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DLB

Dolby Laboratories Common Stock

Miscellaneous · ·

$60.92

$0.44 (-0.7%)

Market Cap

Day Range

$60.71 - $62.12

52-Week Range

$48.26 - $75.66

Beta

Next Earnings

16.11.2026

🏢 Similar Stocks in the Same Sector

-15.4% (1Y)

Investor Score
70/ 100B
🟢 Strong

This score and all analysis on this page are for informational and educational purposes only and do not constitute investment advice. Read the full disclaimer

📈85ATechnical
💰66B-Fundamental
🚀48D+Growth
💎62C+Valuation
📰100A+News
🏦58CQuality
⚠️56CRisk

Weighted: Technical 25% · Fundamental 20% · Growth 15% · Valuation 15% · News 10% · Quality 10% · Risk 5%

🔍 Cross-Check

Overall Score

🟢 Bullish

Technical Trend

🟢 Bullish

Insiders

🔴 Bearish

✅ Why is the score relatively high?

  • 🟢 Estimated fair value: $70.55 vs. price $60.92 (+15.8%)
  • 🟢 Free cash flow growth: 46.6%
  • 🟢 Operating margin is stable or improving over time
  • 🟢 Current ratio: 3.17
  • 🟢 Price is above the 50-day average

⚠️ What's concerning?

  • 🔴 Earnings per share (EPS) growth: -2.6%
  • 🔴 Net income growth: -2.6%
  • 🔴 RSI 74.8 — approaching overbought territory
  • 🔴 %K 91.0 — overbought
  • 🔴 Return on equity (ROE): 9.7% — weak

🚦 Quality & Risk Checks

🟢 Operating margin stability🟡 Daily volatility (ATR)🟢 Liquidity risk

📰 News Trend

Based on real financial news (Finnhub)
🟢 Positive

Everyone's writing about Dolby Laboratories Common Stock. News trend score: 100. Reason: 11 of the last 20 articles are positive, versus 2 negative.

News trend analysis is based on article sentiment only, and is not investment advice or financial counsel. Read the full disclaimer

📈 Technical Analysis

Based on the last 251 trading days, calculated from real price data. Click an indicator for details and a chart.

🟢 Most indicators support an uptrend (10 bullish · 2 bearish · 0 neutral)

Conclusions

  • 🟢Price vs. SMA 50Price is above the 50-day average
  • 🟢Price vs. SMA 200Price is above the 200-day average
  • 🟢MACDMACD histogram is positive — rising momentum
  • 🔴RSIRSI 74.8 — approaching overbought territory
  • 🔴Stochastic%K 91.0 — overbought
  • 🟢ADX (trend strength)ADX 33.2 — strong trend
  • 🟢Volume trendRising volume supports the price advance
  • 🟢Relative strength vs. S&P 500+0.3% over the last 3 months relative to the index
  • 🟢Bollinger BandsPrice is in the upper third of the Bollinger Bands (95%B) — strong momentum (risk of a pullback)
  • 🟢ROC (rate of change)ROC 12 days: 22.0%
  • 🟢Parabolic SARPrice is above the SAR point — uptrend
  • 🟢CMF (money flow)CMF 20 days: 0.06

Wyckoff Method Analysis

A market-structure read based purely on real price and volume data — not full classic Wyckoff schematic identification (Phase A-E), but a quantitative analysis of what can reliably be computed: trading ranges, "effort vs. result", volume within the range, and Spring/Upthrust detection.

Undefined

The stock is in a trading range, but the picture isn't yet clear enough on the likely direction.

Low confidence

$48.26

Range Bottom

$62.15

Range Top

50

Trading Days in Range

Evidence Behind This Read

  • 🟡Trading range identifiedThe stock is trading in a 28.8% range (between 48.26 and 62.15) over 50 trading days.
  • 🟡Trading volume in the range is risingThere's no clear sign yet of supply/demand being exhausted within the range.

The Wyckoff Method, developed by Richard Wyckoff in the early 20th century, reads the balance of supply and demand through price and volume, based on the premise that large investors ("smart money") quietly accumulate shares before rallies and quietly distribute them before declines. The read here is based solely on real price and volume data — full, precise identification of classic Wyckoff patterns (such as Phases A-E) requires human chart-reading experience and judgment, so this is an approximate algorithmic read, not a substitute for professional analysis. This should not be considered investment advice.

🎯 Trade Planning (M.A.E.E Framework)

Based on a mechanical trading method: market structure → value zone → ATR-based exit point. Not investment advice — a calculation tool only.

1️⃣ Market Structure

🟡 Range

The price is oscillating around the 200-day average with no clear direction — the method recommends great caution here (buying at the bottom of the range / selling at the top) or avoiding trading altogether.

2️⃣ Value Zone

🟡 Price far from value zone

The price is currently far from the 50-day average — the method recommends waiting for a "pullback" before entering, rather than chasing prices.

In a range, the method doesn't give a single directional stop point — the market currently lacks a clear direction, consider waiting for a breakout from the range.

