The company has significantly improved its financial position by reducing its debt-to-equity ratio to 0.06 as of 2026Q4, down from a peak of 0.32 in 2025Q1.
| Metric | May'26 | Apr'25 | Apr'24 | Apr'23 | Apr'22 | Apr'21 | Apr'20 | Apr'19 | Apr'18 | Apr'17 | Apr'16 | Apr'15 | Apr'14 | Apr'13 | Apr'12 | Apr'11 | Apr'10 | Apr'09 | Apr'08 | Apr'07 | Apr'06 | Apr'05 | Apr'04 | Apr'03 | Apr'02 | Apr'01 | Apr'00 | Apr'99 | Apr'98 | Apr'97 |
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| Total Current Assets | 0 | 381.45M | 401.95M | 342.66M | 317.57M | 265M | 252M | 253.67M | 264.13M | 257.73M | 245.23M | 291.1M | 276.09M | 240.15M | 229.01M | 237.82M | 203.06M | 206.97M | 165.7M | 147.99M | 142.65M | 104.28M | 84.42M | 68.73M | 52.55M | 59.35M | 47.86M | 44.2M | 28.9M | 23.7M |
| Cash & Short-Term Investments | 0 | 127.51M | 81.3M | 24.52M | 21.16M | 77.59M | 41.63M | 61.73M | 64.25M | 65.34M | 53M | 83.13M | 70.97M | 64.73M | 55.85M | 22.94M | 63.6M | 36.5M | 9.32M | 2.59M | 35.23M | 24.07M | 16.25M | 9.28M | 2.1M | 2.9M | 1.22M | 1.1M | 100K | 100K |
| Cash Only | 0 | 127.51M | 81.3M | 23.98M | 17.14M | 77.59M | 40.4M | 35.38M | 29.73M | 32.62M | 28.33M | 57.78M | 45.57M | 40.68M | 30.59M | 54.31M | 63.6M | 36.5M | 9.32M | 2.59M | 26.92M | 15.96M | 16.25M | 9.28M | 2.1M | 2.9M | 1.22M | 1.1M | 100K | 100K |
| Short-Term Investments | 0 | 0 | 0 | 534K | 4.02M | 0 | 1.23M | 26.34M | 34.52M | 32.71M | 24.67M | 25.35M | 25.4M | 24.05M | 25.26M | 22.94M | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.31M | 8.11M | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Accounts Receivable | 0 | 139.59M | 173.73M | 158.31M | 146.19M | 102.8M | 112.11M | 102.58M | 115.49M | 118.13M | 115.74M | 125.25M | 123.59M | 107.44M | 101.76M | 96.18M | 83.93M | 69.37M | 91.08M | 86.57M | 67.97M | 46.07M | 46.13M | 28.56M | 20.39M | 23.22M | 25.1M | 27.5M | 16.1M | 14.2M |
| Days Sales Outstanding | - | 67.35 | 77.51 | 76.62 | 87.33 | 77.84 | 67.2 | 65.72 | 69.05 | 73.51 | 74.09 | 74.22 | 81.73 | 75.66 | 75.88 | 79.49 | 77.91 | 43.51 | 66.53 | 72.94 | 80.19 | 73 | 80.22 | 58.65 | 50.03 | 55.63 | 74.28 | 104.67 | 84.07 | 82.8 |
| Inventory | 0 | 105.84M | 138.01M | 149.45M | 134.39M | 74.36M | 86.8M | 78.83M | 75.33M | 66.49M | 69.83M | 64.39M | 62.23M | 49.05M | 54.92M | 46.89M | 35.67M | 51.4M | 50.52M | 45.84M | 31.05M | 24.61M | 16.6M | 14.86M | 16.47M | 19.72M | 13.85M | 13.9M | 11M | 8M |
| Days Inventory Outstanding | - | 68.86 | 84.57 | 90.49 | 99.24 | 75.09 | 67.38 | 65.48 | 59.15 | 54.4 | 56.74 | 49.86 | 55.36 | 46.57 | 53.3 | 51.83 | 43.6 | 43.98 | 52.38 | 54.56 | 52.63 | 57.17 | 44.1 | 45.73 | 57.95 | 69.51 | 58.57 | 74.94 | 83.47 | 65.32 |
