Dolby Laboratories (NYSE:DLB) Issues FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

Dolby Laboratories (NYSE:DLB) updated its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Wednesday. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 3.990-4.140 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of 4.060. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.3 billion-$1.4 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.4 billion. Dolby Laboratories also updated its Q2 2025 guidance to 1.190-1.340 EPS.

Dolby Laboratories Price Performance

Shares of Dolby Laboratories stock traded down $0.02 during trading on Wednesday, hitting $80.59. 405,447 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 450,844. The company has a market cap of $7.69 billion, a PE ratio of 29.74 and a beta of 0.98. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $79.18 and its 200 day moving average price is $75.62. Dolby Laboratories has a twelve month low of $66.35 and a twelve month high of $85.30.

Dolby Laboratories (NYSE:DLB) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, January 29th. The electronics maker reported $0.84 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.07 by ($0.23). Dolby Laboratories had a net margin of 20.56% and a return on equity of 11.19%. As a group, equities research analysts anticipate that Dolby Laboratories will post 2.92 earnings per share for the current year.

Dolby Laboratories Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, December 10th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, December 3rd were paid a dividend of $0.33 per share. This is a positive change from Dolby Laboratories’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.30. This represents a $1.32 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.64%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, December 3rd. Dolby Laboratories’s dividend payout ratio is currently 48.71%.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of brokerages recently issued reports on DLB. Barrington Research reiterated an “outperform” rating and set a $100.00 target price on shares of Dolby Laboratories in a research report on Monday. StockNews.com raised shares of Dolby Laboratories from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, December 4th. Finally, Rosenblatt Securities reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $100.00 target price on shares of Dolby Laboratories in a report on Thursday, January 23rd.

Insider Activity at Dolby Laboratories

In other Dolby Laboratories news, EVP Mark Andrew Sherman sold 12,338 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, December 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of $78.08, for a total transaction of $963,351.04. Following the transaction, the executive vice president now owns 62,397 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $4,871,957.76. This represents a 16.51 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, CAO Ryan Nicholson sold 10,500 shares of the stock in a transaction on Tuesday, November 26th. The shares were sold at an average price of $80.18, for a total value of $841,890.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief accounting officer now owns 24,364 shares in the company, valued at $1,953,505.52. The trade was a 30.12 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold 135,917 shares of company stock valued at $10,877,739 over the last ninety days. 38.39% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Dolby Laboratories Company Profile

Dolby Laboratories, Inc creates audio and imaging technologies that transform entertainment at the cinema, DTV transmissions and devices, mobile devices, OTT video and music services, home entertainment devices, and automobiles. The company develops and licenses its audio technologies, such as AAC & HE-AAC, a digital audio codec solution used for a range of media applications; AVC, a digital video codec with high bandwidth efficiency used in various media devices; Dolby AC-4, a digital audio coding technology that delivers new audio experiences to a range of playback devices; and Dolby Atmos technology for cinema and various media devices.