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Dolby Laboratories (DLB) — chart, structure and Closelooknet read

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Signals for this name

Every Closelooknet reading that exists for DLB, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 62/100 · S&P 500 fund at 67, bullish alignedEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-25
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 99th percentile of the window, +8.4% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-25
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.61 · up 0.29 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-25
How it trades on rate days beta 0.13 to TLT · on the worst bond days it held up better than the market

How it trades on rate days

How DLB has moved when long-dated Treasury yields rise — measured against TLT, the 20+ year Treasury fund.

  • Beta to long bonds, 1 year 0.13 — shows only a loose link to bond moves for every 1% move in TLT (20+ year Treasuries), Dolby Laboratories moved 0.13% on average · correlation 0.04 · higher than 16% of US names
  • Beta, last 3 months 0.01 about the same as over the year
  • On the 10 worst bond days −0.42% on average against −0.74% for the S&P 500 the 10 sessions of the past year in which TLT fell most, i.e. long yields rose most
  • Latest of those days −0.81% TLT −1.29% that day 2026-09-24

Daily total returns from the adjusted price series; a TLT down day is a day long yields rose. Beta = the average move of the name for a 1% move in TLT. Past sensitivity, not a forecast. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Who it is priced against Specialty Business Services · United States · 3 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Specialty Business Services · United States

This name carries no Closelooknet score, so its cohort ranks on trend state — distance to the 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score it does not have.

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Company snapshot — Dolby Laboratories

DLB in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelooknet stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Dolby designs audio and imaging technologies such as Atmos, Vision and AC-4, and licenses these codecs to television, mobile, broadcast and cinema equipment makers. It also sells cinema hardware and software, including processors, servers and speaker systems, and offers a cloud platform for live interactive audio and video. It serves film studios, broadcasters and post-production houses, with its business built on licensing fees rather than mass hardware production. The company is based in San Francisco.
Where it sits in the stack
Dolby is not part of the AI build-out reflected in our index; it sits within the diary's broader coverage of specialty business services, where its licensing model covers media and entertainment technology rather than compute infrastructure.
Who it is priced against
The diary does not carry a defined peer group for Dolby; the name the market most often compares it with is Xperi, another company that licenses audio and video codecs to hardware makers.
Why Closelooknet tracks it
Dolby holds a seat in the Russell 1000 within our coverage; it carries no Closelooknet score yet, as our scoring for the name is still being built, and it does not appear in the diary's quoted editions.
What the diary watches
Whether licensing renewals with major device and broadcast partners hold steady, since Dolby's revenue depends on codecs being renewed rather than volume shipped.

Dolby Laboratories (DLB) trades on US exchanges.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelooknet’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 2.46%, quarterly · last 0.36 USD on 2026-08-11

Dividends and capital return

What DLB pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 1.44 USD per share · a 2.46% yield on the 2026-09-25 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-09-25
  • Change on the year +9.1% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 1.32 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.36 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-08-11
  • By calendar year 2023: 0.30 USD (partial) · 2024: 1.23 USD · 2025: 1.35 USD · 2026: 1.08 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2023-11-27

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-26

Quick answers

What is Dolby Laboratories (DLB)?

Dolby Laboratories trades as DLB on the US exchange (United States) in the Closelooknet research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-26.

Is DLB in a Closelooknet index?

Not currently — Dolby Laboratories is tracked in the Closelooknet research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelooknet functional index as of 2026-09-26.

Where does DLB trade against its moving averages?

Downtrend stack: Trades -1% vs the 50-day and -1.8% vs the 200-day average, 18.4% below the 52-week high and +21.3% off the 52-week low. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-25 — a technical state from the nightly Closelooknet bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

How does Dolby Laboratories trade when bond yields rise?

Over the past year Dolby Laboratories had a beta of 0.13 to TLT, the long-dated Treasury fund — it shows only a loose link to bond moves, higher than 16% of US names. On the 10 sessions in which long bonds fell most it moved −0.42% on average, against −0.74% for the S&P 500. The "How it trades on rate days" block on this page carries the lines.

What does Dolby Laboratories do?

Dolby designs audio and imaging technologies such as Atmos, Vision and AC-4, and licenses these codecs to television, mobile, broadcast and cinema equipment makers. It also sells cinema hardware and software, including processors, servers and speaker systems, and offers a cloud platform for live interactive audio and video. It serves film studios, broadcasters and post-production houses, with its business built on licensing fees rather than mass hardware production. The diary does not carry a defined peer group for Dolby; the name the market most often compares it with is Xperi, another company that licenses audio and video codecs to hardware makers.

Where does Dolby Laboratories sit in the AI build-out?

Dolby is not part of the AI build-out reflected in our index; it sits within the diary's broader coverage of specialty business services, where its licensing model covers media and entertainment technology rather than compute infrastructure. Dolby holds a seat in the Russell 1000 within our coverage; it carries no Closelooknet score yet, as our scoring for the name is still being built, and it does not appear in the diary's quoted editions.

Does Dolby Laboratories pay a dividend?

Dolby Laboratories has paid 1.44 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 2.46% on the 2026-09-25 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.36 USD on 2026-08-11. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for DLB, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelooknet structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

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