Dolby Laboratories (DLB) Stock Forecast, Price & News

3 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Dolby Laboratories in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 2 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" DLB shares.
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3 Wall Street research analysts have issued 1 year target prices for Dolby Laboratories' shares. Their DLB share price forecasts range from $98.00 to $116.00. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $107.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 35.2% from the stock's current price.
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Dolby Laboratories' stock was trading at $70.54 at the start of the year. Since then, DLB shares have increased by 12.2% and is now trading at $79.15.
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Dolby Laboratories saw a drop in short interest in September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totaling 1,890,000 shares, a drop of 33.7% from the August 31st total of 2,850,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 599,400 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.2 days. Currently, 3.2% of the company's shares are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, November 16th 2023.
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Dolby Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE:DLB) posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, August, 3rd. The electronics maker reported $0.32 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.29 by $0.03. The electronics maker earned $298.37 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $300.45 million. Dolby Laboratories had a net margin of 17.03% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 10.44%.

Dolby Laboratories declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, August 3rd. Stockholders of record on Monday, August 14th will be given a dividend of $0.27 per share on Tuesday, August 22nd. This represents a $1.08 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.36%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, August 11th.
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Dolby Laboratories (NYSE:DLB) pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.36%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 2 consecutive year(s), indicating that it does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 48.00%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, DLB will have a dividend payout ratio of 39.71% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Dolby Laboratories issued an update on its FY23 earnings guidance on Thursday, August, 3rd. The company provided EPS guidance of $3.30-$3.50 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of $2.40. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.285-$1.315 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.31 billion.

253 employees have rated Dolby Laboratories Chief Executive Officer Kevin J. Yeaman on Glassdoor.com. Kevin J. Yeaman has an approval rating of 84% among the company's employees.

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Dolby Laboratories trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "DLB."

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One share of DLB stock can currently be purchased for approximately $79.15.

Dolby Laboratories (NYSE:DLB) has a market capitalization of $7.57 billion and generates $1.25 billion in revenue each year. The electronics maker earns $184.09 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.25 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 2,336 workers across the globe.

Dolby Laboratories' mailing address is 1275 MARKET STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA, 94103. The official website for the company is www.dolby.com. The electronics maker can be reached via phone at (415) 558-0200, via email at investor@dolby.com, or via fax at 415-645-4000.