DLB Stock — Dolby Laboratories, Inc.

Dolby Laboratories, Inc. (DLB)

Updated October 16, 2026.

DLB is a Stock. its distribution rate is 2.40%, its trailing-12-month yield is 2.40%. Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ is 79/100 (Generally safe). Total return is 226.4% over the past 21.7 years, 616.8 points behind SPY at 843.2%.

Dolby Laboratories designs and manufactures audio and imaging technologies for cinema, home theaters, PCs, mobile devices, and gaming platforms, serving film studios, content creators, broadcasters, and other entertainment industry clients. The company distributes quarterly dividends at a modest current rate. This stock may appeal to income investors seeking exposure to media technology and entertainment infrastructure companies.

DLB performance versus SPY

Price and return data through 2026-10-16.

Total return is 226.4% over the past 21.7 years, 616.8 points behind SPY at 843.2%. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is -10.0%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 29.3%.

DLB key facts

Distribution Safety Score™

79 · Generally safe

Safety-Adjusted Yield

1.90%

Asset type

Stock

Asset class

Equity

Inception date

02/17/2005

Distribution rate

2.40%

Distribution frequency

Quarterly

Trailing yield

2.40%

5-year average yield

1.49

Last close

$59.95 (as of 2026-10-16)

Market cap

$3,562,042,795

Average volume

512709.0

Dividend

$0.36

Ex-dividend date

08/11/2026

Payment date

08/19/2026

Beta

0.776

Payout ratio

37.4%

P/E ratio

25.51

Forward P/E

12.6103

EPS

$2.35

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (2.40%) uses calculation basis unavailable. Issuer rates can use a different denominator and date, including ex-date NAV. Trailing-12-month yield (2.40%) is the sum of split-adjusted cash distributions with ex-dates in the last 12 months, divided by the published price. It lags a recent raise or cut. Total return uses split-adjusted close with distributions reinvested on the ex-dividend date (a modeling convention, not the cash-settlement date) from the first stored bar on or after inception through the latest bar, compared with the same window on the benchmark. That is the security's total return, not your personal gain/loss.

Yield and safety methodology · Distribution rate methodology · Distribution Safety Score methodology

Sources and review

Primary sources: prices and distributions from Dividend Vision, derived from vendor EOD data.

Reviewed by Bert Sweet, CEO and Co-owner of Dividend Vision. Methodology: Distribution Safety Score.

DLB risks and drawbacks

DLB's current distribution rate is moderate, not a high-yield payout — the strategy is dividend quality more than maximum income. Payments are quarterly, so cash flow is lumpy versus a monthly fund. Total return has trailed SPY over the available window. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 29.3%.

Who may consider DLB — and who may not

DLB may suit someone looking for moderate current income with a quality tilt. It is a weaker fit for investors who need monthly cash flow (DLB pays quarterly); investors hunting double-digit covered-call yields; investors whose main goal is matching SPY total return. This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

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