DLB vs SON Comparison

Dolby Laboratories Inc. develops technologies that enhance audio and video capture, transmission, and playback, enabling high-quality experiences across movies, TV, music, sports, and more. The company designs and manufactures audio, imaging, accessibility, and related hardware and software mainly for cinema, including digital cinema servers and media encryption and packaging tools. It generates the majority of its revenue by licensing its technology, brand, and patents to device manufacturers and by selling cinema hardware and services. It operates as a single reportable segment, with revenue derived mainly from licensing and, to a lesser extent, from premium cinema technologies, across the United States and international markets.

Over its 100-year-plus history, Sonoco Products has steadily assembled a diverse portfolio of industrial and consumer packaging product offerings such as flexible and rigid plastics, reels and spools, pallets, and composite cans. The company serves a variety of consumer and industrial end markets throughout North America. Sonoco has raised its dividend each year for more than 40 years.