Dolby Laboratories - DLB Stock Forecast, Price & News

3 Wall Street 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 analysts is that investors should "buy" DLB shares.
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3 brokers have issued 12 month target prices for Dolby Laboratories' stock. Their DLB share price forecasts range from $90.00 to $116.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $98.67 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 15.5% 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 stock has increased by 21.1% and is now trading at $85.42.
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Dolby Laboratories saw a increase in short interest in the month of February. As of February 28th, there was short interest totaling 1,030,000 shares, an increase of 17.9% from the February 13th total of 873,700 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 379,700 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.7 days. Currently, 1.7% of the company's stock are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, May 4th 2023.
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Dolby Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE:DLB) posted its earnings results on Tuesday, November, 16th. The electronics maker reported $0.58 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.56 by $0.02. The electronics maker had revenue of $285.03 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $299.95 million. Dolby Laboratories had a net margin of 14.83% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 9.46%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 5.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $0.28 earnings per share.

Dolby Laboratories announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, February 2nd. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, February 14th will be paid a dividend of $0.27 per share on Wednesday, February 22nd. This represents a $1.08 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.26%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, February 13th.
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Dolby Laboratories (NYSE:DLB) pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.28%. 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 58.38%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, DLB will have a dividend payout ratio of 38.85% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Dolby Laboratories updated its second quarter earnings guidance on Thursday, February, 2nd. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $0.90-$1.05 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of $0.93. The company issued revenue guidance of $340-$370 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $332.11 million.

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 $85.42.

Dolby Laboratories (NYSE:DLB) has a market capitalization of $8.18 billion and generates $1.25 billion in revenue each year. The electronics maker earns $184.09 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.85 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.