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Dolby Laboratories, Inc.

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Listing type has not been classified. Company financial ratios are not specific to a share class. CIK 0001308547

Dividend overview

Latest reported dividend

Not available

No event collected.

Next announced payment

Not available

No future payment is present in our collected records.

Ex-dividend date

Not reported

For the next collected payment. An unreported date is not inferred from the record date.

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Cash flow & dividend coverage

Cash payout ratio

49.6%

Annual cash dividends ÷ net income.

FCF payout ratio

29.0%

Annual cash dividends ÷ (operating cash flow − PP&E expenditures).

Company-level · annual period Sep 28, 2024 – Sep 26, 2025. Metric date: Oct 21, 2026. Calculated: 2026-10-21T14:56:31.376Z (UTC). Underlying filing

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Cash-dividend numerator: Common-stock cash dividends. Total cash dividends may include more than the common-share distribution.

Dividend history

No matching dividend events have been collected. This does not establish that the company pays no dividend.

Financial context

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Annual net income

Reported annual periods; USD. Negative values extend below the baseline.

Selected annual US-GAAP cash-flow and earnings facts · USD
Reporting period	Measure	USD millions	Filing
Sep 26, 2025From Sep 28, 2024	Operating cash flow	472.2	SEC filingNov 18, 2025
Sep 26, 2025From Sep 28, 2024	Net income	255.0	SEC filingNov 18, 2025
Sep 26, 2025From Sep 28, 2024	Common-stock cash dividends	126.6	SEC filingNov 18, 2025
Sep 26, 2025From Sep 28, 2024	Capital expenditures (PP&E)	36.3	SEC filingNov 18, 2025
Sep 27, 2024From Sep 30, 2023	Operating cash flow	327.3	SEC filingNov 18, 2025
Sep 27, 2024From Sep 30, 2023	Net income	261.8	SEC filingNov 18, 2025
Sep 27, 2024From Sep 30, 2023	Common-stock cash dividends	114.6	SEC filingNov 18, 2025
Sep 27, 2024From Sep 30, 2023	Capital expenditures (PP&E)	30.0	SEC filingNov 18, 2025
Sep 29, 2023From Oct 1, 2022	Operating cash flow	367.1	SEC filingNov 18, 2025
Sep 29, 2023From Oct 1, 2022	Net income	200.7	SEC filingNov 18, 2025
Sep 29, 2023From Oct 1, 2022	Common-stock cash dividends	103.4	SEC filingNov 18, 2025
Sep 29, 2023From Oct 1, 2022	Capital expenditures (PP&E)	30.3	SEC filingNov 18, 2025
Sep 30, 2022From Sep 25, 2021	Operating cash flow	318.6	SEC filingNov 19, 2024
Sep 30, 2022From Sep 25, 2021	Net income	184.1	SEC filingNov 19, 2024
Sep 30, 2022From Sep 25, 2021	Common-stock cash dividends	100.1	SEC filingNov 19, 2024
Sep 30, 2022From Sep 25, 2021	Capital expenditures (PP&E)	47.9	SEC filingNov 19, 2024
Sep 24, 2021From Sep 26, 2020	Operating cash flow	447.8	SEC filingNov 17, 2023
Sep 24, 2021From Sep 26, 2020	Net income	310.2	SEC filingNov 17, 2023
Sep 24, 2021From Sep 26, 2020	Common-stock cash dividends	89.2	SEC filingNov 17, 2023
Sep 24, 2021From Sep 26, 2020	Capital expenditures (PP&E)	54.5	SEC filingNov 17, 2023

Latest filed value per tag and exact annual period, within the last seven years. Common-stock and total cash dividends are separate measures; do not add them together. These selected facts are not a complete financial statement.

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Sources & corrections

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