Daktronics, Inc. (DAKT)Technology | Electronic Components | Brookings, United States | NasdaqGS
19.30 USD
-0.31
(-1.581%) ⇩
(Aug. 28, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 19.09 -0.21 (-0.210%) ⇩ (Aug. 28, 2026, 7:35 p.m. EDT) |
Hot Take ↕ | Aug. 22, 2026, 2:56 a.m. EDT
The long-term outlook is solid, driven by a powerful multi-year recovery where the business has nearly doubled in value over the last nine years. Fundamentals are healthy with a 15.8% return on equity and a forward P/E of 13x suggesting the market sees room for expansion. However, the short-term chart tells a different story; the stock is currently trapped under a heavy cloud of resistance, having failed to break past the $20 level for months. The recent price action shows a slow bleed lower, testing these psychological barriers. While the business quality warrants a buy-and-hold approach, the immediate momentum is weak, and the lack of a catalyst to push through the $20 ceiling keeps the near-term rating neutral. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| MSTL ✓ | 0.029108 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.031088 |
| AutoETS | 0.031089 |
| AutoTheta | 0.042545 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: MSTL
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 50% |
| H-stat | 1.45 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.057 |
| Excess Kurtosis | 0.21 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Technology |
| Ex Dividend Date | 2020-03-05 |
| Last Dividend Date | 2020-03-05 |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 6.029 |
| Revenue per Share | 17.27 |
| Market Cap | 932,302,336 |
| Trailing P/E | 21.21 |
| Forward P/E | 13.22 |
| Beta | 1.69 |
| Profit Margins | 5.41% |
| Website | https://www.daktronics.com |
As of Aug. 22, 2026, 2:56 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning for a range-bound recovery rather than a breakout. In the near term (August/September), heavy put open interest at the $20 strike suggests a strong floor, while call volume is concentrated at the money. However, looking further out to October and January, there is a distinct 'bull put' strategy in place: massive open interest in $15 and $22.50 calls alongside significant put writing at $17.50 and $20. This indicates traders are selling volatility and betting the stock will trade sideways between $17.50 and $22.50, capping upside potential despite the recent rally.
| 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 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | 0.12209308 |
| Address1 | 201 Daktronics Drive |
| All Time High | 40.05 |
| All Time Low | 0.40625 |
| Ask | 24.67 |
| Ask Size | 2 |
| Audit Risk | 9 |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 486,750 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 499,214 |
| Average Volume | 499,214 |
| Average Volume10Days | 486,750 |
| Beta | 1.693 |
| Bid | 19.26 |
| Bid Size | 1 |
| Board Risk | 2 |
| Book Value | 6.234 |
| City | Brookings |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,798,675,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 8 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 19.3 |
| Current Ratio | 2.313 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,786,665,600 |
| Day High | 19.83 |
| Day Low | 19.17 |
| Debt To Equity | 6.029 |
| Display Name | Daktronics |
| Dividend Date | 1,584,576,000 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,788,379,200 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,788,379,200 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,788,352,200 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,788,352,200 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,788,352,200 |
| Ebitda | 79,222,000 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.09446 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 10.33 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 0.976 |
| Enterprise Value | 818,390,464 |
| Eps Current Year | 1.175 |
| Eps Forward | 1.46 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | 0.91 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Ex Dividend Date | 1,583,452,800 |
| Exchange | NMS |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fax | 605 697 4700 |
| Fifty Day Average | 19.9976 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | -0.6976013 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | -0.03488425 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | 12.209309 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 28.27 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -8.970001 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.31729752 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 16.89 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 2.4099998 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.14268798 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 16.89 - 28.27 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 760,890,600,000 |
| Five Year Avg Dividend Yield | 3.41 |
| Float Shares | 46,169,968 |
| Forward Eps | 1.46 |
| Forward P E | 13.219177 |
| Free Cashflow | 4,488,500 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqGS |
| Full Time Employees | 2,423 |
| Fullday Change | -0.310001 |
| Fullday Change Percent | -1.58083 |
| Fullday Price | 19.09 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,785,542,400 |
| Gross Margins | 0.27305 |
| Gross Profits | 229,006,000 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.0573 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.75763 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 48,305,826 |
| 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 | 932,302,336 |
| Market State | CLOSED |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_330862 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,777,680,000 |
| Net Income To Common | 45,376,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,809,216,000 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 947,277,247 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 3 |
| Open | 19.74 |
| Operating Cashflow | 49,217,000 |
| Operating Margins | 0.06755 |
| Overall Risk | 3 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Peg Ratio | 0.63 |
| Phone | 605 692 0200 |
| Post Market Change | -0.20999908 |
| Post Market Change Percent | -1.0880783 |
| Post Market Price | 19.09 |
| Post Market Time | 1,787,960,138 |
| Previous Close | 19.61 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 16.425531 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 3.0959253 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 1.1115961 |
| Profit Margins | 0.0541 |
| Quick Ratio | 1.684 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | none |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | -0.310001 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | -1.58083 |
| Regular Market Day High | 19.83 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 19.17 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 19.17 - 19.83 |
| Regular Market Open | 19.74 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 19.61 |
| Regular Market Price | 19.3 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,787,947,201 |
| Regular Market Volume | 588,096 |
| Return On Assets | 0.07194 |
| Return On Equity | 0.15847 |
| Revenue Growth | 0.209 |
| Revenue Per Share | 17.27 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.20204377 |
| Sector | Technology |
| Sector Disp | Technology |
| Sector Key | technology |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 1 |
| Shares Outstanding | 48,305,826 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.0484 |
| Shares Short | 2,336,724 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,784,073,600 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 2,654,057 |
| Short Name | Daktronics, Inc. |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.0509 |
| Short Ratio | 5.63 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | SD |
| Symbol | DAKT |
| Target High Price | 34.0 |
| Target Low Price | 29.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 31.66667 |
| Target Median Price | 32.0 |
| Total Cash | 131,639,000 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 2.726 |
| Total Debt | 18,132,000 |
| Total Revenue | 838,705,984 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | 0.91 |
| Trailing P E | 21.20879 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | 0.6483 |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 20.57405 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | -1.2740517 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | -0.061925173 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 588,096 |
| Website | https://www.daktronics.com |
| Zip | 57,006 |