Dolby Laboratories, Inc. (DLB) Free cash flow
- Free cash flow · 12 months (USD): Value $392.67M; Formula and calculation Operating cash flow minus capital spending; distinct from the saved levered FCF quote figure. Period ending 2026-06-26..
- Price / free cash flow · 12 months: Value (m); Formula and calculation Market cap / trailing-year free cash flow; inverse of FCF yield before percent scaling. Period ending 2026-06-26..
- Free cash flow yield · 12 months: Value (m); Formula and calculation (Operating cash flow − capital spending) / current market cap. Period ending 2026-06-26..
- Free cash flow margin · 12 months: Value 28.99%; Formula and calculation (Operating cash flow − capital spending) / revenue. Period ending 2026-06-26..
Free cash flow
Overview →Financial period ending 2026-06-26; current quote (m). Amounts retain their stated periods and units.
| Metric | Value | Formula and calculation |
|---|---|---|
| Free cash flow · 12 months (USD) | $392.67M | Operating cash flow minus capital spending; distinct from the saved levered FCF quote figure. Period ending 2026-06-26. $437.60M − $44.92M ≈ $392.67M |
| Price / free cash flow · 12 months | (m) | Market cap / trailing-year free cash flow; inverse of FCF yield before percent scaling. Period ending 2026-06-26. Calculation unavailable: missing inputs remain (m). |
| Free cash flow yield · 12 months | (m) | (Operating cash flow − capital spending) / current market cap. Period ending 2026-06-26. Calculation unavailable: missing inputs remain (m). |
| Free cash flow margin · 12 months | 28.99% | (Operating cash flow − capital spending) / revenue. Period ending 2026-06-26. $392.67M ÷ $1.35B × 100 ≈ 28.99% |
| Free cash flow per share · 12 months | (m) | (Trailing-year operating cash flow − capital spending) / reported quarter-end common shares. Period ending 2026-06-26. Calculation unavailable: missing inputs remain (m). |
| Operating cash flow · 12 months | $437.60M | Cash generated by operating activities. Period ending 2026-06-26. |
| Operating cash flow / net income · 12 months | 1.93× | Operating cash flow / net income. Period ending 2026-06-26. $437.60M ÷ $226.18M ≈ 1.93× |
Calculation inputs
| Input | Amount with unit | Raw financial data |
|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | 437.60M USD | Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Operating Activities |
| Capital spending | 44.92M USD | Payments to Acquire Property, Plant, and Equipment |
| Market cap | (m) | |
| Free cash flow | 392.67M USD | Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Operating Activities · Payments to Acquire Property, Plant, and Equipment |
| Revenue | 1.35B USD | Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax |
| Quarter-end shares | (m) | |
| Net income | 226.18M USD | Net Income (Loss) Attributable to Parent |
Calculated history
Changes compare with the next older row (previous quarter), unless explicitly labeled otherwise. Rolling 12-month growth compares two successive quarter-end rolling totals; it is not year-over-year growth.
