Daktronics, Inc. (DAKT)

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Daktronics, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 3 warning events of 2 kinds: an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, the latest 2017-09-15); a late-report notice (Form NT 10-K or NT 10-Q, 2 times, the latest 2023-09-07) (its current reports).

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Daktronics, Inc.'s 8 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $570 million in fiscal 2019 to $839 million in fiscal 2026, up 5.7% a year; it rose in 5 of 7 years; the deepest fall was 21% from fiscal 2020 to fiscal 2021; net income was positive in 6 of 8 of those years (its annual reports).

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Over the 3 fiscal years to 2026-05-02, Daktronics, Inc.'s diluted share count grew about 2.7% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 26% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 2 sales and 2 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-04, buying about $5 thousand (their Form 4 filings).

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Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2026-05-02, Daktronics, Inc. earned about 15 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 41 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 46 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 3.8% over the year (the filed statements).

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Daktronics, Inc.'s standing among 10 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $839 million in fiscal 2026 ranks in the top 28% by size; a net margin of 5.4% ranks in the top 35%; revenue growth of 3.6% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 45% (its annual reports).

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Daktronics, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Jayaraman, Ramesh (President and CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2026-07-16, 4 months (bottom 10% of its family); the 16 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 5.2 years (top 30%); 15 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 16 people in charge now (bottom 10%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

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Daktronics, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2026): cash of $132 million against debt of $10 million leaves 22% of its assets as net cash, top 15% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 4.1% of revenue (bottom 35%); a gross margin of 27.3% (bottom 45%); research spending of 5.2% of revenue (bottom 42%) (its annual report).

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Daktronics, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2026: revenue grew 3.6% a year over the last three filed years against 5.7% over all 8, slowing (bottom 25% of its family); the newest year grew 10.7% (top 35%); research spending grew 13.1% a year (top 50%); capital spending grew -16.2% a year (bottom 35%) (its annual reports). Daktronics, Inc. reported 5 lines of business in fiscal 2026: Live Events at $321 million (38%), High School Park and Recreation at $183 million (22%), Commercial at $181 million (22%), and 2 more; 4 of 5 grew against the year before (its annual report).

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Daktronics, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $839 million in fiscal 2026 came in 10.7% above the $758 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 35% of its family); net income of $45 million against a prior three-year average of $10 million (top 15%); a net margin of 5.4% against 1.3% before (top 15%) (its annual reports).