Daktronics

DAKT

Hardware, Equipment & Parts · Technology

Price

$19.12

-0.31 (-1.60%)

Market Cap

$923.2M

Exchange

NASDAQ

Winston Score

Winston is serious

Below-average fundamentals — multiple weak pillars.

Share count rising — dilution

+8.9% over 4y

The company has issued more shares over this period, which dilutes each existing shareholder’s stake.

Diluted shares outstanding: 45.3M (2022) → 49.4M (2026)

Daktronics, Inc. designs, manufactures, markets, and sells electronic display systems and related products worldwide. It operates through five segments: Commercial, Live Events, High School Park and Recreation, Transportation, and International. The company offers video display systems, such as displays to show various levels of video, graphics, and animation; indoor and outdoor light emitting diodes (LED) video displays, including centerhung, landmark, ribbon board, and corporate office entranc

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+21.6% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady revenue growth

EPS Growth

+117.2% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

R&D Spend

$43M/ year

↑ Rising (+12% vs prior year)

5.2% of revenue

Below sector average (15%)

R&D investment increasing — building for the future

Insider Activity

16.4%ownership

↓ Declining

Insider ownership declining — could be dilution or selling

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$144M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Growth + cash flow

Daktronics is a rare growth stock that's already generating positive cash flow while growing at 22%. The Winston Score doesn't fully credit this transition from "burner" to "earner."

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Gross Margin

24.0%

Thin — 24.0% gross margin

Operating Margin

1.1%

Thin — 1.1% operating margin

ROCE

0.6%

Weak — 0.6% return on capital

ROIC between 0% and 5%. They earn a few cents back per dollar invested in the business.

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Growth

Sales YoY

-9.9%

Shrinking sales (-9.9% YoY)

EPS YoY

-91.8%

Earnings shrinking (-91.8% YoY)

Earnings per share down more than 10%. Either a bad year, or a real decline.

EPS Consistency

2/8 quarters

Earnings rarely grow — volatile business

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion

N/A

Data not available

FCF Margin

6.5%

Modest free cash flow (6.5%)

FCF margin between 0% and 10%. Some cash from sales, but not a lot.

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Stability

Debt / Equity

0.06

Conservative — low debt load (0.06)

Interest Cover

100.00x

Comfortably covers interest (100.0x)

Interest coverage above 8. Profits cover interest many times over.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)

265.2x

Expensive — P/E 265.2

P/E over 35. The market is pricing in heavy, sustained growth.

P/E vs Forward

+249.2

GROWING

Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (265.2 → 16.0)

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.

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