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Daktronics Inc. DAKT

17 fiscal years on record · USD · FY2025 reported · SEC filings only
$838.7M
▲ 10.9% YoY
$45.4M
$34.3M
▼ 56.1% YoY

Slide the table for earlier years · "·" marks a figure not available in our data for that year.

In brief

What this company does

Daktronics designs, manufactures, and sells electronic display systems and related solutions used in sports, commercial, and transportation applications. Daktronics operates a vertically integrated business model that includes marketing and sales, engineering and product design and development, manufacturing, installation, and ongoing customer support. The majority of its products are manufactured in the United States, specifically in South Dakota and Minnesota, and it also has manufacturing facilities in China and Ireland. As of May 2, 2026, the company employed approximately 2,423 full-time employees and 270 part-time and temporary employees. Its five business segments consist of four domestic business units and the International business unit, with the four domestic units comprising Commercial, Live Events, High School Park and Recreation, and Transportation, all covering the United States and Canada. Daktronics was founded in 1968 in Brookings, South Dakota and became a publicly traded company in 1994.

Written from the business description in Daktronics, Inc.'s annual report to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, filed 24 June 2026. Every sentence was checked against that document before publication.

Growth

USD 838.7M
Revenue, FY2025 · full 17-year series below
Revenue $M Net income $M
FY2025 · Revenue 838.7 · Net income 45.4
300M600M
2009201220152018202120242025
Compound annual growth
+3.6%
+11.7%
+3.9%
+4.4%
+88.2%
+32.9%
+36.2%
+8.0%
+83.0%
+30.8%
+33.8%
+6.9%
−13.6%
−12.9%
+7.7%
3 yrs
5 yrs
10 yrs
15 yrs

Revenue compounded at +11.7% a year over the five years to FY2025 — but profit grew faster: net income at +32.9%, earnings per share at +30.8%.

Compound annual rates per period — left blank where that exact year isn't on file, the series crosses a loss, or (per-share rows) a split falls inside the window.

Profitability

5 cents
of every revenue dollar became profit
Operating margin Net margin
FY2025 · Operating 7.3% · Net 5.4%
5.0%10.0%-0.5%-1.0%-1.5%
200920172025
ROE
FY2025 · ROE 15.8%
5%10%15%-1%-2%-3%
200920172025
Three returns, three denominators.

Each USD of equity produced 16 cents of profit this year.

Cash & shareholders

USD 23.8M
returned in FY2025 · dividends + net buybacks
Free cash flow $M
FY2025 · FCF 34.3
30M60M-20M-40M
200920172025
Net buybacks $M Dividends $M
FY2025 · Dividends · · Net buybacks 23.8
15M30MDividendsNet buybacks
200920112013201520172019202120232025

USD 23.8M in buybacks — 52% of the year's profit went back to shareholders.

Total assetsUSD 554.4M
EquityUSD 300.7M
CashUSD 131.6M
Gross debtUSD 10.8M
Net debtUSD -120.9M
Current ratio2.31×

The company holds more cash than debt.

The 17-year record

17 fiscal years
Every figure from documents filed with the SEC · USD
row low → row highnegative—not applicable◌not available in our data
DAKT, 17-year financial record
Metric 20252024202320222021202020192018201720162015201420132012201120102009
Revenue $B0.80.80.80.80.60.50.60.60.60.60.60.60.60.50.50.40.4
Operating income $B0.10.00.10.00.00.0−0.0−0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0−0.0
EBITDA $B0.10.10.10.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.10.00.00.00.0
Income tax $B0.00.00.00.00.00.0−0.0−0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0−0.0
Net income $B0.0−0.00.00.00.00.00.0−0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0−0.0
Free cash flow $B0.00.10.0−0.0−0.00.1−0.00.00.00.0−0.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
EPS, diluted $0.92−0.210.740.150.010.240.01−0.020.120.230.050.470.510.530.200.34−0.17
Dividend / sh $◌◌◌◌◌◌0.200.280.280.310.400.400.390.730.620.600.10
Payout %————001832−13102231328528375135306174−55
ROE %15.8−4.015.73.50.35.90.3−0.52.85.21.010.111.312.04.36.9−3.4

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Provenance

Company facts, as filed

How we verify · 0 failures in 83 reconciliationsAUDITED

Reconciled in 17 of the 17 fiscal years we could check. Six checks were skipped: the balance sheet is not tagged before 2010. Two checks were skipped: EPS is not tagged before 2009. Two checks were skipped: revenue is not tagged before 2009.

EPS recomputationBalance-sheet identityGross profitBalance-sheet liquidityCurrency consistency0 failures
ActivityMiscellaneous Manufacturing Industries
Listed onNASDAQ
Incorporated inDelaware
Fiscal year endsMay 1
Data on record since2009

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