DOLBY LABORATORIES, INC. vs INTERDIGITAL, INC., two Intellectual Property stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where DLB and IDCC diverge most: on debt / equity, DLB reads 0.00 and IDCC reads 0.35; on p/b, DLB reads 1.81 and IDCC reads 8.24. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. On valuation, today's DLB price has a different growth bar priced in than IDCC (+8.7% implied for DLB vs +8.4% for IDCC); the higher figure is the steeper assumption to clear, not a better or worse stock. What DLB's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). What IDCC's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | DLB | IDCC |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $49.81 | $258.01 |
| Market cap | $4.8B | $9.1B |
| Sector | Intellectual Property | Intellectual Property |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +8.7% | +8.4% |
| P/E | 19.8 | 24.6 |
| P/B | 1.81 | 8.24 |
| P/S | 3.49 | 10.98 |
| EV/EBITDA | 15.1 | 20.6 |
| Revenue growth | +3.5% | +5.7% |
| Gross margin | 88.7% | — |
| Operating margin | 28.6% | 40.0% |
| Net margin | 17.9% | 44.2% |
| Return on equity | 9.3% | 33.2% |
| Return on assets | 7.5% | 17.7% |
| Return on invested capital | 7.7% | 26.0% |
| FCF yield | 6.3% | 6.3% |
| Dividend yield | 2.6% | 1.0% |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.35 |
| Current ratio | 2.98 | 1.88 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 6.60 | 8.02 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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