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Company Dossier · Information Technology

Dolby Laboratories

DLBNYSESAN FRANCISCO, US-CA, USMid capWebsite ↗
  • Russell 1000
  • MidCap 400

What Dolby Laboratories is doing, read from its filings, its own words and the news, with every figure dated and sourced. Not investment advice: no ratings, no price targets.

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The latest read

Computed from the data on Oct 22, 2026. Every figure links back to its source in the sections below.

  • Revenue over the four quarters to June 26, 2026: $1.35 billion, about level with a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
  • Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital expenditure) over the four quarters to June 26, 2026: $0.39 billion, down 11% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
  • Capital expenditure over the four quarters to June 26, 2026: $0.04 billion, up 33% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
  • Share buybacks in the fiscal year to September 26, 2025: $0.12 billion.SEC EDGAR filings (10-K)
  • Latest earnings call or results release (July 30, 2026): sentiment 0.60 on a −1 to +1 scale (mixed), confidence 0.70 of 1.Palanor Discourse
  • Guidance in the last 90 days: 4 outlook figures raised, 2 lowered, 6 held.Guidance Ledger (8-K results releases)
  • Latest annual report (filed November 18, 2025): 2 risk factors added, 3 removed.Risk Factor Changes (10-K Item 1A)
  • Insiders were net sellers in Q3 2026: $1.7 million on the open market.SEC Form 4
  • 392 institutional managers reported a position at June 30, 2026 (−27 on the quarter before).SEC Form 13F
  • H-1B filings certified in Q2 2026: 22 (21 a year earlier).U.S. Department of Labor (OFLC)

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Charts

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Cash flow

Business

Dolby Laboratories: free cash flow, trailing twelve months

Operating cash flow minus capital expenditure, $ billions, from SEC filings

$0.39BData to Jun 2026
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR
Business

Dolby Laboratories: operating cash flow and capital expenditure

Trailing twelve months, $ billions, from SEC filings

Data to Jun 2026
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR
Business

Dolby Laboratories: revenue, trailing twelve months

$ billions, from SEC filings

$1.4BData to Jun 2026
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR

Capital returned and raised

Business

Dolby Laboratories: share buybacks by fiscal year

Cash paid to repurchase common stock, $ billions, from the 10-K

$0.12BData to Sep 2025
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR
Business

Dolby Laboratories: interest coverage

Operating income ÷ interest expense, trailing twelve months, from SEC filings

537Data to Dec 2022
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR

What the company says

Business

Dolby Laboratories: guidance raised minus lowered

Guidance Ledger statements by quarter

2.0Data 23 days ago
ImageDataGuidance Ledger by Palanor · source: SEC EDGAR
Business

Dolby Laboratories: earnings call sentiment

Palanor Discourse score per call, −1 to +1

0.60Data to Jul 2026
ImageDataPalanor calculation
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Dolby Laboratories: earnings call confidence

Palanor Discourse score per call, 0 to 1

0.70Data to Jul 2026
ImageDataPalanor calculation
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Dolby Laboratories: risk factors added per annual report

New Item 1A risk factors in each 10-K

2.0Data to Nov 2025
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR

Hiring and ownership

Business

Dolby Laboratories: H-1B filings certified

Labor Condition Applications by quarter received

22.0Data to Jun 2026
ImageDataU.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification disclosure data, dol.gov
Business

Dolby Laboratories: insider net buying

Open-market purchases minus sales by officers and directors, $ millions, by quarter

−$1.7MData 23 days ago
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR
Business

Dolby Laboratories: institutional holders

Managers reporting a position on Form 13F, by quarter

392.0Data to Jun 2026
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR

In the news

Headlines that name Dolby Laboratories, with the publisher and a link. The tone is read from each headline’s own words, never from a summary of the article.

30 days
1 headlines
0% positive · 100% negative
90 days
1 headlines
0% positive · 100% negative

Filings and records

The last two years of notable 8-Ks, offerings, annual reports, federal awards, lobbying reports, patents and other public records, newest first.