| Period ending | Free cash flow | FCF per share | Operating cash flow | Capital spending (USD) | Market cap (USD) | Revenue (USD) | Quarter-end shares (shares) | Net income (USD) | Price / FCF | FCF yield | FCF margin | Cash conversion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-26 | $392.67M | (m) | $437.60M | $44.92M | (m) | $1.35B | (m) | $226.18M | (m) | (m) | 28.99% | 1.93× |
| 2026-03-27 | $301.46M | (m) | $337.83M | $36.36M | (m) | $1.36B | (m) | $243.65M | (m) | (m) | 22.09% | 1.39× |
| 2025-12-26 | $386.02M | (m) | $420.22M | $34.20M | (m) | $1.34B | (m) | $240.52M | (m) | (m) | 28.83% | 1.75× |
| 2025-09-26 | $435.85M | (m) | $472.20M | $36.35M | (m) | $1.35B | (m) | $255.02M | (m) | (m) | 32.31% | 1.85× |
| 2025-06-27 | $438.05M | (m) | $465.54M | $27.48M | (m) | $1.35B | (m) | $264.26M | (m) | (m) | 32.52% | 1.76× |
| 2025-03-28 | $390.44M | (m) | $419.11M | $28.67M | (m) | $1.32B | (m) | $256.63M | (m) | (m) | 29.57% | 1.63× |
| 2024-12-27 | $394.94M | (m) | $425.62M | $30.69M | (m) | $1.32B | (m) | $262.67M | (m) | (m) | 30.03% | 1.62× |
| 2024-09-27 | $297.25M | (m) | $327.25M | $30.01M | (m) | $1.27B | (m) | $261.82M | (m) | (m) | 23.34% | 1.25× |
| 2024-06-28 | $265.28M | (m) | $296.10M | $30.81M | (m) | $1.26B | (m) | $212.44M | (m) | (m) | 21.06% | 1.39× |
| 2024-03-29 | $365.35M | (m) | $395.96M | $30.61M | (m) | $1.27B | (m) | $190.40M | (m) | (m) | 28.79% | 2.08× |
| 2023-12-29 | $289.87M | (m) | $319.10M | $29.22M | (m) | $1.28B | (m) | $188.26M | (m) | (m) | 22.64% | 1.69× |
| 2023-09-29 | $336.74M | (m) | $367.08M | $30.34M | (m) | $1.30B | (m) | $200.66M | (m) | (m) | 25.91% | 1.83× |
| 2023-06-30 | $300.51M | (m) | $333.38M | $32.86M | (m) | $1.29B | (m) | $219.23M | (m) | (m) | 23.34% | 1.52× |
| 2023-03-31 | $348.24M | (m) | $384.85M | $36.62M | (m) | $1.28B | (m) | $242.42M | (m) | (m) | 27.24% | 1.59× |
| 2022-12-30 | $302.62M | (m) | $343.31M | $40.69M | (m) | $1.24B | (m) | $183.45M | (m) | (m) | 24.46% | 1.87× |
| 2022-09-30 | $270.65M | (m) | $318.58M | $47.93M | (m) | $1.25B | (m) | $184.09M | (m) | (m) | 21.59% | 1.73× |
| 2022-07-01 | $327.99M | (m) | $377.04M | $49.05M | (m) | $1.26B | (m) | $200.52M | (m) | (m) | 26.02% | 1.88× |
| 2022-04-01 | $325.16M | (m) | $376.78M | $51.62M | (m) | $1.26B | (m) | $215.55M | (m) | (m) | 25.85% | 1.75× |
| 2021-12-31 | $343.87M | (m) | $397.25M | $53.38M | (m) | $1.24B | (m) | $255.04M | (m) | (m) | 27.66% | 1.56× |
| 2021-09-24 | $393.30M | (m) | $447.75M | $54.45M | (m) | $1.28B | (m) | $310.23M | (m) | (m) | 30.70% | 1.44× |
| 2021-06-25 | $397.58M | (m) | $450.64M | $53.06M | (m) | $1.27B | (m) | $292.87M | (m) | (m) | 31.37% | 1.54× |
| 2021-03-26 | $359.13M | (m) | $412.58M | $53.45M | (m) | $1.23B | (m) | $305.53M | (m) | (m) | 29.26% | 1.35× |
