The Bid & Ask

Quotations, Dispatches, and the Daily Tape

Friday, August 14, 2026

Subject of the day

DLB

Concerning the House

Dolby Laboratories, Inc. engages in the design and manufacture of audio, imaging, accessibility, and other hardware and software solutions for television, broadcast, and live entertainment industries in the United States and internationally. The company develops and licenses its audio technologies, such as AAC, HE-AAC, and extended HE-AAC, a digital audio codec solution; AVC, a digital video codec used in STBs, mobile devices, cameras, and broadcast television services and other products; and Dolby Atmos and Dolby Vision include encoding technologies that artists use to create more compelling and immersive audio and video experiences. It also provides DD+, an advanced surround sound audio codec technology; Dolby AC-4, an audio codec that uses cutting edge compression; and HEVC, a digital video codec that compresses video. In addition, the company offers Dolby Cinemas, a premium large format cinemas that deliver a Dolby branded premium cinema offering with Dolby Vision, Dolby Atmos, and a Dolby theater design; Dolby.io, a SaaS product of immersive, interactive, and social experiences with real-time engagement for live events, especially sports; and 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 various services to support theatrical and television production for cinema exhibition, broadcast, and home entertainment. It serves film studios, content creators, post-production facilities, and broadcasters. Dolby Laboratories, Inc. was founded in 1965 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

United States · www.dolby.com

The Long Run

FY 2010–2025 · 16 years

LineLatestCAGRTrend
Revenue$1.30B+2.3%
Gross profit$1.15B+4.7%
Operating income$264.96M-3.2%
Net income$255.02M-0.7%
Cash from ops$367.08M+2.2%
Quotation

$62.37

+0.98 (+1.6%)

52w hi$73.91
52w lo$48.23
Vol695.58K
As ofAug 13
The Verdict

Hold

Our score -0.21

Short-0.17
Medium-0.21
Long-0.27

computed 2026-08-13

By the Numbers

Dolby Laboratories, Inc.

Industrials · Specialty Business Services

Market cap$5.84B
Enterprise value$5.14B
Trailing P/E26.54x
Forward P/E13.57x
EV / EBITDA14.48x
P / S (ttm)4.31x
Profit margin16.7%
Return on equity8.8%
Revenue growth-3.3%
Earnings growth-37.5%
Debt / equity1.83
Risk Metrics
Beta vs SPX0.78
Corr SPX0.44
Annual vol28.8%
Annual ret-0.2%
Sharpe-0.01
Max DD-44.4%

Window: 504 trading days (504 obs)

Layer Breakdown
LayerRawContribution
Fundamental+0.10
Sector+0.07
Technical-0.09
Earnings+0.00
Sentiment+0.00

macro × 1.00 · 2026-08-13

Recent Sessions
DateOpenHighLowCloseVol
Aug 13$61.47$62.42$60.95$62.37695.58K
Aug 12$60.75$61.65$60.16$61.39629.00K
Aug 11$61.50$62.41$61.09$61.36731.00K
Aug 10$61.52$62.33$61.07$62.10856.40K
Aug 7$61.50$61.84$61.02$61.77775.20K