Dolby Laboratories, Inc. Research And Development Expense

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Dolby Laboratories, Inc. reported Research And Development Expense of $261.79 million for the year ending 2025.

  • Dolby Laboratories, Inc. showed a decrease of -0.7% in Research And Development Expense from 2024 to 2025.
  • This data is from Dolby Laboratories, Inc.'s annual report (Form 10-K), filed with the SEC on November 18, 2025.
  • XBRL data for this metric is available from 2008 to 2025 (18 years of filings). Earlier data may not exist in machine-readable XBRL format as companies adopted electronic filing at different times.
  • Quarterly values from 10-Q filings: Q4 2009: $22.80 million | Q1 2010: $25.25 million | Q2 2010: $27.51 million | Q4 2010: $28.33 million | Q1 2011: $28.40 million | Q2 2011: $34.09 million | Q4 2011: $32.83 million | Q1 2012: $34.24 million | Q2 2012: $35.12 million | Q4 2012: $42.44 million | Q1 2013: $41.95 million | Q2 2013: $42.92 million | Q4 2013: $44.46 million | Q1 2014: $44.80 million | Q2 2014: $46.79 million | Q4 2014: $48.59 million | Q1 2015: $56.60 million | Q2 2015: $45.51 million | Q4 2015: $53.33 million | Q1 2016: $52.09 million | Q2 2016: $54.98 million | Q4 2016: $57.52 million | Q1 2017: $58.34 million | Q2 2017: $59.63 million | Q4 2017: $56.44 million | Q1 2018: $59.49 million | Q2 2018: $60.36 million | Q4 2018: $58.65 million | Q1 2019: $58.63 million | Q2 2019: $60.41 million | Q4 2019: $57.65 million | Q1 2020: $60.09 million | Q2 2020: $59.58 million | Q4 2020: $63.77 million | Q1 2021: $65.81 million | Q2 2021: $62.09 million | Q4 2021: $68.82 million | Q1 2022: $67.42 million | Q2 2022: $62.86 million | Q4 2022: $64.45 million | Q1 2023: $67.95 million | Q2 2023: $68.70 million | Q4 2023: $67.03 million | Q1 2024: $62.49 million | Q2 2024: $65.50 million | Q4 2024: $66.64 million | Q1 2025: $61.71 million | Q2 2025: $65.98 million | Q4 2025: $69.08 million.
  • Over the full 18 years of available data (2008 to 2025), Dolby Laboratories, Inc.'s Research And Development Expense has grown by 237.8%.
  • Historical annual values: Fiscal year 2025: $261.79 million | Fiscal year 2024: $263.66 million | Fiscal year 2023: $271.52 million | Fiscal year 2022: $261.17 million | Fiscal year 2021: $253.64 million | Fiscal year 2020: $239.05 million | Fiscal year 2019: $237.87 million | Fiscal year 2018: $236.79 million | Fiscal year 2017: $233.31 million | Fiscal year 2016: $219.61 million | Fiscal year 2015: $201.32 million | Fiscal year 2014: $183.13 million | Fiscal year 2013: $168.75 million | Fiscal year 2012: $140.14 million | Fiscal year 2011: $123.92 million | Fiscal year 2010: $104.98 million | Fiscal year 2009: $81.54 million | Fiscal year 2008: $77.50 million.
  • Data sourced from SEC EDGAR public filings as of August 6, 2026.

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