NYSE:DLB - Analysts future estimates and past financials data (USD Millions)
Date	Revenue	Earnings	Free Cash Flow	Cash from Op	Avg. No. Analysts
9/30/2027	1,475	314	505	533	1
9/30/2026	1,404	266	456	484	3
9/30/2025	1,342	239	440	468	3
3/28/2025	1,320	257	390	419	N/A
12/27/2024	1,315	263	395	426	N/A
9/27/2024	1,274	262	297	327	N/A
6/28/2024	1,259	212	265	296	N/A
3/29/2024	1,269	190	365	396	N/A
12/29/2023	1,280	188	290	319	N/A
9/29/2023	1,300	201	337	367	N/A
6/30/2023	1,287	219	301	333	N/A
3/31/2023	1,279	242	348	385	N/A
12/30/2022	1,237	183	303	343	N/A
9/30/2022	1,254	184	259	319	N/A
7/1/2022	1,261	201	316	377	N/A
4/1/2022	1,258	216	314	377	N/A
12/31/2021	1,243	255	332	397	N/A
9/24/2021	1,281	310	393	448	N/A
6/25/2021	1,267	293	398	451	N/A
3/26/2021	1,228	306	359	413	N/A
12/25/2020	1,260	318	334	395	N/A
9/25/2020	1,162	231	275	344	N/A
6/26/2020	1,189	248	287	362	N/A
3/27/2020	1,245	221	234	319	N/A
12/27/2019	1,231	206	195	302	N/A
9/27/2019	1,242	255	214	328	N/A
6/28/2019	1,183	238	194	309	N/A
3/29/2019	1,096	201	253	360	N/A
12/28/2018	1,057	193	N/A	392	N/A
9/28/2018	1,055	42	N/A	352	N/A
6/29/2018	1,056	37	N/A	321	N/A
3/30/2018	1,147	110	N/A	317	N/A
12/29/2017	1,115	95	N/A	324	N/A
9/29/2017	1,080	206	N/A	378	N/A
6/30/2017	1,072	204	N/A	370	N/A
3/31/2017	1,044	192	N/A	359	N/A
12/30/2016	1,051	208	N/A	360	N/A
9/30/2016	1,026	186	N/A	360	N/A
7/1/2016	1,025	208	N/A	367	N/A
4/1/2016	980	180	N/A	288	N/A
1/1/2016	977	171	N/A	373	N/A
9/25/2015	971	181	N/A	309	N/A
6/26/2015	965	181	N/A	316	N/A
3/27/2015	956	185	N/A	360	N/A
12/26/2014	963	203	N/A	288	N/A
9/26/2014	960	206	N/A	362	N/A
6/27/2014	950	206	N/A	339	N/A

Analyst Future Growth Forecasts

Earnings vs Savings Rate: DLB's forecast earnings growth (9.4% per year) is above the savings rate (2.8%).

Earnings vs Market: DLB's earnings (9.4% per year) are forecast to grow slower than the US market (13.9% per year).

High Growth Earnings: DLB's earnings are forecast to grow, but not significantly.

Revenue vs Market: DLB's revenue (4.4% per year) is forecast to grow slower than the US market (8.3% per year).

High Growth Revenue: DLB's revenue (4.4% per year) is forecast to grow slower than 20% per year.

Earnings per Share Growth Forecasts

Future Return on Equity

Future ROE: Insufficient data to determine if DLB's Return on Equity is forecast to be high in 3 years time

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2025/05/08 23:55
End of Day Share Price	2025/05/08 00:00
Earnings	2025/03/28
Annual Earnings	2024/09/27

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Company Financials	10 years	Income statement Cash flow statement Balance sheet	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form 10-Q
Analyst Consensus Estimates	+3 years	Forecast financials Analyst price targets	Analyst Research Reports Blue Matrix
Market Prices	30 years	Stock prices Dividends, Splits and Actions	ICE Market Data SEC Form S-1
Ownership	10 years	Top shareholders Insider trading	SEC Form 4 SEC Form 13D
Management	10 years	Leadership team Board of directors	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form DEF 14A
Key Developments	10 years	Company announcements	SEC Form 8-K

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Analyst Sources

Dolby Laboratories, Inc. is covered by 23 analysts. 3 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

Analyst	Institution
John Bright	Avondale Partners
Ishan Majumdar	Baptista Research
James Goss	Barrington Research Associates, Inc.