| 2020-12-25 | $336.36M | (m) | $394.85M | $58.49M | (m) | $1.26B | (m) | $317.81M | (m) | (m) | 26.70% | 1.24× |
| 2020-09-25 | $277.50M | (m) | $343.85M | $66.35M | (m) | $1.16B | (m) | $231.36M | (m) | (m) | 23.89% | 1.49× |
| 2020-06-26 | $289.15M | (m) | $361.67M | $72.52M | (m) | $1.19B | (m) | $248.45M | (m) | (m) | 24.31% | 1.46× |
| 2020-03-27 | $236.75M | (m) | $318.73M | $81.98M | (m) | $1.24B | (m) | $220.74M | (m) | (m) | 19.02% | 1.44× |
| 2019-12-27 | $200.75M | (m) | $301.88M | $101.13M | (m) | $1.23B | (m) | $205.69M | (m) | (m) | 16.31% | 1.47× |
| 2019-09-27 | $231.39M | (m) | $327.67M | $96.28M | (m) | $1.24B | (m) | $255.15M | (m) | (m) | 18.64% | 1.28× |
| 2019-06-28 | $211.31M | (m) | $308.93M | $97.61M | (m) | $1.30B | (m) | $318.45M | (m) | (m) | 16.25% | 0.97× |
| 2019-03-29 | $270.84M | (m) | $360.00M | $89.16M | (m) | $1.21B | (m) | $281.99M | (m) | (m) | 22.32% | 1.28× |
| 2018-12-28 | $319.93M | (m) | $392.00M | $72.08M | (m) | $1.17B | (m) | $273.77M | (m) | (m) | 27.23% | 1.43× |
| 2018-09-28 | $279.39M | (m) | $352.20M | $72.81M | (m) | $1.17B | (m) | $122.25M | (m) | (m) | 23.84% | 2.88× |
| 2018-06-29 | $241.34M | (m) | $314.16M | $72.82M | (m) | $1.15B | (m) | $93.95M | (m) | (m) | 21.01% | 3.34× |
| 2018-03-30 | $221.64M | (m) | $309.76M | $88.12M | (m) | $1.14B | (m) | $86.85M | (m) | (m) | 19.50% | 3.57× |
| 2017-12-29 | $221.16M | (m) | $317.48M | $96.32M | (m) | $1.10B | (m) | $66.81M | (m) | (m) | 20.05% | 4.75× |
| 2017-09-29 | $271.43M | (m) | $371.05M | $99.62M | (m) | $1.08B | (m) | $201.80M | (m) | (m) | 25.10% | 1.84× |
| 2017-06-30 | $260.02M | (m) | $365.37M | $105.35M | (m) | $1.07B | (m) | $203.94M | (m) | (m) | 24.25% | 1.79× |
| 2017-03-31 | $252.31M | (m) | $355.32M | $103.01M | (m) | $1.04B | (m) | $191.53M | (m) | (m) | 24.16% | 1.86× |
| 2016-12-30 | $258.24M | (m) | $357.20M | $98.97M | (m) | $1.05B | (m) | $208.33M | (m) | (m) | 24.57% | 1.71× |
| 2016-09-30 | $256.08M | (m) | $356.84M | $100.76M | (m) | $1.03B | (m) | $185.86M | (m) | (m) | 24.97% | 1.92× |
| 2016-07-01 | $252.35M | (m) | $367.21M | $114.86M | (m) | $1.03B | (m) | $208.48M | (m) | (m) | 24.61% | 1.76× |
| 2016-04-01 | $160.25M | (m) | $288.30M | $128.05M | (m) | $979.60M | (m) | $180.36M | (m) | (m) | 16.36% | 1.60× |
| 2016-01-01 | $213.07M | (m) | $373.33M | $160.26M | (m) | $977.21M | (m) | $170.93M | (m) | (m) | 21.80% | 2.18× |
| 2015-09-25 | $151.82M | (m) | $309.38M | $157.55M | (m) | $970.64M | (m) | $181.39M | (m) | (m) | 15.64% | 1.71× |
| 2015-06-26 | $154.31M | (m) | $315.70M | $161.38M | (m) | $964.85M | (m) | $180.78M | (m) | (m) | 15.99% | 1.75× |
| 2015-03-27 | $220.73M | (m) | $360.07M | $139.34M | (m) | $956.50M | (m) | $185.05M | (m) | (m) | 23.08% | 1.95× |
| 2014-12-26 | $196.30M | (m) | $287.71M | $91.41M | (m) | $963.14M | (m) | $202.94M | (m) | (m) | 20.38% | 1.42× |
