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) Net margin

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Dolby Laboratories's net margin over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 16.7%, down 2.2 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (18.9%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 3.96% (fiscal 2018) to 24.2% (fiscal 2021); the current reading is higher than 55% of that period. That is above the Specialty Business Services industry median of 1.82% and above the Industrials sector median of 2.53%.

Net margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Net margin Change (points)
FY2025 18.9% (1.66)
FY2024 20.6% 5.12
FY2023 15.4% 0.76
FY2022 14.7% (9.53)
FY2021 24.2% 4.30
FY2020 19.9% (0.64)
FY2019 20.6% 16.59
FY2018 3.96% (15.16)
FY2017 19.1% 1.00
FY2016 18.1% (0.57)

Quarterly newest first

Period Net margin Change (points)
Jun 2026 9.38% (14.61)
Mar 2026 24.0% 8.61
Dec 2025 15.4% (0.69)
Sep 2025 16.1% 1.47
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 3.96% High 24.2%
Ten-year median 18.9%
Current reading's percentile 26

Net margin against peers

Company Net margin
DLB Dolby Laboratories 16.7%
AZZ AZZ Inc. compare 9.59%
RTO Rentokil Initial PLC compare 7.17%
MMS Maximus, Inc. compare 7.07%
CBZ CBIZ, Inc. compare 4.96%
UNF Unifirst Corporation compare 4.34%
ABM ABM Industries Incorporated compare 1.82%
FA First Advantage Corporation compare 1.51%
AMTM Amentum Holdings, Inc. compare 1.44%
Specialty Business Services industry median 1.82%
Industrials sector median 2.53%
Market median 1.22%

What Net margin is

Net Profit Margin tells an investor how much of each unit of revenue ends up as profit for shareholders after all costs, interest and taxes.

Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Revenue

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