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Daktronics (DAKT) Stock Price, News & Analysis

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$12.04 -0.79 (-6.16%)
Closing price 03/28/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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$12.03 -0.01 (-0.08%)
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About Daktronics Stock (NASDAQ:DAKT)

Key Stats

Today's Range
$12.02
$12.83
50-Day Range
$11.95
$17.66
52-Week Range
$8.81
$19.89
Volume
353,625 shs
Average Volume
473,137 shs
Market Capitalization
$600.71 million
P/E Ratio
48.16
Dividend Yield
N/A
Price Target
$26.00
Consensus Rating
Strong Buy

Company Overview

Daktronics, Inc. designs, manufactures, and sells electronic scoreboards, programmable display systems and large screen video displays for sporting, commercial, and transportation applications in the United States and internationally. It operates through Commercial, Live Events, High School Park and Recreation, Transportation, and International segments. The company also offers video display and walls; scoreboards and timing systems; LED message displays and sings; intelligent transportation systems dynamic message signs; mass transit display; sound systems; and digital billboards and street furniture, and digit and price displays. In addition, it provides indoor dynamic messaging systems and liquid crystal display signs; and software and controllers, which includes Venus, a control suite software to control the creation of messages and graphic sequences for uploading to displays. The company sells its products through direct sales and resellers. Daktronics, Inc. was founded in 1968 and is headquartered in Brookings, South Dakota.

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Daktronics Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

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93rd Percentile Overall Score

DAKT MarketRank™: 

Daktronics scored higher than 93% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 81st out of 667 stocks in the computer and technology sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

  • Consensus Rating

    Daktronics has received a consensus rating of Strong Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.50, and is based on 1 buy rating, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

  • Amount of Analyst Coverage

    Daktronics has only been the subject of 1 research reports in the past 90 days.

  • Read more about Daktronics' stock forecast and price target.
  • Earnings Growth

    Earnings for Daktronics are expected to grow by 12.50% in the coming year, from $0.96 to $1.08 per share.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

    The P/E ratio of Daktronics is 48.16, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 22.56.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

    The P/E ratio of Daktronics is 48.16, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Computer and Technology sector average P/E ratio of about 41.99.

  • Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

    Daktronics has a PEG Ratio of 0.57. PEG Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued.

  • Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

    Daktronics has a P/B Ratio of 2.33. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    4.56% of the float of Daktronics has been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    Daktronics has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 4.6.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in Daktronics has recently increased by 24.69%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.
  • Dividend Yield

    Daktronics does not currently pay a dividend.

  • Dividend Growth

    Daktronics does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

  • Dividend Sustainability

    Based on earnings estimates, Daktronics will have a dividend payout ratio of 18.52% next year. This indicates that Daktronics will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

  • Read more about Daktronics' dividend.
  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    4.56% of the float of Daktronics has been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    Daktronics has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 4.6.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in Daktronics has recently increased by 24.69%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.
  • News Sentiment

    Daktronics has a news sentiment score of 0.41. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.77 average news sentiment score of Computer and Technology companies.
  • News Coverage This Week

    MarketBeat has tracked 6 news articles for Daktronics this week, compared to 5 articles on an average week.
  • Search Interest

    3 people have searched for DAKT on MarketBeat in the last 30 days.
  • MarketBeat Follows

    2 people have added Daktronics to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.
  • Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

    In the past three months, Daktronics insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

  • Percentage Held by Insiders

    Only 5.50% of the stock of Daktronics is held by insiders.

  • Percentage Held by Institutions

    61.69% of the stock of Daktronics is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

  • Read more about Daktronics' insider trading history.
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DAKT Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

Daktronics' stock was trading at $16.86 on January 1st, 2025. Since then, DAKT shares have decreased by 28.6% and is now trading at $12.04.
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Daktronics, Inc. (NASDAQ:DAKT) issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, December, 4th. The technology company reported $0.08 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.17 by $0.09. Daktronics had a net margin of 3.62% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 19.61%.

Daktronics subsidiaries include these companies: ADFLOW NETWORKS, Data Display, Open, Hoffend & Sons Inc., Dodge Electronics, European Timing Systems, ADFLOW Networks Inc., and more.

Top institutional shareholders of Daktronics include Alta Fox Capital Management LLC (6.53%), Duquesne Family Office LLC (5.57%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (5.22%) and Vanguard Group Inc. (5.20%). Insiders that own company stock include Andrew David Siegel, Reece A Kurtenbach, John Patrick Friel, Bradley T Wiemann and Matthew John Kurtenbach.
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Shares of DAKT stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Daktronics investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Broadcom (AVGO), Meta Platforms (META), Arista Networks (ANET), Adobe (ADBE), Jabil (JBL) and ServiceNow (NOW).

Company Calendar

Last Earnings
12/04/2024
Today
3/29/2025
Fiscal Year End
4/30/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

Stock Exchange
NASDAQ
Industry
Miscellaneous manufacturing industries
Sub-Industry
Electronic Equipment & Instruments
Current Symbol
NASDAQ:DAKT
Employees
2,480
Year Founded
1968

Price Target and Rating

Average Stock Price Target
$26.00
High Stock Price Target
$26.00
Low Stock Price Target
$26.00
Potential Upside/Downside
+115.9%
Consensus Rating
Strong Buy
Rating Score (0-4)
3.50
Research Coverage
2 Analysts

Profitability

Trailing P/E Ratio
48.16
Forward P/E Ratio
12.54
P/E Growth
0.57
Net Income
$34.62 million
Pretax Margin
5.51%

Debt

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales
$799.81 million
Cash Flow
$1.26 per share
Price / Cash Flow
9.54
Book Value
$5.17 per share
Price / Book
2.33

Miscellaneous

Free Float
44,501,000
Market Cap
$600.71 million
Optionable
Optionable
Beta
1.12

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This page (NASDAQ:DAKT) was last updated on 3/29/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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