---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-25-056223"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DAKT"
cik: "0000915779"
company_name: "DAKTRONICS INC /SD/"
filed_at: "2025-12-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T13:43:39.912870+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Daktronics Q2 op income up 37% to $21.6M; sales $229.3M +10%; adds $20M buyback; names new CEO

## Summary
- Operating income $21.6M (9.4% margin) vs $15.8M (7.6%) YoY; net income $17.5M, diluted EPS $0.35 vs $0.22.
- Orders $199.1M (+12.1% YoY); backlog $320.6M (+36% YoY).
- Board authorized additional $20M share repurchase; $25.7M remaining from total $80M program.
- Ramesh Jayaraman appointed CEO effective Feb 1, 2026; Brad Wiemann interim through Q3.
- Cash $149.6M vs debt $11.3M; repurchased 0.7M shares for $12.2M in H1.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-25-056223
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DAKT
- cik: 0000915779
- company_name: DAKTRONICS INC /SD/
- filed_at: 2025-12-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/915779/000162828025056223/0001628280-25-056223-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/915779/000162828025056223/dakt-20251209.htm

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