  1. Oct 20, 2026Lobbying
    Lobbying report (ACG ADVOCACY)third_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
  2. Oct 20, 2026Patent
    Patent granted: SINGLE CHANNEL ENCODING INTO A MULTI-CHANNEL CONTAINER FOLLOWED BY IMAGE COMPRESSIONUS 12771883
  3. Oct 20, 2026Patent
    Patent granted: IMAGE OPTIMIZATION IN MOBILE CAPTURE AND EDITING APPLICATIONSUS 12770236
  4. Oct 20, 2026Patent
    Patent granted: IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING METHODS AND APPARATUSESUS 12771870
  5. Oct 20, 2026Patent
    Patent granted: QUANTIZATION PARAMETER SIGNALINGUS 12771880
  6. Oct 20, 2026Patent
    Patent granted: MESSAGING PARAMETERS FOR NEURAL-NETWORK POST FILTERING IN IMAGE AND VIDEO CODINGUS 12771881
  7. Oct 19, 2026Lobbying
    Lobbying report (DOLBY LABORATORIES, INC.)third_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
  8. Aug 27, 20268-K
    Director or officer changeItem 5.02
  9. Aug 14, 2026Lobbying
    Lobbying report (DOLBY LABORATORIES, INC.)third_quarter 2026
  10. Jul 20, 2026Lobbying
    Lobbying report (ACG ADVOCACY)second_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
  11. Apr 20, 2026Lobbying
    Lobbying report (ACG ADVOCACY)first_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
  12. Feb 6, 20268-K
    Shareholder vote resultsItem 5.07
  13. Jan 21, 2026Lobbying
    Lobbying report (ACG ADVOCACY)fourth_quarter 2025 · $0.1 million
  14. Nov 18, 202510-K
    Annual report (10-K)2 risk factors added, 3 removed
  15. Nov 14, 20258-K
    Director or officer changeItem 5.02
  16. Oct 17, 2025Lobbying
    Lobbying report (ACG ADVOCACY)third_quarter 2025 · $0.1 million
  17. Jul 10, 2025Lobbying
    Lobbying report (ACG ADVOCACY)second_quarter 2025 · $0.1 million
  18. Feb 7, 20258-K
    Shareholder vote resultsItem 5.07
  19. Nov 19, 20248-K
    Material agreement signedItem 1.01
  20. Nov 19, 202410-K
    Annual report (10-K)0 risk factors added, 1 removed
  21. Nov 15, 20248-K
    Director or officer changeItem 5.02
  22. Nov 17, 202310-K
    Annual report (10-K)

Peers

Companies in the same sector in the S&P 500, Russell 1000 or MidCap 400, closest in revenue first. Trailing twelve months, from SEC filings.

CompanyRevenueFree cash flowThrough
Klaviyo KVYO$1.4B$0.3BJun 30, 2026
Enphase Energy ENPH$1.4B$0.1BMar 31, 2026
Procore PCOR$1.4B$0.3BJun 30, 2026
Figma FIG$1.3B$0.2BJun 30, 2026
Affirm Holdings AFRM$1.4B$1.0BJun 30, 2026
Guidewire Software GWRE$1.5B$0.4BJul 31, 2026
CommVault Systems CVLT$1.2B$0.3BJun 30, 2026
Astera Labs ALAB$1.2B$0.3BJun 30, 2026

Identity

SEC CIK
1308547
LEI
5493003RN4N4ACTUEC28
Wikidata
Q261288
Direct parent (GLEIF)
DOLBY LABORATORIES, INC.

Built from SEC EDGAR filings (public domain), the Guidance and KPI Ledgers, Palanor Discourse, U.S. Department of Labor filings, USPTO, USAspending and Senate lobbying records, and rights-checked news headlines. Updated nightly; this page was built Oct 22, 2026. How the Dossier is built

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