---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-26-045034"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DAKT"
cik: "0000915779"
company_name: "DAKTRONICS INC /SD/"
filed_at: "2026-06-24T11:43:40+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-24T11:45:20.913838+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Daktronics reports record FY2026 sales $838.7M, Q4 adjusted EPS $0.27 up 50%; authorizes $40M buyback

## Summary
- Record net sales $838.7M for FY2026, up 10.9% YoY; record orders $860.8M, up 10.2%.
- Q4 adjusted EPS $0.27, up 50% YoY; GAAP EPS $0.17 vs loss $0.19 a year ago.
- Product backlog $356.2M, up 4.3% from prior year end; operating margin improved to 7.3% from 4.4%.
- Board authorized additional $40M for share repurchases, increasing total availability to $40M under existing program.
- Company repurchased 1.4M shares at ~$17.80 avg price ($25.4M) during FY2026.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-26-045034
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DAKT
- cik: 0000915779
- company_name: DAKTRONICS INC /SD/
- filed_at: 2026-06-24T11:43:40+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/915779/000162828026045034/0001628280-26-045034-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/915779/000162828026045034/dakt-20260622.htm

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