Dolby Laboratories

DLB Industrials Specialty Business Services

Dolby Laboratories' revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended September 2025) was $1.3 billion, up 5.92% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
−3.34%
EPS
−37.5%
Free cash flow
+157.4%

Quarter to June 2026, against a year earlier

64.77 1.45 +2.29%
Market cap
$5.9B
P/E
26.7×
Fwd P/E
20.0×
Dividend yield
2.26%
F-score
6/9
Altman Z
9.17
Beneish M
−2.80
Dividend safety
85/100

Dolby Laboratories (DLB) Gross margin

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Dolby Laboratories's gross margin over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 87.6%, down 0.5 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (88.1%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 87.0% (fiscal 2019) to 90.2% (fiscal 2015); the current reading is higher than 36% of that period. That is above the Specialty Business Services industry median of 32.8% and above the Industrials sector median of 30.7%.

Gross margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Gross margin Change (points)
FY2025 88.1% (0.84)
FY2024 89.0% 0.71
FY2023 88.3% (0.47)
FY2022 88.7% (1.12)
FY2021 89.9% 2.46
FY2020 87.4% 0.35
FY2019 87.0% (0.86)
FY2018 87.9% (1.13)
FY2017 89.0% (0.35)
FY2016 89.4% (0.85)

Quarterly newest first

Period Gross margin Change (points)
Jun 2026 86.8% (1.91)
Mar 2026 88.7% 1.15
Dec 2025 87.5% 0.41
Sep 2025 87.1% 1.07
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 87.0% High 90.2%
Ten-year median 88.7%
Current reading's percentile 21

Gross margin against peers

Company Gross margin
DLB Dolby Laboratories 87.6%
FA First Advantage Corporation compare 45.2%
UNF Unifirst Corporation compare 36.6%
MMS Maximus, Inc. compare 25.6%
AZZ AZZ Inc. compare 24.3%
CBZ CBIZ, Inc. compare 13.0%
ABM ABM Industries Incorporated compare 12.0%
AMTM Amentum Holdings, Inc. compare 10.3%
RTO Rentokil Initial PLC compare 0.00%
Specialty Business Services industry median 32.8%
Industrials sector median 30.7%
Market median 46.4%

What Gross margin is

Gross Margin tells an investor how much of each sale a company keeps after paying the direct costs of making or buying what it sells.

Gross Profit ÷ Revenue

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