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Company snapshot — Dolby Laboratories

DLB in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Dolby designs audio and imaging technologies such as Atmos, Vision and AC-4, and licenses these codecs to television, mobile, broadcast and cinema equipment makers. It also sells cinema hardware and software, including processors, servers and speaker systems, and offers a cloud platform for live interactive audio and video. It serves film studios, broadcasters and post-production houses, with its business built on licensing fees rather than mass hardware production. The company is based in San Francisco.
Where it sits in the stack
Dolby is not part of the AI build-out reflected in our index; it sits within the diary's broader coverage of specialty business services, where its licensing model covers media and entertainment technology rather than compute infrastructure.
Who it is priced against
The diary does not carry a defined peer group for Dolby; the name the market most often compares it with is Xperi, another company that licenses audio and video codecs to hardware makers.
Why Closelook tracks it
Dolby holds a seat in the Russell 1000 within our coverage; it carries no Closelook score yet, as our scoring for the name is still being built, and it does not appear in the diary's quoted editions.
What the diary watches
Whether licensing renewals with major device and broadcast partners hold steady, since Dolby's revenue depends on codecs being renewed rather than volume shipped.

Dolby Laboratories (DLB) trades on US exchanges.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelook’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelook reading that exists for DLB, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Who it is priced against Specialty Business Services · United States · 3 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Specialty Business Services · United States

This name carries no Closelook score, so its cohort ranks on trend state — distance to the 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score it does not have.

Compared against DLB on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelook scores where it exists.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 2.51%, quarterly · last 0.36 USD on 2026-08-11

Dividends and capital return

What DLB pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 1.44 USD per share · a 2.51% yield on the 2026-09-17 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-09-17
  • Change on the year +9.1% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 1.32 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.36 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-08-11
  • By calendar year 2023: 0.30 USD (partial) · 2024: 1.23 USD · 2025: 1.35 USD · 2026: 1.08 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2023-11-27

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 55/100 · S&P 500 fund at 58, above its 50- and 200-day averagesEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-17
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 94th percentile of the window, +2.7% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-17
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.00 · down 0.41 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-17

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-18

Quick answers

What is Dolby Laboratories (DLB)?

Dolby Laboratories trades as DLB on the US exchange (United States) in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-18.

Is DLB in a Closelook index?

Not currently — Dolby Laboratories is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-18.

Where does DLB trade against its moving averages?

Downtrend stack: Trades -1.2% vs the 50-day and -4% vs the 200-day average, 19.9% below the 52-week high and +19.1% off the 52-week low. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-17 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does Dolby Laboratories do?

Dolby designs audio and imaging technologies such as Atmos, Vision and AC-4, and licenses these codecs to television, mobile, broadcast and cinema equipment makers. It also sells cinema hardware and software, including processors, servers and speaker systems, and offers a cloud platform for live interactive audio and video. It serves film studios, broadcasters and post-production houses, with its business built on licensing fees rather than mass hardware production. The diary does not carry a defined peer group for Dolby; the name the market most often compares it with is Xperi, another company that licenses audio and video codecs to hardware makers.

Where does Dolby Laboratories sit in the AI build-out?

Dolby is not part of the AI build-out reflected in our index; it sits within the diary's broader coverage of specialty business services, where its licensing model covers media and entertainment technology rather than compute infrastructure. Dolby holds a seat in the Russell 1000 within our coverage; it carries no Closelook score yet, as our scoring for the name is still being built, and it does not appear in the diary's quoted editions.

Does Dolby Laboratories pay a dividend?

Dolby Laboratories has paid 1.44 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 2.51% on the 2026-09-17 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.36 USD on 2026-08-11. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for DLB, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelook universe

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