Dolby Laboratories (DLB) Q2 2026 earnings — TrendMatrix coverage
Reported
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Key numbers
- Reported EPS
- $0.69
- Estimate
- $0.67
- Surprise
- +3.0%
- Revenue (period 2026-06-26)
- $305.0M
- Score at report (before → after)
- 6.0 → 5.9/10
Revenue source: xbrl.
How the report landed
Dolby Laboratories (DLB) beat the $0.67 estimate with diluted EPS of $0.69 — a modest 3.0% upside surprise. TrendMatrix's engine moved from Hold (6.0/10) to Buy (Wait) at 5.9/10 after the report — the engine's score fell despite the beat.
Where TrendMatrix's rating stands now
TrendMatrix currently rates DLB Sell at 5.8/10.
4 of the last 4 quarters beat the estimate; this quarter's +3.0% surprise compares with a +13.2% four-quarter average. Next scheduled report: 2026-11-17.
What supports the rating
- Strong earnings beat streak (4/4)
What argues against it
- Concentration risk — Product: licensing (93.0%)
- Concentration risk — Supplier: sole source suppliers
- Thin upside margin: 8.5%
This section and the ones below it reflect TrendMatrix’s latest engine read — they update after the report date and are not frozen to it.
The levels TrendMatrix's engine tracks
- Current price
- $61.91
- Price target
- $67.15
- Stop
- $58.22
- Upside to target
- +8.5%
- Reward-to-risk
- 1.4:1
The stock trades at 27.4× trailing but 14.0× forward earnings — consensus estimates already build in a substantial earnings recovery.
Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-09-14 — shown for context, not personalized investment advice.
DLB at TrendMatrix's latest read
Industrial quarters are order-book stories — backlog and book-to-bill color how the market reads the reported number.
- Industry
- Specialty Business Services
- Market cap
- $6.04B
- P/E (fwd)
- 14.0
- P/E (ttm)
- 27.4
- 52-week range
- $48.26–$73.01
- Off 52-week high
- 15.2%
- RSI (14)
- 32
- Volume vs avg
- 1.43×
- Score today
- 5.8/10