Dolby Laboratories is a specialty business services business based in the US. Dolby Laboratories shares (DLB) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Its last market close was $81.98 – an increase of 12.04% over the previous week. Dolby Laboratories employs 2,246 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $1.3 billion.
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| Latest market close | $81.98 |
|---|---|
| 52-week range | $66.07 - $89.03 |
| 50-day moving average | $73.55 |
| 200-day moving average | $77.72 |
| Wall St. target price | $99.00 |
| PE ratio | 33.5642 |
| Dividend yield | $1.2 (1.64%) |
| Earnings per share (TTM) | $2.18 |
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Historical closes compared with the close of $71.35 from 2024-11-18
| 1 week (2024-11-13) | -2.96% |
|---|---|
| 1 month (2024-10-18) | -4.64% |
| 3 months (2024-08-20) | -1.55% |
| 6 months (2024-05-20) | -13.71% |
| 1 year (2023-11-20) | -14.72% |
|---|---|
| 2 years (2022-11-18) | 6.32% |
| 3 years (2021-11-19) | 85.9286 |
| 5 years (2019-11-20) | 8.85% |
Valuing Dolby Laboratories stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Dolby Laboratories's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.
Dolby Laboratories's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 34x. In other words, Dolby Laboratories shares trade at around 34x recent earnings.
That's relatively high compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The high P/E ratio could mean that investors are optimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're over-valued.
Dolby Laboratories's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 2.0755. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.
The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Dolby Laboratories's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.
Dolby Laboratories's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $322.1 million.
The EBITDA is a measure of a Dolby Laboratories's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
| Revenue TTM | $1.3 billion |
|---|---|
| Operating margin TTM | 14.15% |
| Gross profit TTM | $1.1 billion |
| Return on assets TTM | 5.16% |
| Return on equity TTM | 8.92% |
| Profit margin | 16.87% |
| Book value | $25.45 |
| Market Capitalization | $7 billion |
TTM: trailing 12 months
Dividend payout ratio: 40.13% of net profits
Recently Dolby Laboratories has paid out, on average, around 0% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 0% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Dolby Laboratories shareholders could enjoy a 0% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Dolby Laboratories's case, that would currently equate to about $1.2 per share.
While Dolby Laboratories's payout ratio might seem fairly standard, it's worth remembering that Dolby Laboratories may be investing much of the rest of its net profits in future growth.
Dolby Laboratories's most recent dividend payout was on 26 August 2024. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 18 August 2024 (the "ex-dividend date").
Over the last 12 months, Dolby Laboratories's shares have ranged in value from as little as $66.0728 up to $89.0257. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".
Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while Dolby Laboratories's is 0.978. This would suggest that Dolby Laboratories's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).
Dolby Laboratories, Inc. creates audio and imaging technologies that transform entertainment at the cinema, DTV transmissions and devices, mobile devices, OTT video and music services, home entertainment devices, and automobiles. The company develops and licenses its audio technologies, such as AAC & HE-AAC, a digital audio codec solution used for a range of media applications; AVC, a digital video codec with high bandwidth efficiency used in various media devices; Dolby AC-4, a digital audio coding technology that delivers new audio experiences to a range of playback devices; and Dolby Atmos technology for cinema and various media devices. Its audio technologies also include DD, a digital audio coding technology that provides multichannel sound to applications; DD+, a digital audio coding technology that offers audio transmission for a range of media applications and devices; Dolby TrueHD, a digital audio coding technology providing encoding for media application; Dolby Vision, an imaging technology for cinema and media devices; and HEVC, a digital video codec with high bandwidth efficiency for media devices. In addition, the company offers digital cinema servers, cinema processors, amplifiers, loudspeakers, and audio and imaging hardware and software products for the cinema, television, broadcast, communication, and entertainment industries. Further, it provides 3-D glasses and kits; and various services to support theatrical and television production for cinema exhibition, broadcast, and home entertainment. The company serves film studios, content creators, post-production facilities, cinema operators, broadcasters, and video game designers.
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