| Other Current Assets | 0 | 8.52M | 8.53M | 10.38M | 865K | 2.81M | 1.83M | 2.22M | 28K | 216K | 198K | 16.68M | 11.21M | 12.8M | 12.11M | 11.19M | 14.02M | 16.57M | 9.97M | 7.95M | 6.5M | 7.81M | 7.08M | 15.27M | 13.06M | 12.99M | 7.69M | 1.7M | 1.7M | 1.4M |
| Total Non-Current Assets | 0 | 121.44M | 125.94M | 125.45M | 123.31M | 110.16M | 120.65M | 95.54M | 94.67M | 97.71M | 105.81M | 88.38M | 81.36M | 79.27M | 86.96M | 90.03M | 102.79M | 117.9M | 128.78M | 117.86M | 56.58M | 47.18M | 41.81M | 33.8M | 34.8M | 30.86M | 24.55M | 18.4M | 14.6M | 13.4M |
| Property, Plant & Equipment | 0 | 73.88M | 71.75M | 72.15M | 66.77M | 58.68M | 67.48M | 65.31M | 68.06M | 66.75M | 73.16M | 72.84M | 65.27M | 61.63M | 68.4M | 69.87M | 80.89M | 89.43M | 97.52M | 86.13M | 40.56M | 31.05M | 27.8M | 24.79M | 26.84M | 21.87M | 16.79M | 11.7M | 9.2M | 7.4M |
| Fixed Asset Turnover | - | 10.24x | 11.40x | 10.45x | 9.15x | 8.21x | 9.02x | 8.72x | 8.97x | 8.79x | 7.79x | 8.46x | 8.46x | 8.41x | 7.16x | 6.32x | 4.86x | 6.51x | 5.12x | 5.03x | 7.63x | 7.42x | 7.55x | 7.17x | 5.54x | 6.96x | 7.35x | 8.20x | 7.60x | 8.46x |
| Goodwill | 0 | 3.19M | 3.23M | 3.24M | 7.93M | 8.41M | 7.74M | 7.89M | 8.26M | 7.81M | 9.21M | 5.27M | 4.56M | 3.31M | 3.35M | 3.38M | 3.32M | 4.55M | 4.72M | 4.41M | 2.71M | 2.62M | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Intangible Assets | 0 | 568K | 840K | 1.14M | 1.47M | 2.08M | 3.35M | 4.91M | 3.68M | 4.71M | 7.72M | 1.82M | 3.51M | 1.95M | 2.57M | 3.04M | 4.96M | 5.2M | 6.56M | 7.22M | 4.33M | 2.82M | 3.75M | 1.92M | 2.1M | 2.44M | 850K | 600K | 800K | 3M |
| Long-Term Investments | 0 | 1.03M | 2.38M | 27.93M | 32.32M | 27.4M | 27.68M | 5.05M | 5.09M | 4.53M | 2.41M | 1.66M | 826K | 0 | 11.46M | 0 | 100K | 2.54M | 0 | 8.76M | 0 | 0 | -4.52M | -3.8M | -1.3M | -1.1M | -800K | -600K | -500K | -500K |
| Other Non-Current Assets | 0 | 10.67M | 21.88M | 4.13M | 1.49M | 1.64M | 1.11M | 1.21M | 1.64M | 2.62M | 3.87M | 6.09M | 7.05M | 11.32M | 1.16M | 13.56M | 13.46M | 15.88M | 19.84M | 11.21M | 8.76M | 9.9M | 10.27M | 7.1M | 5.86M | 6.55M | 6.91M | 6.1M | 4.6M | 3M |
| Total Assets | 0 | 502.89M | 527.88M | 468.1M | 440.88M | 375.16M | 372.65M | 349.22M | 358.8M | 355.43M | 351.04M | 379.48M | 357.45M | 319.42M | 315.97M | 327.85M | 305.85M | 324.88M | 294.48M | 265.85M | 199.23M | 151.46M | 126.24M | 102.53M | 87.35M | 90.21M | 72.41M | 62.6M | 43.5M | 37.1M |
| Asset Turnover | - | 1.50x | 1.55x | 1.61x | 1.39x | 1.28x | 1.63x | 1.63x | 1.70x | 1.65x | 1.62x | 1.62x | 1.54x | 1.62x | 1.55x | 1.35x | 1.29x | 1.79x | 1.70x | 1.63x | 1.55x | 1.52x | 1.66x | 1.73x | 1.70x | 1.69x | 1.70x | 1.53x | 1.61x | 1.69x |
| Asset Growth % | -100% | -4.73% | 12.77% | 6.18% | 17.52% | 0.67% | 6.71% | -2.67% | 0.95% | 1.25% | -7.49% | 6.16% | 11.91% | 1.09% | -3.62% | 7.19% | -5.86% | 10.32% | 10.77% | 33.44% | 31.54% | 19.98% | 23.12% | 17.38% | -3.18% | 24.59% | 15.67% | 43.91% | 17.25% | -1.85% |
