---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-26-014398"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DAKT"
cik: "0000915779"
company_name: "DAKTRONICS INC /SD/"
filed_at: "2026-03-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T21:57:47.109402+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Daktronics Q3 FY2026 revenue $182M (+22% YoY), orders $201M (+8%), backlog $342M (+25%)

## Summary
- Net sales $181.9M, up 21.6% YoY; net income $3.0M ($0.06 diluted EPS) vs net loss $17.2M ($0.36 loss) in prior year.
- New orders $201.1M (+7.6% YoY); product backlog $342.3M (+25.3%) from $273.2M a year ago.
- Adjusted operating income $4.0M vs $1.2M; gross margin 24.0% vs 24.6%; operating expenses $41.7M incl $2.1M transition/advisory/legal costs.
- Cash and equivalents $144.4M; total debt $11.1M; repurchased 1.3M shares for $22.8M in first nine months of FY2026.
- Entered new $71.5M senior credit facility in Nov 2025; acquired non-material Display Business from X Display Company on Dec 22, 2025.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-26-014398
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DAKT
- cik: 0000915779
- company_name: DAKTRONICS INC /SD/
- filed_at: 2026-03-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/915779/000162828026014398/0001628280-26-014398-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/915779/000162828026014398/dakt-20260304.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-26-014398.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  DAKTRONICS INC /SD/ reported its fiscal 2026 third quarter which ended January 31, 2026 results: revenue $181.9 million.
  - Period: its fiscal 2026 third quarter which ended January 31, 2026
  - Revenue: $181.9 million
  - Result: reported results
  source text: today reported results for its fiscal 2026 third quarter which ended January 31, 2026. Fiscal Q3 2026 financial highlights include: • Sales of $181.9 million
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/915779/000162828026014398/0001628280-26-014398-index.htm

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