NYSE:DLBDolby Laboratories Stock Price, Forecast & News

Dolby Laboratories' stock was trading at $60.23 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, DLB shares have increased by 9.5% and is now trading at $65.97. 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 data on Monday, May, 4th. The electronics maker reported $1.04 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.09 by $0.05. The electronics maker had revenue of $351.82 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $361.35 million. Dolby Laboratories had a net margin of 17.74% and a return on equity of 9.45%. Dolby Laboratories's revenue for the quarter was up 4.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $1.04 earnings per share. View Dolby Laboratories' earnings history.

Dolby Laboratories declared 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 yield of 1.33%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, May 15th. View Dolby Laboratories' dividend history.

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

6 analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for Dolby Laboratories' shares. Their forecasts range from $65.00 to $72.00. On average, they expect Dolby Laboratories' share price to reach $69.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 4.6% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Dolby Laboratories.

Media stories about DLB stock have been trending somewhat positive this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research group rates the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Dolby Laboratories earned a news sentiment score of 1.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news articles about the electronics maker a news buzz of 4.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days. View the latest news about Dolby Laboratories.

Dolby Laboratories saw a increase in short interest during the month of June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totaling 1,380,000 shares, an increase of 74.3% from the May 31st total of 791,900 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 493,200 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.8 days. Approximately 2.2% of the shares of the company are sold short. 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."

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One share of DLB stock can currently be purchased for approximately $65.97.

Dolby Laboratories has a market capitalization of $6.64 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]