2 2026.
- Quarterly Return on Capital Employed fell 139.0% year-over-year to 8.58% in Q2 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Jun 2026 was 8.58% (down 139.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 9.7%, down 13.0% from the prior year.
- Return on Capital Employed fell to 8.58% in Q2 2026, from 9.19% in the prior quarter.
- In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 11.14% in Q1 2023 to a low of 7.33% in Q4 2023.
- A 5-year average of 8.95% and a median of 8.79% in 2022 frame the typical range for Return on Capital Employed.
- Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Return on Capital Employed plunged 410 bps — and 2023, when it surged 292 bps.
- Tracing DLB's Return on Capital Employed over 5 years: stood at 8.65% in 2022, then dropped by 15 bps to 7.33% in 2023, then soared by 38 bps to 10.1% in 2024, then decreased by 12 bps to 8.94% in 2025, then declined by 4 bps to 8.58% in 2026.
- The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 8.58% (Q2 2026), 9.19% (Q1 2026), and 8.94% (Q4 2025), per Business Quant data.
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Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 26, 2026 | 8.58% |
| Mar 27, 2026 | 9.19% |
| Dec 26, 2025 | 8.94% |
| Sep 26, 2025 | 9.55% |
| Jun 27, 2025 | 9.97% |
| Mar 28, 2025 | 9.90% |
| Dec 27, 2024 | 10.10% |
| Sep 27, 2024 | 9.84% |
| Jun 28, 2024 | 7.85% |
| Mar 29, 2024 | 7.37% |
| Dec 29, 2023 | 7.33% |
| Sep 29, 2023 | 8.39% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 9.86% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 11.14% |
| Dec 30, 2022 | 8.65% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 8.18% |
| Jul 1, 2022 | 8.13% |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 8.22% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 9.58% |
| Sep 24, 2021 | 12.28% |