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Dolby Laboratories (Dolby Laboratories) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 28.49 (As of Apr. 27, 2024)


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What is Dolby Laboratories Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2024-04-27), Dolby Laboratories's current share price is $79.20. Dolby Laboratories's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $2.78. Dolby Laboratories's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 28.49.

The historical rank and industry rank for Dolby Laboratories's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF or its related term are showing as below:

DLB' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 14.34   Med: 26.47   Max: 42.02
Current: 28.71

During the past years, Dolby Laboratories's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 42.02. The lowest was 14.34. And the median was 26.47.

DLB's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked worse than
69.94% of 356 companies
in the Business Services industry
Industry Median: 17.405 vs DLB: 28.71

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller. He uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings per share of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF. The Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted free cash flow per share of a company over the past 10 years.

Dolby Laboratories's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.024. Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share for the past 10 years together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share, which is $2.78 for the trailing ten years ended in Dec. 2023.

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Dolby Laboratories Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

The historical data trend for Dolby Laboratories's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Dolby Laboratories Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Chart

Dolby Laboratories Annual Data
Trend Sep14 Sep15 Sep16 Sep17 Sep18 Sep19 Sep20 Sep21 Sep22 Sep23
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 26.81 27.45 34.63 23.76 27.54

Dolby Laboratories Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 25.91 30.47 29.37 27.54 30.96

Competitive Comparison of Dolby Laboratories's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Specialty Business Services subindustry, Dolby Laboratories's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Dolby Laboratories's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, Dolby Laboratories's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Dolby Laboratories's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF falls into.



Dolby Laboratories Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF takes the Free Cash Flow per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/FCF calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPFCF Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF.

Dolby Laboratories's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=79.20/2.78
=28.49

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Dolby Laboratories's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

For example, Dolby Laboratories's adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share data for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was:

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare=Free Cash Flow per Share/CPI of Dec. 2023 (Change)*Current CPI (Dec. 2023)
=0.024/129.4194*129.4194
=0.024

Current CPI (Dec. 2023) = 129.4194.

Dolby Laboratories Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201403 0.778 99.695 1.010
201406 0.633 100.560 0.815
201409 0.321 100.428 0.414
201412 -0.236 99.070 -0.308
201503 1.132 99.621 1.471
201506 -0.090 100.684 -0.116
201509 0.299 100.392 0.385
201512 -0.611 99.792 -0.792
201603 0.639 100.470 0.823
201606 0.833 101.688 1.060
201609 0.484 101.861 0.615
201612 0.464 101.863 0.590
201703 0.527 102.862 0.663
201706 1.032 103.349 1.292
201709 0.613 104.136 0.762
201712 -0.130 104.011 -0.162
201803 0.558 105.290 0.686
201806 1.184 106.317 1.441
201809 0.876 106.507 1.064
201812 0.248 105.998 0.303
201903 0.061 107.251 0.074
201906 0.652 108.070 0.781
201909 1.103 108.329 1.318
201912 0.073 108.420 0.087
202003 0.438 108.902 0.521
202006 1.177 108.767 1.400
202009 0.992 109.815 1.169
202012 0.641 109.897 0.755
202103 0.670 111.754 0.776
202106 1.516 114.631 1.712
202109 0.936 115.734 1.047
202112 0.056 117.630 0.062
202203 0.499 121.301 0.532
202206 1.591 125.017 1.647
202209 0.410 125.227 0.424
202212 0.507 125.222 0.524
202303 0.997 127.348 1.013
202306 1.167 128.729 1.173
202309 0.783 129.860 0.780
202312 0.024 129.419 0.024

Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.


Dolby Laboratories  (NYSE:DLB) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Explanation

Compared with the regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF smoothed out the fluctuations of free cash flow during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF should give similar results to regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow.


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Dolby Laboratories (Dolby Laboratories) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
1275 Market Street, San Francisco, CA, USA, 94103-1410
Dolby Laboratories Inc develops audio and surround sound for cinema, broadcast, home audio systems, in-car entertainment systems, DVD players, games, televisions, and personal computers. The company generates three fourths of its revenue from licensing its technology to consumer electronics manufacturers around the world. The rest of revenue comes from equipment sales to professional producers and audio engineering services.
Executives
Kevin J Yeaman officer: VP, Chief Financial Officer C/O DOLBY LABORATORIES, INC., 1275 MARKET STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94103
Mark Andrew Sherman officer: EVP, GEN. COUN. & SECRTY DOLBY LABORATORIES, INC., 1275 MARKET STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94103
John D Couling officer: SVP, Entertainment C/O DOLBY LABORATORIES, INC., 1275 MARKET STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94103
Todd Pendleton officer: SVP, Chief Marketing Officer 1275 MARKET STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94103
Emily Rollins director C/O DOLBY LABORATORIES, INC., 1275 MARKET STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94103
Anjali Sud director C/O VIMEO INC., 555 WEST 18TH STREET, NEW YORK NY 10011
Simon Segars director C/O DOLBY LABORATORIES, INC., 1275 MARKET STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94103
Avadis Tevanian director DOLBY LABORATORIES INC, 1275 MARKET STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94103
Peter C Gotcher director
Ryan Nicholson officer: VP, Corporate Controller C/O DOLBY LABORATORIES INC., 1275 MARKET STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94103
Shriram Revankar officer: SVP, Advanced Technology Group C/O DOLBY LABORATORIES, INC., 1275 MARKET STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94103
Tony A Prophet director 9 BERNICE STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94103
Robert J Park officer: SVP & Chief Financial Officer C/O DOLBY LABORATORIES, INC., 1275 MARKET STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94103
Steven E Forshay officer: Sr. Vice President, Research 1275 MARKET STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94103
Lewis Chew officer: EVP, Chief Financial Officer DOLBY LABORATORIES, INC., 1275 MARKET STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94103