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Daktronics, Inc. DAKT
$17.80 -0.89% Close, Oct 5, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $867.2M
Inexpensive vs sectorLow risk
Next earnings report: Dec 9, 2026
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Three things to know
- The stock is in a downtrend: below its 200-day average, with the 50-day average below the 200-day.
- The shares trade at 18.1× trailing earnings, lower than 80% of the company's own readings over the past five years.
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $854.3M, up 14.0% from a year earlier, accelerating from 10.9% a quarter earlier.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Technology sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 6, 2026.
Growth38Weak
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 45%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 11%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 43%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 30%
Quality43Weak
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 19%
- Gross marginBottom 19%
- Operating marginTop 44%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 24%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 18%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 20%
Value91Exceptional
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 14%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 38%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 10%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 10%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 25%
Momentum26Very weak
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 45%
- 6-month returnBottom 20%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 39%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 38%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 10%
Revisions90Exceptional
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 49%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 44%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 5%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 18%
Stability94Exceptional
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 5%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 13%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 50%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 20%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 10.9% | 14.0% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 26.8% | 27.6% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 4.5% | 7.3% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 11.4% | 4.7% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 14.0% | 10.9% | ↑ | Top 45% |
| Gross margin | 27.6% | 26.8% | ↑ | Bottom 19% |
| Operating margin | 7.3% | 4.5% | ↑ | Top 44% |
| Net margin | 5.7% | 1.5% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 4.7% | 11.4% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 12.9% | — | Top 19% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 3.6% | — | Bottom 43% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 1.13×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -1.0%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.6%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +11.6 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- -1.79×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 2.01%
- Shareholder yield
- 2.01%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -1.7%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +1.9%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Aug 1, 2026 (filed Sep 2, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 2
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 5 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +8.7%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +2.1%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 4 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $31.00
- Target vs current price
- +74.2%
- Analysts with a rating
- 5
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 100%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2, 2026 | +15.4% | -1.2% | -1.6% | -10.2% | — |
| Jun 24, 2026 | +37.3% | -3.8% | -2.7% | -4.0% | -13.3% |
| Mar 4, 2026 | -50.0% | -11.1% | -13.6% | -21.4% | -17.1% |
| Dec 10, 2025 | +32.1% | +16.3% | +6.8% | +14.9% | +16.8% |
| Sep 10, 2025 | +37.5% | +20.4% | +35.1% | +11.6% | +3.2% |
| Jun 25, 2025 | +0.0% | -4.9% | -0.3% | +8.6% | +49.6% |
| Mar 5, 2025 | -88.9% | -14.9% | -14.8% | -10.1% | +2.9% |
| Dec 4, 2024 | +10.0% | +15.9% | +17.8% | +2.3% | -12.2% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2, 2026 | $0.40 | $0.35 | +15.4% | $234.6M |
| Jun 24, 2026 | $0.27 | $0.20 | +37.3% | $208.6M |
| Mar 4, 2026 | $0.09 | $0.18 | -50.0% | $181.9M |
| Dec 10, 2025 | $0.35 | $0.27 | +32.1% | $229.3M |
| Sep 10, 2025 | $0.33 | $0.24 | +37.5% | $219.0M |
| Jun 25, 2025 | $0.18 | $0.18 | +0.0% | $172.6M |
| Mar 5, 2025 | $0.01 | $0.09 | -88.9% | $149.5M |
| Dec 4, 2024 | $0.22 | $0.20 | +10.0% | $208.3M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 18.1× | 35.2× | 20th | Top 14% |
| P/E (forward) | 14.6× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 9.3× | — | — | Top 10% |
| EV / Sales | 0.85× | — | — | Top 10% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 4.59% | — | — | Top 38% |
| Earnings yield | 5.51% | — | — | Top 14% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 7.7× – 320.0× since Jul 31, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✓ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -4.0%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -0.4%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -7.0%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -13.3%
- RSI (14)
- 44.7
- Relative volume
- 0.47×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 28.3%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 3th percentile · Low for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.42
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.44
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -35.8%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -42.0%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 15, 2021 | Dec 8, 2022 | -75.7% | 439 days | 146 days (Jul 12, 2023) |
| Dec 6, 2024 | Apr 8, 2025 | -42.0% | 82 days | 106 days (Sep 10, 2025) |
| Nov 24, 2023 | Feb 6, 2024 | -40.3% | 49 days | 97 days (Jun 26, 2024) |
| Feb 20, 2026 | Sep 25, 2026 | -38.6% | 150 days | Not yet recovered |
| Sep 15, 2025 | Nov 20, 2025 | -28.2% | 48 days | 49 days (Feb 3, 2026) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $867.2M
- P/E (TTM)
- 18.1
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $0.98
- Revenue (TTM)
- $854.3M
- 52-week range
- $16.77 – $28.27
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | FY 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $611.0M | $754.2M | $818.1M | $756.5M | $838.7M |
| Gross profit | $116.7M | $151.4M | $222.4M | $195.5M | $229.0M |
| Operating income | $4.0M | $26.0M | $87.1M | $33.1M | $60.8M |
| Net income | $592,000 | $6.8M | $34.6M | -$10.1M | $45.4M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.01 | $0.15 | $0.74 | -$0.21 | $0.92 |
| Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | Q3 2026 | Q4 2026 | Q1 2027 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $208.3M | $149.5M | $172.6M | $219.0M | $229.3M | $181.9M | $208.6M | $234.6M |
| Net income | $21.4M | -$17.2M | -$9.4M | $16.5M | $17.5M | $3.0M | $8.4M | $19.4M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.22 | -$0.36 | -$0.19 | $0.33 | $0.35 | $0.06 | $0.17 | $0.40 |
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | FY 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | -$27.0M | $15.0M | $63.2M | $97.7M | $49.2M |
| Capital expenditure | -$20.4M | -$25.4M | -$17.0M | -$19.5M | -$14.9M |
| Free cash flow | -$47.4M | -$10.4M | $46.3M | $78.2M | $34.3M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | -$3.2M | -$140,000 | -$303,000 | -$24.3M | -$23.8M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $154.6M
- Total assets
- $607.4M
- Total liabilities
- $289.8M
- Total debt
- $15.1M
- Net debt
- -$139.4M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $317.6M
As of Aug 1, 2026 (filed Sep 2, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 6, 2020 | $0.05 | Mar 19, 2020 |
| Dec 13, 2019 | $0.05 | Dec 26, 2019 |
| Sep 13, 2019 | $0.05 | Sep 26, 2019 |
| Jun 7, 2019 | $0.05 | Jun 20, 2019 |
| Mar 8, 2019 | $0.07 | Mar 21, 2019 |
| Dec 7, 2018 | $0.07 | Dec 20, 2018 |
| Sep 14, 2018 | $0.07 | Sep 27, 2018 |
| Jun 8, 2018 | $0.07 | Jun 21, 2018 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 2,056,802
- Days to cover
- 2.02
- Change vs previous report
- -16.8%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Jun 23, 2006
- 2-for-1
- Jun 25, 2001
- 2-for-1
- Jan 10, 2000
- 2-for-1