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DLB (Dolby Laboratories) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow : 18.50 (As of Jun. 30, 2025)


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What is Dolby Laboratories Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow?

As of today (2025-06-30), Dolby Laboratories's share price is $74.26. Dolby Laboratories's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2025 was $4.02. Hence, Dolby Laboratories's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 18.50.

The historical rank and industry rank for Dolby Laboratories's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow or its related term are showing as below:

DLB' s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 17.93   Med: 26.78   Max: 201.9
Current: 18.48

During the past 13 years, Dolby Laboratories's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 201.90. The lowest was 17.93. And the median was 26.78.

DLB's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is ranked worse than
61.64% of 696 companies
in the Business Services industry
Industry Median: 13.475 vs DLB: 18.48

Dolby Laboratories's Free Cash Flow per Share for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was $1.72. Its Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in was $4.02.

During the past 12 months, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of Dolby Laboratories was 6.90% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was -6.70% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 7.00% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 8.00% per year.

During the past 13 years, Dolby Laboratories's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 51.90% per year. The lowest was -18.90% per year. And the median was 8.90% per year.


Dolby Laboratories Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Historical Data

The historical data trend for Dolby Laboratories's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow 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 Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Chart

Dolby Laboratories Annual Data
Trend Sep15 Sep16 Sep17 Sep18 Sep19 Sep20 Sep21 Sep22 Sep23 Sep24
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 24.82 23.41 25.64 23.00 25.06

Dolby Laboratories Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow 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 22.31 29.03 25.06 19.18 20.00

Competitive Comparison of Dolby Laboratories's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow

For the Specialty Business Services subindustry, Dolby Laboratories's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow 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 Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, Dolby Laboratories's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Dolby Laboratories's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow falls into.


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Dolby Laboratories Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Calculation

Dolby Laboratories's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow ratio for today is calculated as

Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio=Share Price/ Free Cash Flow per Share (TTM)
=74.26/4.015
=18.50

Dolby Laboratories's Share Price of today is $74.26.
Dolby Laboratories's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2025 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $4.02.

* 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.

It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:

Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio=Market Cap/Free Cash Flow

Dolby Laboratories  (NYSE:DLB) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Explanation

Free Cash Flow is considered more important than earnings by value investors. The reason is because, in principle, only the net cash that can be taken from the business belongs to shareholders. This Free Cash Flow can be used to grow the business, reduce debt or return to shareholders in dividends or share buybacks.

In a DCF Calculation Free Cash Flow is used to determine the intrinsic value of companies.


Be Aware

In real business, Free Cash Flow can be affected by the change in accounts receivable, accounts payable, management's decision on expansion, etc. Therefore, investors should look at the Free Cash Flow over the longer term. Long-term average of Free Cash Flow is a more reliable indicator for real free cash flow.


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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 designs and manufactures audio, imaging, accessibility, and other hardware and software solutions for the cinema, with occasional applications in the television, broadcast, and live entertainment industries. The company operates in the United States and internationally.
Executives
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
Ryan Nicholson officer: VP, Corporate Controller 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
Emily Rollins director C/O DOLBY LABORATORIES, INC., 1275 MARKET STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94103
Kevin J Yeaman officer: VP, Chief Financial Officer C/O DOLBY LABORATORIES, INC., 1275 MARKET STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94103
Peter C Gotcher director
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
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