Growth Metrics

Dolby Laboratories (DLB) Return on Invested Capital (2016 - 2025)

Dolby Laboratories' Return on Invested Capital history spans 16 years, with the latest figure at 0.08% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Invested Capital fell 1.0% year-over-year to 0.08%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.08%, down 1.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.09%, 0.0% changed from the prior year.
  • Return on Invested Capital reached 0.08% in Q4 2025 per DLB's latest filing, down from 0.09% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Invested Capital ranged from a high of 0.12% in Q3 2021 to a low of 0.06% in Q1 2024.
  • Average Return on Invested Capital over 5 years is 0.09%, with a median of 0.08% recorded in 2023.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Invested Capital: rose 3bps in 2021, then dropped -4bps in 2022.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Invested Capital shows it stood at 0.09% in 2021, then decreased by -20bps to 0.08% in 2022, then decreased by -14bps to 0.07% in 2023, then skyrocketed by 39bps to 0.09% in 2024, then decreased by -13bps to 0.08% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for DLB's Return on Invested Capital are 0.08% (Q4 2025), 0.09% (Q3 2025), and 0.09% (Q2 2025).