💰 Financial Health

Profitability

Gross Margin

88.1%

Operating Margin

19.6%

Net Margin

18.9%

EBITDA Margin

26.1%

Efficiency

ROE

9.7%

ROA

7.9%

ROIC

EPS

$2.66

Balance Sheet

Cash

$701.89M

Total Debt

Current Ratio

3.17

Debt/Equity

Conclusions

  • 🟢Gross marginGross margin: 88.1% — strong
  • 🟡Operating marginOperating margin: 19.6% — reasonable
  • 🟢Net marginNet margin: 18.9% — strong
  • 🔴Return on equity (ROE)Return on equity (ROE): 9.7% — weak
  • 🟡Return on assets (ROA)Return on assets (ROA): 7.9% — reasonable
  • 🟢Current ratio (liquidity)Current ratio: 3.17

🚀 Growth

Revenue

Earnings per Share (EPS)

Net Income

Free Cash Flow (FCF)

Conclusions

  • 🟡Revenue growth (last year)Revenue growth (last year): 5.9%
  • 🔴Earnings per share (EPS) growthEarnings per share (EPS) growth: -2.6%
  • 🟢Free cash flow growthFree cash flow growth: 46.6%
  • 🔴Net income growthNet income growth: -2.6%

💵 Dividends

Total dividend per share paid each year, over the last 5 years.

Annual Dividend per Share

Ex-Dividend DateAmount per Share
12.5.2026$0.360
10.2.2026$0.360
2.12.2025$0.360
12.8.2025$0.330
13.5.2025$0.330
11.2.2025$0.330
3.12.2024$0.330
19.8.2024$0.300
13.5.2024$0.300
12.2.2024$0.300
27.11.2023$0.300
11.8.2023$0.270

💎 Fair Value (Valuation)

Current Price

$60.92

Estimated Fair Value (DCF)

$70.55

Gap

+15.8%

🟢 Appears cheap relative to estimated value

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Year 1 Growth Rate

2.5%

Discount Rate (WACC)

9.0%

Terminal Growth Rate

2.5%

Projection Years

5

YearGrowth RateProjected FCFPresent Value
12.5%$446.87M$409.97M
22.5%$458.13M$385.60M
32.5%$469.65M$362.65M
42.5%$481.42M$341.05M
52.5%$493.46M$320.71M

Base FCF (last actual year)

$435.85M

Terminal Value

$7.78B

Present Value of Terminal Value

$5.06B

Enterprise Value

$6.88B

Net Debt

$0

Equity Value

$6.88B

*The DCF model is an estimate based on assumptions — not a guaranteed forecast. You can change the assumptions to examine different scenarios.

Book Value per Share

$26.90

Tangible Book Value per Share (Tangible NAV)

$17.39

Conclusions

  • 🟢DCF Fair ValueEstimated fair value: $70.55 vs. price $60.92 (+15.8%)
  • 🟡Tangible Net Asset Value (NAV)NAV per share: $17.39
  • 🟡P/EP/E: 23.3

🕴️ Insider Trading

Real transactions by officers and insiders, as reported to the SEC on Form 4 — 0 purchases and 13 sales out of the last 25 filings.

NameTransaction TypeDateSharesChangePrice
Couling John DExercise of Derivative Securities3.8.2026126,394+7,667$45.50
Couling John DOpen Market Sale3.8.2026125,611-783$59.03
Couling John DOpen Market Sale3.8.2026118,727-6,884$60.11
Couling John DExercise of Derivative Securities3.8.202615,334-7,667
Couling John DExercise of Derivative Securities1.7.2026126,394+7,667$45.50
Couling John DOpen Market Sale1.7.2026118,727-7,667$53.20
Couling John DExercise of Derivative Securities1.7.202623,001-7,667
Couling John DExercise of Derivative Securities1.6.2026126,393+7,666$45.50
Couling John DOpen Market Sale1.6.2026119,235-7,158$55.59
Couling John DOpen Market Sale1.6.2026118,727-508$56.16
Couling John DExercise of Derivative Securities1.6.202630,668-7,666
Pendleton ToddOpen Market Sale22.5.202641,480-11,876$54.55
Revankar ShriramTax Withholding in Shares18.5.202676,274-4,329$54.21
Revankar ShriramOpen Market Sale15.5.202680,603-3,000$54.90
Park Robert JOpen Market Sale12.5.202681,881-4,504$56.62
Park Robert JOpen Market Sale12.5.202681,490-391$57.35
Couling John DExercise of Derivative Securities5.5.2026126,019+7,666$45.50
Couling John DOpen Market Sale5.5.2026119,091-6,928$57.47
Couling John DOpen Market Sale5.5.2026118,353-738$58.34
Couling John DExercise of Derivative Securities5.5.202638,334-7,666
Couling John DOpen Market Sale4.5.2026118,353-4,688$58.47
Rollins EmilyOpen Market Sale1.4.202612,541-1,000$60.08
Dolby DagmarConversion of Derivative Security25.2.202610,000+10,000
Dolby DagmarGift25.2.20260-10,000
Dolby DagmarGift25.2.20266,682,117-1,000,000

📉 Short Interest

Official FINRA data — the number of shares open in short positions, plus daily short-sale activity.

Monthly Trend — Open Short Interest

+3.5%

6,755,162 shares short as of 2026-07-15 · vs. 6,528,220 on 2026-06-30

Official biweekly report (FINRA Rule 4560) — no real higher-frequency data exists for this metric.

Weekly Trend — Daily Short-Sale Activity

-1.3%

59.1% of trading volume this week was short selling, vs. 59.9% the prior week

Based on daily short-sale volume (Reg SHO) — a different metric from the open short interest above: this is daily trading volume, not an open position, so it updates weekly rather than biweekly.

📰 News & Sentiment

Sentiment based on basic keywords (not AI) — 11 positive, 7 neutral, 2 negative out of the last 20 articles.