NYSE:DLB - Dolby Laboratories Stock Price, Price Target & More

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

Dolby Laboratories announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, April 24th. Stockholders of record on Monday, May 7th will be given a dividend of $0.16 per share on Wednesday, May 16th. This represents a $0.64 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.00%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, May 4th. View Dolby Laboratories' Dividend History.

Dolby Laboratories announced that its board has approved a share buyback program on Sunday, April 9th 2017, which allows the company to buyback $200,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to purchase up to 3.9% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are usually a sign that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

Dolby Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE:DLB) released its earnings results on Tuesday, April, 24th. The electronics maker reported $0.78 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.64 by $0.14. The electronics maker earned $301.36 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $300.37 million. Dolby Laboratories had a return on equity of 12.73% and a net margin of 7.64%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 12.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $0.63 EPS. View Dolby Laboratories' Earnings History.

Dolby Laboratories is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, July, 24th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Dolby Laboratories.

Dolby Laboratories issued an update on its third quarter earnings guidance on Tuesday, April, 24th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $0.78-0.84 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $0.97. The company issued revenue guidance of $310-320 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $330.43 million.

5 brokers have issued 12-month price objectives for Dolby Laboratories' shares. Their forecasts range from $52.00 to $78.00. On average, they anticipate Dolby Laboratories' share price to reach $65.20 in the next twelve months. View Analyst Ratings for Dolby Laboratories.

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News articles about DLB stock have trended somewhat negative on Sunday, Accern Sentiment Analysis reports. Accern rates the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than 20 million news and blog sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Dolby Laboratories earned a media sentiment score of -0.04 on Accern's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the electronics maker an impact score of 48.87 out of 100, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the immediate future.

Dolby Laboratories' stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include DOLBY DAGMAR (41.00%), DOLBY DAGMAR (40.60%), BlackRock Inc. (2.87%), American Century Companies Inc. (1.44%), Allianz Asset Management GmbH (1.12%) and Allianz Asset Management GmbH (1.12%). Company insiders that own Dolby Laboratories stock include Bob Borchers, Dagmar Dolby, Giles Baker, Kevin J Yeaman, Lewis Chew, Mark Andrew Sherman, Michael Bergeron, N William Jasper, Jr, Nicholas Donatiello Jr, Nicholas Donatiello, Jr, Peter C Gotcher and Steven E Forshay. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Dolby Laboratories.

DLB stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Millennium Management LLC, Schroder Investment Management Group, American Century Companies Inc., JPMorgan Chase & Co., OppenheimerFunds Inc., UBS Group AG, BlackRock Inc. and Polar Asset Management Partners Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Dolby Laboratories company stock in the last year include Bob Borchers, Dagmar Dolby, Giles Baker, Kevin J Yeaman, Lewis Chew, Mark Andrew Sherman, N William Jasper, Jr, Nicholas Donatiello Jr, Peter C Gotcher and Steven E Forshay. View Insider Buying and Selling for Dolby Laboratories.

DLB stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Allianz Asset Management GmbH, Allianz Asset Management GmbH, Summit Trail Advisors LLC, DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale, Columbus Circle Investors, Fiera Capital Corp, Blair William & Co. IL and Wells Fargo & Company MN. View Insider Buying and Selling 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of DLB stock can currently be purchased for approximately $63.97.

Dolby Laboratories has a market capitalization of $6.74 billion and generates $1.08 billion in revenue each year. The electronics maker earns $201.80 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.20 on an earnings per share basis. Dolby Laboratories employs 2,122 workers across the globe.

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]