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Forensic Analysis · General / Diversified · as of Nov 9, 2026

Dolby Laboratories, Inc. (DLB)

A forensic read on Dolby Laboratories, Inc. built from its complete SEC filings — financial-health screens, earnings quality, red flags and a price-aware rating. Reproducible math, not opinion.

A · High-quality, not compounding
Forensic grade
Safe
Financial health
9.8
Distress distance
Clean
Earnings quality
1
Forensic signals
10.0%
ROE
5.9%
Revenue growth

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Dolby Laboratories, Inc. earns an A (High-quality, not compounding) forensic quality grade, and its balance-sheet distress test reads 9.8, placing it in the Safe zone. 1 forensic signal was flagged in its latest SEC filings, led by return on invested capital.

What the filings flag

10.4%
FY2025
Return on invested capital. Return on invested capital is 10.4% in the latest fiscal year and steady across FY2023–FY2025, inside a 1.3-point range. After-tax operating profit was $174M in FY2023 and $224M in FY2025, with operating income at 16.6% of revenue in FY2023, 20.3% in FY2024 and 19.6% in FY2025. The capital base behind it grew +19% across FY2023–FY2025, from $1.8B to $2.1B, and the return did not fall doing it, so the dollars added over that window earned at least the 9.6% the older base was already earning.

Key fundamentals

Latest Revenue$1.35B
Revenue Growth YoY+5.9%
Revenue CAGR (2yr)+1.9%
Net Margin18.9%
Free Cash Flow$435.9M
Return on Equity10.0%

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Data from SEC EDGAR public filings · metrics as of Nov 9, 2026. Forensic signals flag probability, not certainty.

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