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Dolby Laboratories, Inc. Stock: price and insider trades · United States
No insider purchase over the last 90 days. The latest was filed 25 Jun 2024.
Dolby Laboratories, Inc.: what insiders have been doing
Every trade that managers of Dolby Laboratories, Inc. disclose to SEC (Form 4) is tracked on this page. The company sits in the Media & Communication sector and is based in San Francisco, United States. It was founded in 1965. 19 insiders have disclosed 54 filings since 18 October 2025.
No insider bought on the market over the period, while 7 insiders filed 19 sales totalling €4.4M. Pendleton Todd filed the largest sale, €557k, on 27 May 2026, which represents 0.011% of the company's market value.
The median gap between a trade and its publication by SEC (Form 4) is 2 days. For comparison, the SEC allows two business days to file a Form 4. Keep in mind that insiders sell for many reasons unrelated to the outlook, from tax bills to estate planning.
Compared with its exchange (5,814 companies, median 19 filings), a count of 54 filings is above the norm. Looking back to 2016, when coverage begins, insiders filed 1 purchase and 84 sales. On the fundamentals side, the SEC filing (10-K) for the period ending 26 September 2025 lists revenue at 1.35 bn USD and net income at 255.0 m USD; the dividend was 1.32 USD per share.
Elsewhere in the same sector, our signals recently picked up insider purchases at Globalstar, Inc. and Liberty Latin America Ltd. These figures are compiled from regulatory filings published by SEC (Form 4). They describe what insiders did and are not a recommendation.
Insider Decl.
293
Thresholds
n/a
Buy Volume
€186
1 ops. · all time
Sell Volume
€9M
84 ops. · all time
Who traded when
BuySaleJohn D. Couling11 sales
Shriram Revankar4 sales
Ryan Nicholson3 sales
Rollins Emily2 sales
Gotcher Peter C1 sale
Mark Andrew Sherman1 sale
+3 other insiders
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Fundamental score
Ranked 3,555 of 24,148 companies
70.1
score / 100
Value58
Quality82
FCF yld7.8%
Earn yld4.6%
EV/EBITDA14.7x
ROE8.8%
Gross mgn88%
Net mgn19%
Debt/EBITDA0.1x
Pillars2/3
Transparent value + quality ranking, distinct from the insider signal.
Financial data
as of FY 2025FY ended September 2025 · cache
US$58.84
Analyst consensus
3 analysts1.75/5
US$62.00Target US$79.00(+34%)US$90.00
Income statement
RevenueUS$1.3B
Gross profitUS$1.2B88% margin
EBITDAUS$378.6M28% margin
Net incomeUS$255M16.7% margin
Valuation
PER (trailing)25.0x
PER (forward)12.8x
P/Book2.1x
Beta0.78
Balance sheet & cash
Market capUS$5.5B
Total debtUS$38.9M
Free Cash FlowUS$430.3M
Debt / Equity2%
Profitability & ownership
ROE8.8%
ROA5.2%
% insiders1.9%
% institutions106.9%
Last declaration on 5 October 2026
Declarations293 total
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25 of 293 declarations
About Dolby Laboratories, Inc.
Dolby Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: DLB) is a U.S.-based technology company headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States. Founded in 1965 by Ray Dolby, the company has become a global reference in audio and imaging technologies. For French-, Belgian- and Swiss-based investors, Dolby is best understood not as a traditional hardware manufacturer, but as an intellectual-property and licensing business: a substantial share of revenue comes from technologies embedded in third-party devices, content, and services.
Dolby’s core platform centers on proprietary technologies such as Dolby Atmos for immersive spatial audio and Dolby Vision for high-contrast, high-dynamic-range imaging. The company also provides cinema, home entertainment, broadcast, gaming, mobile, PC, and automotive solutions. That makes Dolby a cross-sector player at the intersection of media, consumer electronics, and premium entertainment experiences. In addition to licensing, the group sells products and services to cinema operators and studios, including Dolby Cinema and related professional tools. Its brand is widely recognized by consumers, which helps support partner adoption and reinforces pricing power.
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From a competitive standpoint, Dolby’s main strengths are its patent portfolio, global brand, and broad ecosystem adoption. Its business model benefits from network effects: the more devices and content partners support Dolby formats, the stronger the consumer pull for the standard becomes. At the same time, the company operates in technology markets that are cyclical, innovation-driven, and exposed to pricing pressure, platform shifts, and competition from alternative audio/video solutions.
Geographically, Dolby has a broad international footprint through device makers, studios, streaming platforms, automakers, and cinema partners across North America, Europe, and Asia. The company therefore has diversified commercial exposure rather than dependence on one single end market. In fiscal 2025, Dolby reported total revenue of about $1.349 billion, with licensing remaining the dominant line and products/services also contributing growth. Management highlighted continued momentum in Dolby Atmos, Dolby Vision, and imaging patents, as well as an expansion of its addressable market through Dolby OptiView and newer imaging patent pools.
Recent strategic news has reinforced the premium nature of the franchise. In 2025, Dolby announced an expanded partnership with AMC Entertainment to add 40 additional Dolby Cinema auditoriums in the U.S. by the end of 2027. It also continued to deepen its automotive push, including initiatives with General Motors and Cadillac to bring Dolby Atmos into broader in-car entertainment offerings. These developments show that Dolby is extending beyond cinema into a wider ecosystem of premium consumer experiences.
For equity investors, Dolby remains a quality franchise listed on NYSE in the United States, with recurring licensing economics, global brand value, and long-term exposure to premium media consumption. The key watch items are adoption rates across device categories, royalty growth, partner concentration, and the pace of expansion into automotive and other adjacent ecosystems.
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