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sellWeak cluster of 310b5-1 plan

John D Couling sold $460k of DLB

SVP, Entertainment at Dolby Laboratories, Inc.. 7,667 shares at an average of $60.00, traded Aug 3, 2026, filed Aug 5, 2026.

Warning score
12
Value
$460k
7,667 shares
Holdings after
118,727
-6% from before
From 52-week low
+23%
low $48.23, close $59.38
From 52-week high
-20%
high $73.91, as of Aug 3, 2026

Score components

  • Role
    Officer
    +15
  • Trade size
    $460k at market
    +17
  • Share of holdings sold
    Sold 6.1% of holdings
    0
  • Cluster
    3 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.

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 12, 2026 · close 58.07
Since filing Aug 5, 2026: -4.8%SPY +1.3% · excess -6.1%

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 0001193125-26-335473, as filed. Open on EDGAR

DateTransactionSharesPriceValueHoldings afterFiled
Aug 3, 2026MOption exercise
Class A Common Stock10b5-1
+7,667$45.50$349k126,394Aug 5, 2026
Aug 3, 2026SOpen-market sale
Class A Common Stock10b5-1
-783$59.03$46k125,611Aug 5, 2026
Aug 3, 2026SOpen-market sale
Class A Common Stock10b5-1
-6,884$60.11$414k118,727Aug 5, 2026
Aug 3, 2026MOption exercise
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)derivative10b5-1
-7,667$0.00$015,334Aug 5, 2026

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%
5Weak
DLBsell 210b5-1
Dolby Laboratories, Inc.
John D Couling
SVP, Entertainment
$468k
7,667 shares
-6%
38Weak
DLBsell 3
Dolby Laboratories, Inc.
Ryan Nicholson
VP, CAO and Corp. Controller
$77k
1,183 shares
-3%
22Weak
DLBsell 310b5-1
Dolby Laboratories, Inc.
Shriram Revankar
SVP, Advanced Technology Group
$188k
3,000 shares
-4%
39Weak
DLBsell 3
Dolby Laboratories, Inc.
Ryan Nicholson
VP, CAO and Corp. Controller
$84k
1,348 shares
-4%
30Weak
DLBsell 3
Dolby Laboratories, Inc.
Ryan Nicholson
VP, CAO and Corp. Controller
$22k
357 shares
-1%
0Weak
DLBsell10b5-1
Dolby Laboratories, Inc.
John D Couling
SVP, Entertainment
$408k
7,667 shares
-6%
5Weak
DLBsell 210b5-1
Dolby Laboratories, Inc.
John D Couling
SVP, Entertainment
$426k
7,666 shares
-6%
55Moderate
DLBsell 4
Dolby Laboratories, Inc.
Todd Pendleton
SVP, Chief Marketing Officer
$648k
11,876 shares
-22%
21Weak
DLBsell 410b5-1
Dolby Laboratories, Inc.
Shriram Revankar
SVP, Advanced Technology Group
$165k
3,000 shares
-4%

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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