---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-26-059967"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DAKT"
cik: "0000915779"
company_name: "DAKTRONICS INC /SD/"
filed_at: "2026-09-02T11:44:37+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-09-02T11:45:11.654047+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Daktronics Q1 FY27 EPS $0.40 up 21.2%, sales up 7.1% to $234.6M

## Summary
- Sales $234.6M (+7.1% YoY), operating income $24.9M, operating margin 10.6%
- Diluted EPS $0.40 vs $0.33, highest in 12 quarters; net income $19.4M vs $16.5M
- Backlog $311.3M, 6th straight quarter above $300M; new orders $191.8M vs $238.5M
- Cash $154.6M; repurchased 225.5k shares for $4.4M; new $34.5M buyback program
- CEO base salary raised to $600k, target incentive 100% of salary

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-26-059967
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DAKT
- cik: 0000915779
- company_name: DAKTRONICS INC /SD/
- filed_at: 2026-09-02T11:44:37+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 2.02, 5.02, 7.01, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/915779/000162828026059967/0001628280-26-059967-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/915779/000162828026059967/dakt-20260901.htm

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