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Daktronics

Makes giant LED scoreboards and video screens for stadiums.

Company Health

56
/100
Mixed
A quick check of the business from its yearly reports (2023–2026). It doesn’t say whether the stock is a good buy.
Does it make money?
12 of 25 · Okay
$5 of every $100 in sales was left as profit last year.
Is it growing?
12 of 25 · Okay
Sales grew about 4% a year over the last 3 years.
Can it handle what it owes?
20 of 25 · Good
It would take about 2 years of the cash its business brings in to pay off everything it owes.
Does it bring in spare cash?
12 of 25 · Okay
After paying for buildings and equipment, $4 of every $100 in sales was left as spare cash.

Who owns it

1 of 23 own it · 1 bought more lately
bought lately
owns it
doesn’t own it
Didn’t report owning it: Whale Rock, Appaloosa, Melqart, Coatue, D1 Capital, Light Street, Lone Pine, Third Point, TCI, Pershing Square, Himalaya Capital, Greenlight, Giverny Capital, Fundsmith, Semper Augustus, Akre
Their letters don’t mention it: Arquitos, Laughing Water, Alluvial, Bireme, Kingdom Capital, Saga Partners
From each fund’s latest 13F report (Jun 30, 2026). Funds that don’t file one: from their own letters.

The numbers

From Daktronics’ yearly reports. Tap a year to see its figures.

Sales and profit

Sales grew from $482 million in the year to May 2021 to $839 million in the year to May 2026, and it made a profit in 5 of the 6 years.
FY2026
Sales
$839 million
Profit
$45.4 million

Spare cash each year

It had cash to spare in 4 of the 6 years, including $34.3 million in the year to May 2026.
FY2026
Spare cash
$34.3 million
Spare cash is the cash its business brought in, minus what it spent on buildings and equipment.

What it owns and what it owes

At the end of May 2026 it owned $554 million, including $132 million in cash, and owed $254 million.

Key facts

From its yearly report for the year to May 2026.
Sales
$839 million
Profit
$45.4 million
Spare cash
$34.3 million
Cash in the bank
$132 million
Everything it owes
$254 million
Year ends
May
Money shown in
U.S. dollars
Latest yearly report
10-K, filed Jun 24, 2026
Figures from Daktronics’ yearly reports to the SEC (EDGAR), collected Oct 12, 2026.
Not investment advice. Holdings come from public SEC reports and the funds’ own letters, and can be up to 4½ months old. How this works
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