NYSE:DLBDolby Laboratories Stock Price, Forecast & News

Dolby Laboratories' stock was trading at $60.23 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, DLB shares have increased by 9.3% and is now trading at $65.82. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

6 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Dolby Laboratories in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 5 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Dolby Laboratories.

Dolby Laboratories is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, August 6th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Dolby Laboratories.

Dolby Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE:DLB) released its quarterly earnings results on Monday, May, 4th. The electronics maker reported $1.04 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.09 by $0.05. The electronics maker earned $351.82 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $361.35 million. Dolby Laboratories had a net margin of 17.74% and a return on equity of 9.45%. The company's revenue was up 4.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $1.04 earnings per share. View Dolby Laboratories' earnings history.

Dolby Laboratories announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, May 4th. Investors of record on Monday, May 18th will be paid a dividend of $0.22 per share on Wednesday, May 27th. This represents a $0.88 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.34%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, May 15th. View Dolby Laboratories' dividend history.

Dolby Laboratories updated its third quarter earnings guidance on Monday, May, 4th. The company provided EPS guidance of $0.18-0.35 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $0.72. The company issued revenue guidance of $225-250 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $309.08 million.

6 brokers have issued 1 year price objectives for Dolby Laboratories' stock. Their forecasts range from $65.00 to $72.00. On average, they expect Dolby Laboratories' stock price to reach $69.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 4.8% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Dolby Laboratories.

Media coverage about DLB stock has been trending negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group identifies negative and positive media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Dolby Laboratories earned a news impact score of -2.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the electronics maker a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near future. View the latest news about Dolby Laboratories.

Dolby Laboratories saw a decline in short interest in the month of June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 1,130,000 shares, a decline of 18.1% from the June 15th total of 1,380,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 475,600 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.4 days. Approximately 1.8% of the company's stock are short sold. View Dolby Laboratories' Current Options Chain.

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

Dolby Laboratories' stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.12%). Company insiders that own Dolby Laboratories stock include Avadis Tevanian, Dagmar Dolby, Ed H Bowman Jr, Giles Baker, Kevin J Yeaman, Lewis Chew, Mark Andrew Sherman, Peter C Gotcher, Ryan Nicholson, Steven E Forshay and Todd Pendleton. View institutional ownership trends for Dolby Laboratories.

DLB stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Envestnet Asset Management Inc.. View insider buying and selling activity for Dolby Laboratories.

Shares of DLB can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of DLB stock can currently be purchased for approximately $65.82.

Dolby Laboratories has a market capitalization of $6.63 billion and generates $1.24 billion in revenue each year. The electronics maker earns $255.15 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.44 on an earnings per share basis. Dolby Laboratories employs 2,193 workers across the globe.

The official website for Dolby Laboratories is www.dolby.com.

Dolby Laboratories' mailing address is 1275 MARKET STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA, 94103. The electronics maker can be reached via phone at 415-558-0200 or via email at [email protected]