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Daktronics, Inc. (DAKT)

Technology | Electronic Components | Brookings, United States | NasdaqGS
17.91 USD -0.72 (-3.865%) ⇩ (Oct. 14, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 17.91

Short-term:★★⯪☆☆Long-term:★★★⯪☆Dividends:☆☆☆☆☆
Hot Take ↕ | Oct. 10, 2026, 5:59 a.m. EDT

The most compelling signal here is the massive disconnect between the company's fundamental recovery and its current market price. While the stock has delivered a spectacular 107% cumulative return over the last nine years with five consecutive years of positive growth, it is currently trading at a discount to its 200-day average, dragging down short-term momentum despite a 'Strong Buy' analyst consensus. The recent news of lifted sales guidance and launched buybacks confirms management sees a bright future, yet the price action remains sluggish, likely due to lingering macro headwinds in the electronic components sector. For the long term, this looks like a solid buy. The business quality is evident: revenue is growing at 7%, earnings are up 21%, and the balance sheet is fortress-like with negligible debt and strong cash generation. The market is seemingly punishing the stock for past volatility rather than current reality, creating a compelling entry point for patient investors. However, the short-term outlook is murky; the statistical forecast models predict a slight dip, and the recent price action shows weakness against moving averages. This creates a tension where the thesis is fundamentally sound, but the immediate path may be choppy. The absence of any dividend payments means this is purely a capital appreciation play, which fits the high-growth, turnaround profile perfectly.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoTheta ✓0.056115
AutoETS0.060823
MSTL0.061208
AutoARIMA0.069622

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta

Forecast Reliability
Score 47%
H-stat 2.00
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.381
Excess Kurtosis -0.96
Attribute Value
Sector Technology
Ex Dividend Date 2020-03-05
Last Dividend Date 2020-03-05
Debt to Equity Ratio 4.766
Revenue per Share 17.656
Market Cap 861,339,328
Trailing P/E 18.28
Forward P/E 12.23
Beta 1.68
Profit Margins 5.66%
Website https://www.daktronics.com

As of Oct. 10, 2026, 5:59 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning for a moderate upside move, evidenced by heavy open interest in out-of-the-money calls (strikes 22.5 and 25.0) relative to puts. The implied volatility skew shows significantly higher pricing for calls (up to 2.11 IV) compared to puts (max 0.76 IV), indicating a bullish sentiment bias. However, the lack of significant put volume suggests hedging is minimal, pointing to speculative bets on continued recovery rather than protection against a crash.


Dividend Data

Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2020-03-06 0.050 0.974659
2019-12-13 0.050 0.813008
2019-09-13 0.050 0.642674
2019-06-07 0.050 0.827815
2019-03-08 0.070 0.897436
2018-12-07 0.070 0.848485
2018-09-14 0.070 0.903226
2018-06-08 0.070 0.864197
2018-03-09 0.070 0.755940
2017-12-08 0.070 0.774336
2017-09-08 0.070 0.729927
2017-06-09 0.070 0.712831
2017-03-09 0.070 0.756757
2016-12-08 0.070 0.654818
2016-09-08 0.070 0.714286
2016-06-23 0.100 1.552795
2016-03-09 0.100 1.355014
2015-12-17 0.100 1.128668
2015-09-10 0.100 1.173709
2015-06-10 0.100 0.872600
2015-03-12 0.100 0.955110
2014-12-11 0.100 0.824402
2014-09-11 0.100 0.736377
2014-05-29 0.100 0.778816
2014-03-06 0.090 0.639205
2013-12-04 0.090 0.598007
2013-09-04 0.090 0.819672
2013-05-30 0.120 1.175318
2012-12-06 0.615 6.231003
2012-06-12 0.115 1.739788
2011-12-06 0.510 5.295950
2011-06-09 0.110 1.100000
2010-09-28 0.500 5.291005
2010-06-10 0.100 1.256281
2009-06-05 0.095 1.304945
2008-06-06 0.090 0.465357
2007-06-04 0.070 0.297366
2006-06-05 0.060 0.247576
2005-06-10 0.050 0.494805
Additional Data
dividendYield 0.0
exDividendDate 2020-03-06
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.0
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.0
lastDividendValue 0.05
lastDividendDate 2020-03-06
dividendDate 2020-03-19