| Total Current Liabilities | 193.71M | 172M | 192.3M | 210.16M | 213.69M | 146.62M | 145.97M | 134.07M | 131.31M | 130.59M | 121.52M | 142.02M | 133.71M | 114.69M | 109.17M | 109.66M | 87.49M | 102.43M | 103.15M | 103.08M | 67.72M | 42M | 35.3M | 29.03M | 24.19M | 32.39M | 27.2M | 23.6M | 16.6M | 12.7M |
| Accounts Payable | 68.62M | 46.67M | 60.76M | 67.52M | 76.31M | 40.25M | 47.83M | 44.87M | 48.84M | 51.5M | 43.44M | 52.75M | 45.91M | 38.65M | 33.91M | 29.22M | 23.15M | 30.27M | 56.1M | 44.39M | 20.45M | 17.12M | 12.59M | 9.31M | 6.69M | 10.2M | 7.33M | 8.8M | 5.7M | 4.1M |
| Days Payables Outstanding | 41.08 | 30.36 | 37.23 | 40.88 | 56.35 | 40.65 | 37.13 | 37.27 | 38.35 | 42.13 | 35.3 | 40.84 | 40.85 | 36.7 | 32.91 | 32.3 | 28.29 | 25.9 | 58.16 | 52.84 | 34.66 | 39.77 | 33.43 | 28.65 | 23.54 | 35.95 | 30.98 | 47.44 | 43.25 | 33.48 |
| Short-Term Debt | 1.15M | 1.5M | 1.5M | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.41M | 585K | 587K | 809K | 356K | 1.46M | 2.32M | 322K | 367K | 910K | 25.62M | 491K | 1.29M | 1.4M | 3.13M | 4.3M | 11.79M | 9.55M | 4.6M | 6M | 3.4M |
| Deferred Revenue (Current) | 0 | 69.05M | 65.52M | 91.55M | 90.39M | 64.5M | 50.9M | 47.18M | 39.38M | 37.53M | 37.09M | 50.15M | 47.86M | 35.73M | 22.58M | 20.06M | 7.77M | 9.53M | 6.98M | 5.33M | 4.07M | 2.98M | 2.83M | 1.71M | 7.34M | 6.98M | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Other Current Liabilities | 192.56M | 52.37M | 30.22M | 28.51M | 28.33M | 25.72M | 25.76M | 25.3M | 26.75M | 37.46M | 54.4M | 43.23M | 63.89M | 51.94M | 24.93M | 16.73M | 43.15M | 47.71M | 13.06M | 5.9M | 37.67M | 4.16M | 9.71M | 14.87M | 5.86M | 3.41M | 10.32M | 10.2M | 4.9M | 5.2M |
| Current Ratio | - | 2.22x | 2.09x | 1.63x | 1.49x | 1.81x | 1.73x | 1.89x | 2.01x | 1.97x | 2.02x | 2.05x | 2.06x | 2.09x | 2.10x | 2.17x | 2.32x | 2.02x | 1.61x | 1.44x | 2.11x | 2.48x | 2.39x | 2.37x | 2.17x | 1.83x | 1.76x | 1.87x | 1.74x | 1.87x |
| Quick Ratio | - | 1.60x | 1.37x | 0.92x | 0.86x | 1.30x | 1.13x | 1.30x | 1.44x | 1.46x | 1.44x | 1.60x | 1.60x | 1.67x | 1.59x | 1.74x | 1.91x | 1.52x | 1.12x | 0.99x | 1.65x | 1.90x | 1.92x | 1.86x | 1.49x | 1.22x | 1.25x | 1.28x | 1.08x | 1.24x |
| Cash Conversion Cycle | - | 105.85 | 124.85 | 126.22 | 130.22 | 112.28 | 97.45 | 93.93 | 89.85 | 85.78 | 95.53 | 83.24 | 96.24 | 85.52 | 96.27 | 99.01 | 93.22 | 61.59 | 60.75 | 74.66 | 98.16 | 90.4 | 90.89 | 75.72 | 84.45 | 89.19 | 101.86 | 132.16 | 124.29 | 114.64 |
| Total Non-Current Liabilities | 29.67M | 58.96M | 96.8M | 57.06M | 35.62M | 34.99M | 49.71M | 27.48M | 29.88M | 26.55M | 28.46M | 25.42M | 20.62M | 16.48M | 15.99M | 15.09M | 11.3M | 10.54M | 8.07M | 9.06M | 6.17M | 5.56M | 4.67M | 8.08M | 11.57M | 11.93M | 8.98M | 9.5M | 1.7M | 2.6M |
