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Dolby Laboratories, Inc.
DLB · NYSETechnology
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Company details
Market cap
$5.0B
P/E ratio
20×
Div yield
2.0%
EPS (TTM)
$2.62
Profit margin
19%
Rev. growth
+6%
Revenue
$1.35B
Op. cash flow
$472M
In plain English
Dolby invents the audio and video technology — Dolby Atmos, Dolby Vision and the core codecs — that turns ordinary screens and speakers into premium experiences, then licenses it into nearly every TV, phone, PC and streaming service. It builds almost nothing at scale itself: ~93% of its $1.35B revenue is licensing, a high-margin toll on the billions of devices and hours of content that carry its logos. The founding Dolby family still controls the company through a dual-class structure.
In simple terms
What Dolby Laboratories, Inc. really sells
Dolby invents the audio and video technology — Dolby Atmos, Dolby Vision and the core codecs — that turns ordinary screens and speakers into premium experiences, then licenses it into nearly every TV, phone, PC and streaming service. It builds almost nothing at scale itself: ~93% of its $1.35B revenue is licensing, a high-margin toll on the billions of devices and hours of content that carry its logos. The founding Dolby family still controls the company through a dual-class structure.
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