| 2014-09-26 | $282.83M | (m) | $361.55M | $78.72M | (m) | $960.18M | (m) | $206.10M | (m) | (m) | 29.46% | 1.75× |
| 2014-06-27 | $291.15M | (m) | $337.18M | $46.03M | (m) | $949.87M | (m) | $205.96M | (m) | (m) | 30.65% | 1.64× |
| 2014-03-28 | $297.61M | (m) | $330.02M | $32.42M | (m) | $933.60M | (m) | $196.39M | (m) | (m) | 31.88% | 1.68× |
| 2013-12-27 | $255.68M | (m) | $284.64M | $28.96M | (m) | $904.35M | (m) | $182.44M | (m) | (m) | 28.27% | 1.56× |
| 2013-09-27 | $247.95M | (m) | $274.66M | $26.71M | (m) | $909.67M | (m) | $189.27M | (m) | (m) | 27.26% | 1.45× |
| 2013-06-28 | $149.36M | (m) | $284.29M | $134.93M | (m) | $912.03M | (m) | $194.97M | (m) | (m) | 16.38% | 1.46× |
| 2013-03-29 | $148.89M | (m) | $297.96M | $149.06M | (m) | $915.27M | (m) | $216.28M | (m) | (m) | 16.27% | 1.38× |
| 2012-12-28 | $199.51M | (m) | $361.01M | $161.50M | (m) | $928.69M | (m) | $242.49M | (m) | (m) | 21.48% | 1.49× |
| 2012-09-28 | $222.45M | (m) | $389.80M | $167.35M | (m) | $926.26M | (m) | $264.30M | (m) | (m) | 24.02% | 1.47× |
| 2012-06-29 | $355.27M | (m) | $422.53M | $67.25M | (m) | $945.28M | (m) | $291.88M | (m) | (m) | 37.58% | 1.45× |
| 2012-03-30 | $388.50M | (m) | $446.77M | $58.26M | (m) | $956.40M | (m) | $302.10M | (m) | (m) | 40.62% | 1.48× |
| 2011-12-30 | $378.55M | (m) | $428.83M | $50.28M | (m) | $946.17M | (m) | $296.04M | (m) | (m) | 40.01% | 1.45× |
| 2011-09-30 | $356.33M | (m) | $403.69M | $47.36M | (m) | $955.50M | (m) | $309.27M | (m) | (m) | 37.29% | 1.31× |
| 2011-07-01 | $319.07M | (m) | $362.01M | $42.93M | (m) | $939.54M | (m) | $295.21M | (m) | (m) | 33.96% | 1.23× |
| 2011-04-01 | $275.44M | (m) | $314.41M | $38.97M | (m) | $950.81M | (m) | $296.91M | (m) | (m) | 28.97% | 1.06× |
| 2010-12-31 | $262.98M | (m) | $299.49M | $36.51M | (m) | $944.21M | (m) | $300.75M | (m) | (m) | 27.85% | 1.00× |
| 2010-09-24 | $289.82M | (m) | $327.30M | $37.48M | (m) | $922.71M | (m) | $283.45M | (m) | (m) | 31.41% | 1.15× |
| 2010-06-25 | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) |
| 2010-03-26 | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) |
| 2009-12-25 | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) |
| 2009-09-25 | $259.23M | (m) | $273.23M | $13.99M | (m) | $719.50M | (m) | $242.99M | (m) | (m) | 36.03% | 1.12× |
| 2009-06-26 | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) |
| 2008-09-26 | $250.86M | (m) | $264.47M | $13.61M | (m) | $640.23M | (m) | $199.46M | (m) | (m) | 39.18% | 1.33× |
(m) means missing inputs. Historical market-based ratios use the saved close on or immediately before period ending and that period’s reported shares; current quotes are not substituted. Five-year projections repeat historical CAGR, not analyst forecasts.