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change -0.066633284
Address1 201 Daktronics Drive
All Time High 40.05
All Time Low 0.40625
Ask 22.6
Ask Size 2
Audit Risk 7
Average Daily Volume10 Day 392,480
Average Daily Volume3 Month 538,435
Average Volume 538,435
Average Volume10Days 392,480
Beta 1.678
Bid 12.96
Bid Size 2
Board Risk 3
Book Value 6.606
City Brookings
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,798,675,200
Compensation Risk 4
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 17.91
Current Ratio 2.17
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,790,726,400
Day High 18.47
Day Low 17.48
Debt To Equity 4.766
Display Name Daktronics
Dividend Date 1,584,576,000
Dividend Yield 0.0
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,788,361,200
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,788,361,200
Earnings Growth 0.212
Earnings Quarterly Growth 0.18
Earnings Timestamp 1,788,352,200
Earnings Timestamp End 1,788,352,200
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,788,352,200
Ebitda 80,764,000
Ebitda Margins 0.09454001
Enterprise To Ebitda 9.367
Enterprise To Revenue 0.886
Enterprise Value 756,519,040
Eps Current Year 1.21
Eps Forward 1.465
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 0.98
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,583,452,800
Exchange NMS
Exchange Data Delayed By 15
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fax 605 697 4700
Fifty Day Average 18.9208
Fifty Day Average Change -1.0107994
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.05342266
Fifty Two Week Change Percent -6.663328
Fifty Two Week High 28.27
Fifty Two Week High Change -10.360001
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.36646622
Fifty Two Week Low 16.77
Fifty Two Week Low Change 1.1399994
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.067978494
Fifty Two Week Range 16.77 - 28.27
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 760,890,600,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 2.84
Float Shares 45,922,229
Forward Eps 1.465
Forward P E 12.225256
Free Cashflow 17,286,500
Full Exchange Name NasdaqGS
Full Time Employees 2,423
Fullday Change -0.7199993
Fullday Change Percent -3.8647308
Fullday Price 17.91
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,790,812,800
Gross Margins 0.2757
Gross Profits 235,532,992
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.05863
Held Percent Institutions 0.75758004
Implied Shares Outstanding 48,092,650
Industry Electronic Components
Industry Disp Electronic Components
Industry Key electronic-components
Is Earnings Date Estimate 0
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,583,452,800
Last Dividend Value 0.05
Last Fiscal Year End 1,777,680,000
Last Split Date 1,151,020,800
Last Split Factor 2:1
Long Business Summary Daktronics, Inc. designs, manufactures, and sells electronic display systems and related solutions for sports, commercial, and transportation applications in the United States and internationally. It operates through Commercial, Live Events, High School Park and Recreation, Transportation, and International segments. The company offers video display and walls; sport scoreboard solutions; LED message displays and sings; intelligent transportation systems dynamic message signs; mass transit display; sound systems; and digital billboards and street furniture, and digit and price displays. It also provides indoor dynamic messaging systems; and software and controllers, which includes Venus, a control suite software to efficiently distribute and update content across single or multiple displays. The company serves out-of-home companies, retailers, quick-serve restaurants, casinos, shopping centers, cruise ships, commercial building owners, petroleum retailers, governmental transportation departments, transportation industry contractors, airlines, and sports and commercial business facilities. It sells its products through direct sales and resellers. Daktronics, Inc. was incorporated in 1968 and is headquartered in Brookings, South Dakota.
Long Name Daktronics, Inc.
Market us_market
Market Cap 861,339,328
Market State POST
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_330862
Most Recent Quarter 1,785,542,400
Net Income To Common 48,336,000
Next Fiscal Year End 1,809,216,000
Non Diluted Market Cap 848,113,882
Number Of Analyst Opinions 3
Open 18.34
Operating Cashflow 54,553,000
Operating Margins 0.106309995
Overall Risk 1
Payout Ratio 0.0
Peg Ratio 0.6
Phone 605 692 0200
Post Market Change 0.0
Post Market Change Percent 0.0
Post Market Price 17.91
Post Market Time 1,792,008,071
Previous Close 18.63
Price Eps Current Year 14.801652
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 2.7111716
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 1.008241
Profit Margins 0.05658
Quick Ratio 1.592
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key none
Region US
Regular Market Change -0.7199993
Regular Market Change Percent -3.8647308
Regular Market Day High 18.47
Regular Market Day Low 17.48
Regular Market Day Range 17.48 - 18.47
Regular Market Open 18.34
Regular Market Previous Close 18.63
Regular Market Price 17.91
Regular Market Time 1,792,008,001
Regular Market Volume 840,386
Return On Assets 0.06777
Return On Equity 0.16183001
Revenue Growth 0.071
Revenue Per Share 17.656
Sand P52 Week Change 0.17004645
Sector Technology
Sector Disp Technology
Sector Key technology
Share Holder Rights Risk 1
Shares Outstanding 48,092,650
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.0514
Shares Short 2,470,478
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,788,134,400
Shares Short Prior Month 2,470,806
Short Name Daktronics, Inc.
Short Percent Of Float 0.0537
Short Ratio 3.27
Source Interval 15
State SD
Symbol DAKT
Target High Price 34.0
Target Low Price 29.0
Target Mean Price 32.0
Target Median Price 33.0
Total Cash 154,584,992
Total Cash Per Share 3.214
Total Debt 15,138,000
Total Revenue 854,299,008
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0
Trailing Eps 0.98
Trailing P E 18.275509
Trailing Peg Ratio 0.5827
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 20.4962
Two Hundred Day Average Change -2.5862007
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent -0.12617952
Type Disp Equity
Volume 840,386
Website https://www.daktronics.com
Zip 57,006