Dolby Laboratories, Inc.
Dolby Laboratories designs and licenses audio and video technologies to approximately 1,000 consumer electronics manufacturers worldwide, generating over 90% of revenue from licensing branded technologies like Dolby Atmos and Dolby Vision, as well as patents essential to industry standards.
Dolby Laboratories, Inc is a Industrials company operating in Specialty Business Services with a $4.96B market cap.
Most recent reported earnings: Q2 FY2026 (Aug 4, 2026).
21 earnings calls indexed on Spoken Alpha.
Behavioral analysis
Disclosures
Extracted from Unknown source, 2026-06-21.
Transcripts
Most recent calls indexed for this ticker. Open any call to drill into prepared remarks and Q&A.
History
Spoken Alpha tracks DLB's historical accountability: how often management beat consensus, how the stock reacted, and how guidance evolved across the cycle. The figures below are illustrative placeholder data generated for layout — they will be replaced with real deviation metrics, True Consensus values, and EODHD price reactions as those data layers land.
Misses consensus 10/10 quarters
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API
The same data on this page is available as a machine-readable feed via the Spoken Alpha API. One call returns the IR URL, recent transcripts, and accountability scores for DLB.
$ curl https://api.spokenalpha.com/v1/companies/DLBFAQ
Spoken Alpha indexes DLB's earnings call transcripts at https://spokenalpha.com/companies/DLB. Each call links to attributed speakers and parsed analyst Q&A. Dolby Laboratories, Inc.'s own investor relations page is at https://investor.dolby.com/ir-home/default.aspx.
Dolby Laboratories, Inc. (DLB) held its most recent earnings call on 2026-01-29, covering fiscal Q1 2026.
Dolby Laboratories, Inc. (DLB) operates in the Industrials sector (Specialty Business Services industry).
| Period | Reported | EPS actual | EPS consensus | EPS surprise | Revenue actual | Revenue consensus | Rev. surprise | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q2 FY2026 | 2026-08-04 | — | $0.67 | — | — | — | — | EODHD |
| Q1 FY2026 | 2026-04-29 | $1.37 | $1.34 | +2.2% | $395.6M | — | — | EODHD |
| Q4 FY2025 | 2026-01-28 | $1.06 | $0.88 | +20.4% | $346.7M | — | — | EODHD |
| Q3 FY2025 | 2025-11-17 | $0.99 | $0.70 | +41.4% | $307.0M | — | — | EODHD |
| Q2 FY2025 | 2025-07-30 | $0.78 | $0.71 | +9.9% | $315.5M | — | — | EODHD |
| Q1 FY2025 | 2025-04-29 | $1.34 | $1.27 | +5.8% | $369.6M | — | — | EODHD |
| Q4 FY2024 | 2025-01-29 | $1.14 | $0.98 | +16.7% | $357.0M | — | — | EODHD |
| Q3 FY2024 | 2024-11-18 | $0.81 | $0.70 | +15.7% | $304.8M | — | — | EODHD |
| Q2 FY2024 | 2024-08-06 | $0.71 | $0.59 | +20.3% | $288.8M | — | — | EODHD |
| Q1 FY2024 | 2024-05-01 | $1.27 | $1.19 | +6.7% | $364.5M | — | — | EODHD |
| Q4 FY2023 | 2024-01-31 | $1.01 | $0.86 | +17.4% | $315.6M | — | — | EODHD |
| Q3 FY2023 | 2023-11-15 | $0.65 | $0.53 | +22.6% | $290.6M | — | — | EODHD |
| Q2 FY2023 | 2023-08-02 | $0.55 | $0.55 | 0.0% | $298.4M | — | — | EODHD |
| Q1 FY2023 | 2023-05-03 | $1.26 | $0.98 | +28.6% | $375.9M | — | — | EODHD |
| Q4 FY2022 | 2023-02-01 | $1.11 | $0.79 | +40.5% | $334.9M | — | — | EODHD |
| Q3 FY2022 | 2022-11-16 | $0.54 | $0.60 | -10.0% | $278.2M | — | — | EODHD |
| Q2 FY2022 | 2022-08-08 | $0.68 | $0.59 | +15.3% | $289.6M | — | — | EODHD |
| Q1 FY2022 | 2022-05-04 | $0.92 | $0.82 | +12.2% | $334.4M | — | — | EODHD |
| Q4 FY2021 | 2022-02-02 | $1.01 | $1.06 | -4.7% | $351.6M | — | — | EODHD |
| Q3 FY2021 | 2021-11-15 | $0.58 | $0.56 | +3.6% | $285.0M | — | — | EODHD |
Source: EODHD. DLB reported actuals as published; sparse fields render as —.
Repeated misses without a guidance reset suggest management is structurally optimistic relative to operating reality. Track whether next-quarter guidance is being benchmarked off the prior miss or the prior plan.
Missed in 4 of the last 4 quarters
SampleRecent misses matter more than long-window beat rate — the trailing 12 months drives the analyst model and the next-print bar.
| Quarter | Actual EPS | Consensus | Surprise | 1D | 5D |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 FY2026 | $3.39 | $3.75 | -9.6% | -3.1% | -3.1% |
| Q4 FY2026 | $3.53 | $4.00 | -11.7% | -4.4% | -3.4% |
| Q3 FY2026 | $3.60 | $3.99 | -9.8% | -4.4% | -6.5% |
| Q2 FY2026 | $3.58 | $3.99 | -10.4% | +2.8% | +1.6% |
| Q1 FY2025 | $3.51 | $3.95 | -11.2% | +1.8% | -0.3% |
CFO since 2025 • 3/4 beats (75%) • last guidance raise Q2 FY2026
| Q4 FY2025 |
| $3.43 |
| $3.84 |
| -10.8% |
| -6.4% |
| -4.4% |
| Q3 FY2025 | $3.52 | $3.86 | -8.8% | -4.2% | -2.6% |
| Q2 FY2025 | $3.42 | $4.09 | -16.3% | -0.9% | -0.3% |
| Q1 FY2024 | $3.42 | $4.10 | -16.5% | -2.4% | -4.1% |
| Q4 FY2024 | $3.43 | $4.09 | -16.2% | -6.8% | -8.7% |