secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     DAKTRONICS INC /SD/ (DAKT)
CIK:        0000915779
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-09-02T11:44:37+00:00
Accession:  0001628280-26-059967
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.80
Item codes: 1.01, 2.02, 5.02, 7.01, 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/915779/000162828026059967/0001628280-26-059967-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/915779/000162828026059967/dakt-20260901.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-26-059967

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