DAKT
Daktronics, Inc.
DAKT's fundamentals are strong and it looks cheap: trading at 20x earnings, about half its usual 38x. Analysts expect strong earnings growth, though they disagree widely on how much.
DAKT Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Healthy | |
| Healthy | |
| Stable | |
| Strong |
DAKT's revenue, profitability and balance sheet are currently healthy, and its cash flow is stable.
DAKT PE Valuation
| Level | PE | Price | Vs current |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forward | 13x | $19.50 | — |
| Cheap | 17x | $16.85 | -14% |
| Current | 20x | $19.50 | — |
| Fair | 38x | $37.44 | +92% |
| Expensive | 193x | $191 | +879% |
Historical ranges are pointers, not guarantees.
DAKT's PE is in its cheap range at 20x. If earnings grow as analysts expect, today's price would be 13x next year's earnings.
DAKT Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| Strongly improving | |
| Strong growth | |
| Growth | |
| Strongly improving | |
| Limited | |
| Low |
Analysts expect earnings and revenue growth for DAKT, with profitability improving. However, they disagree widely on these estimates.
DAKT Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Forward | $1.49 | +51% |
| Q3 2026 | $0.99 | +$1.00 |
| Q2 2026 | $0.92 | +$1.37 |
| Q1 2026 | $0.54 | +$0.74 |
| Q4 2025 | $0.12 | -52% |
| Q3 2025 | -$0.01 | -113% |
| Q2 2025 | -$0.45 | -174% |
| Q1 2025 | -$0.20 | -119% |
| Q4 2024 | $0.25 | -76% |
DAKT has returned to profit: it earned $0.99 per share over the past year, after losing money the year before.
DAKT Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $234.6M | +7.1% |
| Q2 2026 | $208.6M | +21% |
| Q1 2026 | $181.9M | +22% |
| Q4 2025 | $229.3M | +10% |
| Q3 2025 | $219M | -3.1% |
| Q2 2025 | $172.6M | -20% |
| Q1 2025 | $149.5M | -12% |
| Q4 2024 | $208.3M | +4.5% |
DAKT's revenue has grown year over year for four quarters in a row: $235M last quarter, up 7.1% from the same quarter a year ago.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 11% | 0 points |
| Q2 2026 | 6.8% | +7.8 points |
| Q1 2026 | 1.1% | +3.5 points |
| Q4 2025 | 9.4% | +1.8 points |
| Q3 2025 | 11% | +0.6 points |
| Q2 2025 | -1% | -10 points |
| Q1 2025 | -2.4% | -7.2 points |
| Q4 2024 | 7.6% | -2.2 points |
DAKT's operating margin was 11% last quarter, about level with the same quarter a year ago.
DAKT Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $27.3M | +25% |
| Q2 2026 | -$9.6M | -153% |
| Q1 2026 | $8.1M | +3.4% |
| Q4 2025 | $14M | -63% |
| Q3 2025 | $21.8M | +51% |
| Q2 2025 | $18M | +196% |
| Q1 2025 | $7.8M | +54% |
| Q4 2024 | $38M | +86% |
DAKT still generates free cash flow, though less than at its 2024 peak: $40M over the past year.
DAKT Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | -1% | -481K shares |
| 1 year | -1.7% | -835K shares |
| 3 years | +5.9% | +2.7M shares |
| 5 years | +7.7% | +3.5M shares |
| Available history | +8% | +3.6M shares |
DAKT has 49M diluted shares, down 1.7% from a year ago, with $19M in buybacks over the past year.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $4.4M |
| Q2 2026 | $2.8M |
| Q1 2026 | $10.6M |
| Q4 2025 | $1.6M |
| Q3 2025 | $10.7M |
| Q2 2025 | $20.5M |
| Q2 2024 | — |
| Q2 2023 | — |
DAKT spent $19M buying back its own shares over the past year.
DAKT Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -1.8x | Net Cash |
| Q2 2026 | -1.5x | Net Cash |
| Q1 2026 | -2.1x | Net Cash |
| Q4 2025 | -2.4x | Net Cash |
| Q3 2025 | -2.4x | Net Cash |
| Q2 2025 | -2.2x | Net Cash |
| Q1 2025 | -1.2x | Net Cash |
| Q4 2024 | -0.8x | Net Cash |
DAKT has more cash than debt.
DAKT Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 50.9 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 46.5 | Neutral |
DAKT's weekly RSI is 51 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 46 (neutral).
DAKT PE vs Technology Sector
| Metric | DAKT | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | 20x | 28x | 29% below |
| PE % | 20 | 35 | 15 pts below |
DAKT is trading at 20x earnings, a 29% discount to the Technology sector's median of 28x.
DAKT Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $18.7 | 4.3% above |
| 20 week MA | $19.1 | 1.9% above |
| 50 week MA | $20.2 | 3.5% below |
| 100 week MA | $18.3 | 6.8% above |
| 200 week MA | $13.8 | 41% above |
DAKT's trend is mixed: it's above four of its five weekly moving averages, and 41% above its 200-week average.
DAKT Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $6.01 | $4.80 | -20% |
| 2021 | $4.80 | $5.08 | +5.8% |
| 2022 | $5.08 | $2.97 | -42% |
| 2023 | $2.97 | $8.48 | +186% |
| 2024 | $8.48 | $17.0 | +100% |
| 2025 | $17.0 | $18.6 | +9.4% |
| 2026 YTD | $18.6 | $19.5 | +5.1% |
DAKT's yearly returns have swung widely, from +186% in 2023 to −42% in 2022. It's up 5.1% so far in 2026.