Dolby Laboratories, Inc. dividend history

Dolby Laboratories, Inc.'s dividend was $1.32 a share in fiscal 2025, up 7.3% on the year before. That was 49.6% of net income. It has raised its dividend per share every year since fiscal 2015.

Dividends, buybacks and capital spending

FY2026 Q3 TTM

Buybacks (TTM): $235M
Dividends (TTM): $134M
Returned to shareholders: 94%; of free cash flow
Buybacks, last 3 fiscal years: $434M
Diluted share count: −1.2%; year over year
Total shareholder yield: 6.2%; dividends 2.2% + buybacks 3.9% of market value
Dividend payout ratio: 59%; of net income paid out
R&D spending: 19.6%; of revenue
Days sales outstanding: 77 days; receivables vs revenue

Dividends by fiscal year

US$ millions unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Dolby Laboratories, Inc.: dividends by fiscal year, annual
Fiscal year	2009Sept 2009	2010Sept 2010	2011Sept 2011	2012Sept 2012	2013Sept 2013	2014Sept 2014	2015Sept 2015	2016Sept 2016	2017Sept 2017	2018Sept 2018	2019Sept 2019	2020Sept 2020	2021Sept 2021	2022Sept 2022	2023Sept 2023	2024Sept 2024	2025Sept 2025	LTMJun 2026
Dividend per share	—	—	—	—	$4.00	—	$0.420	$0.500	$0.580	$0.670	$0.790	$0.880	$0.910	$1.02	$1.11	$1.23	$1.32	—
Dividend per share growth	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	+19.0%	+16.0%	+15.5%	+17.9%	+11.4%	+3.4%	+12.1%	+8.8%	+10.8%	+7.3%	—
Dividends paid	—	—	0	0	408	0	41	48	57	66	77	89	89	100	103	115	127	134
Share buybacks	—	241	192	268	82	56	107	101	100	150	341	174	246	530	149	160	125	235
Dividends ÷ net income	—	—	0.0%	0.0%	215.7%	0.0%	22.6%	26.0%	27.6%	158.5%	30.4%	38.3%	28.7%	54.4%	51.5%	43.8%	49.6%	59.4%

Dividend per share is the amount declared for the fiscal year as stated in the company's filings (including any special dividend), restated for stock splits and checked against the cash dividends paid. Dividends paid and buybacks are cash amounts; the last-twelve-months column can include an extra payment when a quarter-end date moves.

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Figures from Dolby Laboratories, Inc.'s SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 20, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Dolby Laboratories, Inc.