Company Analysis

Dolby Laboratories, Inc.Class A (DLB)

NYSE: DLB · Patent Owners & Lessors · San Francisco, CA · filing with the SEC since 2004
Grade6.3
◀ Past 7.9● Present 6.2▶ Future 4.7

Income statement, as filed

In thousands of US dollars (USD), as filed; per-share figures in US dollars; share counts in thousands. The fiscal year ends in September.
Income statement, by fiscal year, newest first
Fiscal yearFY 2025FY 2024FY 2023FY 2022FY 2021FY 2020FY 2019FY 2018FY 2017FY 2016
Period endingSep 26, 2025Sep 27, 2024Sep 29, 2023Sep 30, 2022Sep 24, 2021Sep 25, 2020Sep 27, 2019Sep 28, 2018Sep 29, 2017Sep 30, 2016
Report filedNov 18, 2025Nov 19, 2024Nov 17, 2023Nov 18, 2022Nov 17, 2021Nov 16, 2020Nov 25, 2019Nov 15, 2018Nov 16, 2017·
Revenue1,349,1301,273,7211,299,7441,253,7931,281,2561,161,7921,241,6201,054,6001,080,177r1,025,738
For lenders
Net interest income15,37634,07728,0866,1743,014·····
Cost of revenue160,132140,496152,566141,360130,025146,498160,854127,562r118,529r108,982
Gross profit1,188,9981,133,2251,147,1781,112,4331,151,2311,015,2941,080,766927,038r961,648r916,756
Research and development261,792263,663271,523261,174253,640239,045237,871236,794233,312219,607
Sales and marketing360,711334,460354,364358,716332,671335,933343,835309,762r296,661295,267
General and administrative286,529270,392258,477275,315224,161219,753205,425197,423r171,686168,854
Total operating expenses924,039874,899931,425905,828806,841796,552823,689743,533r714,515684,961
Operating income264,959258,326215,753206,605344,390218,742257,077183,505r247,133r231,795
Interest expense···394479186170198127125
Interest and investment income···6,5683,49312,72524,91918,9709,5775,684
Share of profit of equity-method investments·14,2005,1005,0004,7002,400····
Other income (expense), net23,15020,0766,2142,5007,1088,434481-5,903-1,438-1,450
Total non-operating income (expense)38,52654,15334,3008,67410,12220,97325,23012,8698,0124,109
Income before income taxes303,485312,479250,053215,279354,512239,715282,307196,374r255,145r235,904
Income tax expense46,99348,16348,40931,38136,6898,09626,802154,069r48,039r49,502
Net income including non-controlling interests256,492264,316201,644183,898317,823231,619255,50542,305r207,106r186,402
Net income to non-controlling interests···-1897,596256354559625542
Net income255,018261,825200,656184,087310,227231,363255,15141,746r206,481r185,860
Earnings per share, basic2.662.742.101.843.072.302.510.40r2.03r1.85
Earnings per share, diluted2.622.692.051.812.972.252.440.39r2.00r1.81
Weighted average shares, basic95,86895,54495,77199,990101,190100,564101,629103,377101,784100,717
Weighted average shares, diluted97,47997,32597,733101,983104,622102,944104,572106,978103,286102,424
As filed with the SEC, each figure from the newest report that carries it, and linked to it. Nothing here is computed.A dot is a line not tagged for that period. r restated by the company in a later report; b a share figure put on the newest basis or filed in the wrong unit. Hover a figure for its filing and note.
What each line is, and the XBRL concept behind it
Revenue what customers paid for what it soldus-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax
us-gaap:Revenues
Net interest income interest earned less interest paidus-gaap:InterestIncomeExpenseNet
Cost of revenue what it cost to make or buy what it soldus-gaap:CostOfRevenue
Gross profit revenue less the cost of what it soldus-gaap:GrossProfit
Research and development spent on inventing what it sells nextus-gaap:ResearchAndDevelopmentExpense
Sales and marketing the cost of finding and serving customersus-gaap:SellingAndMarketingExpense
General and administrative the cost of running the company itselfus-gaap:GeneralAndAdministrativeExpense
Total operating expenses the running costs togetherus-gaap:OperatingExpenses
Operating income profit from running the business, before interest and taxus-gaap:OperatingIncomeLoss
Interest expense what its borrowing costus-gaap:InterestExpense
Interest and investment income what its cash and investments earnedus-gaap:InvestmentIncomeInterest
Share of profit of equity-method investments its share of companies it partly ownsus-gaap:IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments
Other income (expense), net gains and costs outside the businessus-gaap:OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense
Total non-operating income (expense) everything outside the business, togetherus-gaap:NonoperatingIncomeExpense
Income before income taxes profit before taxus-gaap:IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest
us-gaap:IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments
Income tax expense tax charged on the period's profitus-gaap:IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
Net income including non-controlling interests the whole group's profit, minority holders' share includedus-gaap:ProfitLoss
Net income to non-controlling interests the share that belongs to minority holdersus-gaap:NetIncomeLossAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest
Net income the profit or loss that belongs to the company's shareholdersus-gaap:NetIncomeLoss
Earnings per share, basic net income per share outstandingus-gaap:EarningsPerShareBasic
Earnings per share, diluted net income per share, counting every share that could be issuedus-gaap:EarningsPerShareDiluted
Weighted average shares, basic the average count of shares outstandingus-gaap:WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic
Weighted average shares, diluted the average count with every share that could be issuedus-gaap:WeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding
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