Dolby Laboratories (DLB) Tax Rate (2009 - 2026)

Dolby Laboratories (DLB) posted Tax Rate of 20.22% for Q1 2026, down 19.22% on a QoQ basis from 25.03% in Q4 2025, and down 309.0% year-over-year from 9.67% in Q1 2025.

Dolby Laboratories (DLB) Tax Rate (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Dolby Laboratories' Tax Rate history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 20.22% for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Tax Rate fell 309.0% year-over-year to 20.22% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 14.94% (down 320.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 15.48%, up 7.0% from the prior year.
  • Tax Rate was 20.22% for Q1 2026 at Dolby Laboratories, down from 25.03% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Tax Rate topped out at 30.95% in Q2 2023 and bottomed at 19.17% in Q3 2025.
  • A 5-year average of 14.73% and a median of 19.3% in 2024 frame the typical range for Tax Rate.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Tax Rate surged 1310 bps — and 2025, when it slumped 2062 bps.
  • Dolby Laboratories' Tax Rate stood at 20.54% in 2022, then decreased by 20 bps to 16.39% in 2023, then rose by 27 bps to 20.9% in 2024, then advanced by 20 bps to 25.03% in 2025, then declined by 19 bps to 20.22% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows DLB's Tax Rate at 20.22% in Q1 2026, 25.03% in Q4 2025, and 19.17% in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Tax Rate (Qtr)
1 Cintas 82.43 Bn 82.25 Bn 1.45 Bn 20.55
2 Rentokil Initial 71.81 Bn 69.31 Bn - -
3 Relx 63.28 Bn 63.04 Bn - -
4 Thomson Reuters 40.35 Bn 39.49 Bn - -19.56
5 Copart 26.32 Bn 22.97 Bn 732.88 Mn 20.06
6 Global Payments 22.09 Bn 16.23 Bn 1.70 Bn 5.27
7 Rb Global 20.79 Bn 20.60 Bn 927.90 Mn 21.71
8 UL Solutions 17.26 Bn 17.01 Bn 381.00 Mn 24.81
9 Aramark 15.08 Bn 14.60 Bn 426.39 Mn 25.72
10 Dolby Laboratories 4.76 Bn 4.68 Bn 350.90 Mn 20.22

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 27, 2026 20.22%
Mar 27, 2026 20.22%
Mar 27, 2026 20.22%
Dec 26, 2025 25.03%
Dec 26, 2025 25.03%
Dec 26, 2025 25.03%
Sep 26, 2025 -19.17%
Sep 26, 2025 -19.17%
Sep 26, 2025 -19.17%
Jun 27, 2025 16.16%
Jun 27, 2025 16.16%
Jun 27, 2025 16.16%
Mar 28, 2025 23.30%
Mar 28, 2025 23.30%
Mar 28, 2025 23.30%
Dec 27, 2024 20.90%
Dec 27, 2024 20.90%
Dec 27, 2024 20.90%
Sep 27, 2024 1.45%
Sep 27, 2024 1.45%