---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000915779-22-000105"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DAKT"
cik: "0000915779"
company_name: "DAKTRONICS INC /SD/"
filed_at: "2022-12-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-21T06:34:53.878923+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Daktronics Q2 net sales up 14% to $187.4M but net loss due to $13M tax charge; substantial doubt about going concern

## Summary
- Net sales $187.4M (+14% YoY); orders $182.8M (+11.7%); backlog at $463.1M.
- Operating income $1.5M; net loss primarily from $13.0M non-cash deferred tax asset valuation allowance.
- Company reveals substantial doubt about ability to continue as going concern; credit facility temporarily increased by $10M to $45M until Jan 31, 2023.
- Liquidity enhancement program launched: focus on cash generation, working capital management, and reducing inventory from peak in Q3.
- Expects material weakness in internal controls over financial reporting related to going concern assessment and income tax accounting.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000915779-22-000105
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DAKT
- cik: 0000915779
- company_name: DAKTRONICS INC /SD/
- filed_at: 2022-12-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/915779/000091577922000105/0000915779-22-000105-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/915779/000091577922000105/dakt-20221212.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  DAKTRONICS INC /SD/ reported fiscal 2023 second quarter ended October 29, 2022 results: revenue $187.4 million.
  - Period: fiscal 2023 second quarter ended October 29, 2022
  - Revenue: $187.4 million
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Daktronics, Inc. (NASDAQ - DAKT) today reported results for fiscal 2023 second quarter which ended October 29, 2022 and provided details on the initiatives underway to improve liquidity and cash generation as the company emerges from pandemic-related conditions that led to historic inventory buildup. Q2 FY2023 financial highlights: • Net sales of $187.4 million, a 14.0 percent and 9.0 percent increase from the second quarter of fiscal 2022 and the first quarter of fiscal 2023, respectively
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/915779/000091577922000105/0000915779-22-000105-index.htm

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