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Employees: 2,693
Size Daktronics (DAKT) is a United States Information Technology company (Miscellaneous Manufacturing) with a market value of $933M, the 2292nd largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $19.41 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 5.5%, against -19.3% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — 8th highest of 20 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 14.0% over the last twelve months (peer median +10.4%); the operating margin is 7.2% (peer median 2.6%).
Valuation It trades at 14.6× forward earnings against a peer median of 10.0× (6th most expensive of 13).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 12% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +12%, so the hurdle is +0 pp: the price needs faster growth than the company has been delivering — of companies that just grew 25–50% a year, 93.8% slowed down over the next four years.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 14.1 points above its cost of capital (13.3% WACC).
Backlog Backlog (remaining performance obligations) was $380M at 1 Aug 2026, down 11% on a year earlier — 0.4 years of trailing revenue. Backlog detail →
Short interest Short interest is 4.8% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).
Next results Next results expected around 9 Dec 2026 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $854M | $839M | $756M | $818M | $754M |
| Revenue growth | — | +11% | -8% | +8% | — |
| Gross profit | $236M | $229M | $195M | $222M | $151M |
| EBITDA | $81.2M | $76.4M | $37.2M | $105M | $43.0M |
| Net income | $48.3M | $45.4M | -$10.1M | $34.6M | $6.80M |
| Free cash flow | $39.8M | $34.3M | $78.2M | $46.3M | -$10.4M |
| Capital expenditure | $14.8M | $14.9M | $19.5M | $17.0M | $25.4M |
| Total debt | $15.1M | $18.1M | $16.8M | $58.7M | $7.96M |
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| Measure | DAKT | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | +8.5% | -6.8% | 3rd highest of 21 |
| 6-month return | -5.5% | -19.3% | 8th highest of 20 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -31.3% | -50.7% | 7th highest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +14.0% | +10.4% | 8th highest of 20 |
| Operating margin | 7.2% | 2.6% | 6th highest of 20 |
| Forward P/E | 14.6× | 10.0× | 6th most expensive of 13 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | 12.2% | 18.0% | 5th least demanding of 11 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +11.7% | +12.4% | 6th highest of 11 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | +0.5 pp | +2.7 pp | 6th least demanding of 11 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | +14.1 pp | -5.3 pp | 2nd highest of 17 |
| EV / EBITDA | 9.8× | 11.2× | 5th cheapest of 10 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | -1.7× | 3.2× | 4th least indebted of 14 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daktronics DAKT | United States | $933M | -5% | +14% | 7% | 14.6× | 12.2% | +11.7% |
| Ambiq Micro AMBQ | United States | $933M | -13% | +32% | -43% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| ODDITY Tech ODD | United States | $931M | +36% | -10% | -1% | 19.7× | n/a | n/a |
| Playtika PLTK | United States | $931M | -33% | +6% | 17% | 3.8× | -16.4% | +3.0% |
| Sify Technologies Limited Sponsored ADR SIFY | United States | $941M | -20% | +11% | 8% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Omada Health OMDA | United States | $924M | +2% | +48% | 0% | 37.1× | 28.7% | +42.9% |
| Pasqal PSQL | United States | $923M | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| N-able NABL | United States | $914M | -1% | +10% | 3% | 11.6× | 26.5% | +10.9% |
| Transcat TRNS | United States | $955M | +33% | +20% | 5% | 45.0× | 30.3% | +13.9% |
| LegalZoom.com LZ | United States | $897M | -19% | +12% | 4% | 6.7× | 6.1% | +9.9% |
| D-MARKET Elektronik Hizmetler ve Ticaret AS Sponsored ADR HEPS | United States | $979M | -3% | +22% | -3% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| iQIYI, Inc. Sponsored ADR IQ | United States | $886M | -20% | -3% | -2% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| HealthStream HSTM | United States | $884M | +21% | +10% | 8% | 38.7× | 14.6% | +4.4% |
| Rapid7 RPD | United States | $989M | +113% | 0% | 2% | 7.7× | 21.4% | +15.9% |
| POET Technologies POET | United States | $877M | -54% | +266% | -3,625% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Arteris AIP | United States | $875M | -44% | +34% | -44% | n/a | 55.4% | +17.3% |
| BlackSky Technology BKSY | United States | $873M | -46% | +4% | -43% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| ScanSource SCSC | United States | $871M | -7% | +6% | 3% | 8.4× | 0.4% | +0.5% |
| VNET Group, Inc. Sponsored ADR VNET | United States | $1.00B | -64% | +23% | 7% | 89.6× | n/a | n/a |
| Yalla Group Ltd. Sponsored ADR YALA | United States | $863M | -21% | -4% | 31% | 7.0× | n/a | n/a |
| ZoomInfo Technologies GTM | United States | $1.02B | -45% | +3% | 23% | 3.1× | -9.7% | +21.3% |
Daktronics reported $380M of remaining performance obligations at 1 Aug 2026, down 11% from a year earlier and down 10% from the previous quarter. That is 0.4 years of trailing revenue already under contract. Book-to-bill last quarter: 0.81.