Dolby Laboratories Future Growth

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Key information

Recent future growth updates

Dolby Laboratories, Inc. Just Beat Analyst Forecasts, And Analysts Have Been Updating Their Predictions

Dolby Laboratories, Inc. Provides Earnings Guidance for the First Quarter and Full Year of Fiscal 2025

Price target decreased by 9.1% to US$94.95

Dolby Laboratories, Inc. Provides Earnings Guidance for the Second Quarter and Full Year of 2024

Dolby Laboratories, Inc. Provides Earnings Guidance for the First Quarter and Full Year of Fiscal 2024

Recent updates

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Dolby Laboratories, Inc. Announces Cash Dividend on Class A and Class B Common Stock, Payable on May 21, 2025

Dolby Laboratories, Inc. to Report Q2, 2025 Results on May 01, 2025

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Senior VP & Chief Marketing Officer recently sold US$907k worth of stock

Senior VP & Chief Marketing Officer notifies of intention to sell stock

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Executive VP exercised options and sold US$902k worth of stock

First quarter dividend of US$0.33 announced

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New major risk - Revenue and earnings growth

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Dolby Laboratories, Inc. Announces Cash Dividend on Class A and Class B Common Stock, Payable on February 19, 2025

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Insufficient new directors

President exercised options and sold US$1.2m worth of stock

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Senior Vice President of Entertainment exercised options and sold US$2.1m worth of stock

Independent Chairman recently sold US$480k worth of stock

Fourth quarter dividend increased to US$0.33

Dolby Laboratories: Picture Improved, But Still A Bit Too Expensive

Full year 2024 earnings: EPS exceeds analyst expectations

Dolby Laboratories, Inc. Provides Earnings Guidance for the First Quarter and Full Year of Fiscal 2025

Dolby Laboratories (NYSE:DLB) Hasn't Managed To Accelerate Its Returns

President notifies of intention to sell stock

Dolby Laboratories, Inc. to Report Q4, 2024 Results on Nov 19, 2024

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Dolby Unveils New, Live Streaming Offering for the Sport and Entertainment Industries At IBC 2024

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Third quarter dividend of US$0.30 announced

Third quarter 2024 earnings: EPS exceeds analyst expectations

Dolby Laboratories, Inc. Announces Cash Dividend on Class A and Class B Common Stock, Payable on August 27, 2024

Now 20% undervalued after recent price drop

Dolby Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE:DLB) acquired THEOplayer.

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Dolby Laboratories, Inc. to Report Q3, 2024 Results on Aug 07, 2024

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Dolby Laboratories Remains A Hold

Second quarter dividend of US$0.30 announced

Second quarter 2024 earnings: EPS and revenues exceed analyst expectations

Dolby Laboratories, Inc. Announces Cash Dividend on Class A and Class B Common Stock, Payable on May 22, 2024

Price target decreased by 9.1% to US$94.95

Dolby Laboratories, Inc. to Report Q2, 2024 Results on May 02, 2024

Senior VP & Chief Marketing Officer recently sold US$1.0m worth of stock

Insufficient new directors

Dolby Laboratories Sees Flat Revenue Ahead (Downgrade)

Senior Vice President of Entertainment notifies of intention to sell stock

Dolby Laboratories, Inc. Announces Committee Changes

First quarter dividend of US$0.30 announced

First quarter 2024 earnings: EPS and revenues exceed analyst expectations

Dolby Laboratories, Inc. Provides Earnings Guidance for the Second Quarter and Full Year of 2024

Now 20% undervalued

President notifies of intention to sell stock

Dolby Laboratories, Inc. to Report Q1, 2024 Results on Feb 01, 2024

Dolby Laboratories, Inc., Annual General Meeting, Feb 06, 2024

President notifies of intention to sell stock

Dolby Laboratories: On A Positive Hold As Shareholder Rewards Continue

President notifies of intention to sell stock