How to buy Daktronics stock (DAKT)

Daktronics is an electronic components business based in the US. Daktronics shares (DAKT) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Its last market close was $16.70 – a decrease of 5.22% over the previous week. Daktronics employs 2,520 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $811.6 million.

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Daktronics stock price (NASDAQ: DAKT)

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Daktronics shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2024-12-18.

Latest market close	$16.70
52-week range	$7.20 - $19.89
50-day moving average more info button	$13.10
200-day moving average more info button	$11.70
Wall St. target price	$16.75
PE ratio more info button	70.4762
Dividend yield more info button	N/A
Earnings per share (TTM) more info button	$0.21

Is it a good time to buy Daktronics stock?

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Daktronics price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $16.94 from 2024-12-19

1 week (2024-12-13)	-3.86%
1 month (2024-11-21)	18.13%
3 months (2024-09-20)	39.65%
6 months (2024-06-21)	58.17%

1 year (2023-12-21)	95.16%
2 years (2022-12-21)	484.14%
3 years (2021-12-21)	239.48%
5 years (2019-12-20)	179.70%

Is Daktronics stock undervalued or overvalued?

Valuing Daktronics stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Daktronics's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

Daktronics's P/E ratio

Daktronics's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 70x. In other words, Daktronics shares trade at around 70x recent earnings.

That's relatively high compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The high P/E ratio could mean that investors are optimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're over-valued.

Daktronics's PEG ratio

Daktronics's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 0.7088. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.

The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Daktronics's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.

Daktronics's EBITDA

Daktronics's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $87.6 million.

The EBITDA is a measure of a Daktronics's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

Daktronics financials

Revenue TTM	$811.6 million
Operating margin TTM	10.05%
Gross profit TTM	$151.4 million
Return on assets TTM	8.19%
Return on equity TTM	4.56%
Profit margin	1.29%
Book value	$5.11
Market Capitalization more info button	$690.4 million

TTM: trailing 12 months

Daktronics share dividends

We're not expecting Daktronics to pay a dividend over the next 12 months.

Have Daktronics's shares ever split?

Daktronics's shares were split on a 2:1 basis on 22 June 2006 . So if you had owned 1 share the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 2 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Daktronics shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 50% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Daktronics shares which in turn could have impacted Daktronics's share price.

Daktronics share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Daktronics's shares have ranged in value from as little as $7.2 up to $19.89. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NASDAQ average) beta is 1, while Daktronics's is 1.149. This would suggest that Daktronics's shares are a little bit more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a slightly higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).

Daktronics 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.

Frequently asked questions

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What percentage of Daktronics is owned by insiders or institutions?
Currently 13.231% of Daktronics shares are held by insiders and 70.063% by institutions. How many people work for Daktronics?
Latest data suggests 2,520 work at Daktronics. When does the fiscal year end for Daktronics?
Daktronics's fiscal year ends in April. Where is Daktronics based?
Daktronics's address is: 201 Daktronics Drive, Brookings, SD, United States, 57006 What is Daktronics's ISIN number?
Daktronics's international securities identification number is: US2342641097 What is Daktronics's CUSIP number?
Daktronics's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 234264109