---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000915779-24-000021"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DAKT"
cik: "0000915779"
company_name: "DAKTRONICS INC /SD/"
filed_at: "2024-06-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T02:03:10.648821+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Daktronics reports record FY2024 revenue of $818.1M; operating income quadruples to $87.1M

## Summary
- Q4 sales record $215.9M (+2.9% YoY); full-year sales $818.1M (+8.5% YoY).
- Gross margin expanded to 27.2% for FY2024 from 20.1% in FY2023, highest since 2009.
- Orders for FY2024 rose 8.7% to $740.2M; backlog was $316.9M at year-end.
- Operating cash flow $63.2M; cash and securities $81.7M, long-term debt $54.7M.
- Initiatives include digital transformation, Flip-Chip COB LED launch, and higher-margin market focus.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000915779-24-000021
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DAKT
- cik: 0000915779
- company_name: DAKTRONICS INC /SD/
- filed_at: 2024-06-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/915779/000091577924000021/0000915779-24-000021-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/915779/000091577924000021/dakt-20240626.htm

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