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Dolby Laboratories

Dolby Laboratories is active in the software sector. The past 10 years the (international) industry gained at around 70 percent. As from 2011 the sector is 68 percent higher and over the past 12 months (December 2015-December 2016) there is a plus of 70 percent.

The past year was a good year for Dolby Laboratories investors

Over the last 12 months (from December 2015 till December 2016), that were profitable period for the investors in Dolby Laboratories, the stock gained around 35 percent. The period between August 2011 and August 2016 was a profitable period for the investors. The stock rose on average 51 percent. Dolby Laboratories's revenues between 2011 and 2015 were quite similar and moved between 926,26 million dollars and 970,64 million dollars. Dolby Laboratories's net incomes between 2011 and 2015 were very volatile and moved between 310,58 million dollars and 183,24 million dollars.

The American company paid out dividends in the past 5 years. On average the Dolby Laboratories stock yielded a delivered a dividend yield of around 0,42 percent over the past 5 years.

Dolby Laboratories's balance mostly financed with debt

At the end of 2015 the American company's balance sheet was worth 2,13 billion dollars. The total debt was around 326,22 million dollars. This is 15,29 percent of the total balance sheet. As per the end of 2015 Dolby Laboratories's price/earnings-ratio equaled 24. So investors paid for 1 stock 24 times the earnings per share of 2015. Based on the classical stock valuation theories the American stock can be seen as a value stock.

At the end of 2015 the software & services company's market capitalization (the number of shares times the market price) equaled around 3,39 billion dollars. At the end of 2015 around 102,35 million stocks were listed.

All Dolby Laboratories's annual reports can be found here. More information about Dolby Laboratories can be found it's website. .