Dolby Laboratories Shares Outstanding History (DLB)
Dolby Laboratories reported 95.5M shares outstanding at the end of fiscal 2025.
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| Fiscal year | Period ended | Shares outstanding | Change | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2025-09-26 | 95.5M | 69,440 | +0.07% |
| 2024 | 2024-09-27 | 95.4M | −366,191 | −0.38% |
| 2023 | 2023-09-29 | 95.8M | −125,229 | −0.13% |
| 2022 | 2022-09-30 | 95.9M | — | — |
Dolby Laboratories quarterly shares outstanding
| Fiscal quarter | Period ended | Shares outstanding | Change | YoY change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 2026-06-26 | 93.6M | −1.7M | −1.83% |
| Q2 2026 | 2026-03-27 | 94.6M | — | — |
| Q1 2026 | 2025-12-26 | 95.5M | — | — |
| Q4 2025 | 2025-09-26 | 95.5M | — | — |
| Q3 2025 | 2025-06-27 | 95.4M | — | — |
Dolby Laboratories Share Buyback History
A share buyback, also called a stock repurchase, is when a company uses cash to buy its own shares. Dolby Laboratories share buyback history shows the reported cash used for repurchases. Buybacks can reduce shares outstanding, but issuance, stock-based compensation, acquisitions, and stock splits can change the share count separately.
Dolby Laboratories used $125.0M to repurchase common stock in fy 2025. Across the latest 5 reported fiscal years, total share repurchases were $1.21B. The latest reported quarter showed $65.0M of share repurchases.
| Fiscal year | Period ended | Share repurchases |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2025-09-26 | $125.0M |
| 2024 | 2024-09-27 | $160.0M |
| 2023 | 2023-09-29 | $149.3M |
| 2022 | 2022-09-30 | $530.5M |
| 2021 | 2021-09-24 | $245.9M |
| 2020 | 2020-09-25 | $173.7M |
| 2019 | 2019-09-27 | $340.6M |
| 2018 | 2018-09-28 | $150.5M |
| 2017 | 2017-09-29 | $100.0M |
| 2016 | 2016-09-30 | $100.9M |
TickerStat uses SEC-reported cash payments for common-stock repurchases. The amounts describe capital returned through buybacks; they are not a forecast or a measure of the number of shares retired.
Dolby Laboratories shares outstanding trends
Between the periods ended 2022-09-30 and 2025-09-26, Dolby Laboratories's shares outstanding moved from 95.9M to 95.5M, a change of −421,980. The latest reported quarter, Q3 2026, shows 93.6M.
What shares outstanding means
Shares outstanding is the number of common shares held by investors at a reporting-period end. The count can change because of stock issuance, repurchases, conversions, acquisitions, or stock splits.
SEC-reported period-end shares
TickerStat displays period-end common shares from SEC filings and adjusts older values to the current share basis when a stock-split conversion ratio is reported directly or evidenced by a later filing’s restated historical share balance. After repeated reverse splits, an old period can represent less than one current-basis share; this is a split-adjusted equivalent, not a literal historical certificate count. Values remain as reported when no reliable split ratio is available. Fiscal periods can differ from calendar years, so exact period-end dates are included.
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