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sellModerate cluster of 410b5-1 plan

John D Couling sold $4.6M of DLB

SVP, Entertainment at Dolby Laboratories, Inc.. 57,000 shares at an average of $80.10, traded Nov 22, 2024, filed Nov 26, 2024.

Warning score
40
Value
$4.6M
57,000 shares
Holdings after
106,806
-52% from before
From 52-week low
-
no price yet
From 52-week high
-
no price yet

Score components

  • Role
    Officer
    +15
  • Trade size
    $4.6M at market
    +25
  • Share of holdings sold
    Sold 52% of holdings
    +20
  • Cluster
    4 insiders selling within 14 days
    +15
  • Exercise and sell
    Shares came from an option exercise in the same filing
    -15
  • 10b5-1 plan
    Pre-scheduled under a 10b5-1 plan
    -20

What happened after comparable sells

Same side and tier, against the S&P 500, at 1, 3 and 6 months. Shown to Pro users; the whole table is on the backtest page.

This signal so far: 1m -1.8%, 3m +2.5%, 6m -4.8%.

Price around the trade, and since

From a quarter before the trade to today. The arrow is the trade, the circle the day the filing reached EDGAR, which is the first day anyone outside could act; the dotted line is the S&P 500 rebased to that day's close.

DLBOct 9, 2026 · close 58.74
Since filing Nov 26, 2024: -23.9%SPY +32.6% · excess -56.5%

Daily candles, adjusted for splits and dividends. Green arrows are insider buys, red are sells, sized by value; the dashed line is the close on the filing day, the dotted line SPY rebased to it.Charts by TradingView Lightweight Charts™

Rows in this filing

Every transaction in Form 4 0000950170-24-131191, as filed. Open on EDGAR

DateTransactionSharesPriceValueHoldings afterFiled
Nov 22, 2024SOpen-market sale
Class A Common Stock10b5-1
-2,000$81.00$162k106,806Nov 26, 2024
Nov 22, 2024MOption exercise
Class A Common Stock10b5-1
+40,000$33.15$1.3M146,806Nov 26, 2024
Nov 22, 2024MOption exercise
Class A Common Stock10b5-1
+8,000$64.60$517k154,806Nov 26, 2024
Nov 22, 2024SOpen-market sale
Class A Common Stock10b5-1
-48,000$80.00$3.8M106,806Nov 26, 2024
Nov 25, 2024MOption exercise
Class A Common Stock10b5-1
+7,000$64.60$452k113,806Nov 26, 2024
Nov 25, 2024SOpen-market sale
Class A Common Stock10b5-1
-7,000$80.50$564k106,806Nov 26, 2024
Nov 22, 2024MOption exercise
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)derivative10b5-1
-40,000$0.00$00Nov 26, 2024
Nov 22, 2024MOption exercise
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)derivative10b5-1
-8,000$0.00$07,000Nov 26, 2024
Nov 25, 2024MOption exercise
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)derivative10b5-1
-7,000$0.00$00Nov 26, 2024

Related signals

Other insiders at Dolby Laboratories, Inc. and this insider’s other filings.

ScoreCompanyInsiderValueHoldingsFiled
0Weak
DLBsell10b5-1
Dolby Laboratories, Inc.
John D Couling
SVP, Entertainment
$451k
7,667 shares
-4%
0Weak
DLBsell10b5-1
Dolby Laboratories, Inc.
John D Couling
SVP, Entertainment
$468k
7,667 shares
-6%
27Weak
DLBsell 3
Dolby Laboratories, Inc.
Ryan Nicholson
VP, CAO and Corp. Controller
$177k
2,667 shares
-7%
15Weak
DLBsell 210b5-1
Dolby Laboratories, Inc.
Shriram Revankar
SVP, Advanced Technology Group
$198k
3,000 shares
-3%
40Moderate
DLBsell 2
Dolby Laboratories, Inc.
John D Couling
SVP, Entertainment
$433k
6,667 shares
-5%
22Weak
DLBsell 310b5-1
Dolby Laboratories, Inc.
Mark Andrew Sherman
EVP, Gen. Counsel & Secretary
$775k
11,600 shares
-14%
40Moderate
DLBsell 310b5-1
Dolby Laboratories, Inc.
Kevin J Yeaman
President and CEO
$2.2M
33,517 shares
-25%
28Weak
DLBsell 310b5-1
Dolby Laboratories, Inc.
John D Couling
SVP, Entertainment
$500k
7,273 shares
-6%
40Moderate
DLBsell 410b5-1
Dolby Laboratories, Inc.
Kevin J Yeaman
President and CEO
$2.3M
34,367 shares
-26%
9Weak
DLBsell 510b5-1
Dolby Laboratories, Inc.
Mark Andrew Sherman
EVP, Gen. Counsel & Secretary
$304k
4,500 shares
-7%

Not investment advice. Scores and forward returns are decision support built from public SEC filings and past prices; they describe what happened after comparable filings, not what will happen after this one. Do your own research and size your risk.

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