| Long-Term Debt | 29.65M | 10.49M | 53.16M | 17.75M | 6.6M | 7.82M | 0 | 16.32M | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.18M | 10.52M | 4.83M | 5.59M | 55K | 6.43M | 705K | 171K | 1.5M | 5.45M | 9.57M | 10.34M | 7.89M | 8.3M | 800K | 1.7M |
| Capital Lease Obligations | 0 | 2.77M | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -9.17M | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.44M | 1.95M | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Deferred Tax Liabilities | 22K | 85K | 143K | 195K | 287K | 410K | 452K | 533K | 614K | 836K | 754K | 939K | 1K | -12.06M | 1.45M | 11K | 2.17M | 4.95M | 3.61M | 2.63M | 1.6M | 3.43M | 2.04M | 1.3M | 1.28M | 1.05M | 772K | 600K | 500K | 500K |
| Other Non-Current Liabilities | 0 | 27.19M | 27.15M | 26.02M | 24.33M | 23.86M | 38.55M | 578K | 21.79M | 20.28M | 21.01M | 20.57M | 15.64M | 12.06M | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2.86M | 805K | 0 | -574K | -2.71M | 0 | 0 | 711K | 531K | 312K | 600K | 400K | 400K |
| Total Liabilities | 59.96M | 230.96M | 289.09M | 267.23M | 249.31M | 181.61M | 195.67M | 161.55M | 161.18M | 157.15M | 149.97M | 167.44M | 154.33M | 131.17M | 125.16M | 124.75M | 98.8M | 112.97M | 111.23M | 112.14M | 73.89M | 47.55M | 39.97M | 37.11M | 35.76M | 44.31M | 36.18M | 33.1M | 18.3M | 15.3M |
| Total Debt | 30.8M | 16.8M | 56.65M | 17.75M | 2.31M | 1.88M | 2.42M | 16.32M | 1.09M | 1.41M | 585K | 587K | 800K | 400K | 17.21M | 33.39M | 14.03M | 5.95M | 965K | 26.21M | 5.06M | 1.16M | 3.01M | 8.58M | 13.88M | 22.14M | 17.44M | 12.9M | 6.8M | 5.1M |
| Net Debt | 30.8M | -110.71M | -24.65M | -6.23M | -14.83M | -75.71M | -37.98M | -19.07M | -28.64M | -31.21M | -27.74M | -57.19M | -44.77M | -40.28M | -13.38M | -20.92M | -49.58M | -30.55M | -8.36M | 23.62M | -21.86M | -14.8M | -13.25M | -697K | 11.78M | 19.24M | 16.23M | 11.8M | 6.7M | 5M |
| Debt / Equity | 0.10x | 0.06x | 0.24x | 0.09x | 0.01x | 0.01x | 0.01x | 0.09x | 0.01x | 0.01x | 0.00x | 0.00x | 0.00x | 0.00x | 0.09x | 0.16x | 0.07x | 0.03x | 0.01x | 0.17x | 0.04x | 0.01x | 0.03x | 0.13x | 0.27x | 0.48x | 0.48x | 0.44x | 0.27x | 0.23x |
| Debt / EBITDA | 0.51x | 0.32x | 0.54x | 0.37x | 0.12x | 0.06x | 0.14x | 1.17x | 0.04x | 0.04x | 0.03x | 0.01x | 0.02x | 0.01x | 0.62x | 0.85x | 0.90x | 0.09x | 0.02x | 0.52x | 0.12x | 0.04x | 0.09x | 0.33x | 0.97x | 1.48x | 1.37x | 1.42x | 0.96x | 1.13x |
| Net Debt / EBITDA | 0.51x | -2.10x | -0.24x | -0.13x | -0.76x | -2.21x | -2.13x | -1.37x | -0.95x | -0.92x | -1.43x | -1.24x | -0.88x | -0.87x | -0.48x | -0.53x | -3.19x | -0.46x | -0.14x | 0.47x | -0.54x | -0.55x | -0.39x | -0.03x | 0.83x | 1.29x | 1.28x | 1.30x | 0.94x | 1.11x |
| Interest Coverage | 16.76x | -1.30x | 17.61x | 23.04x | - | 57.99x | -1.58x | -29.90x | 58.28x | 67.05x | 14.71x | 143.08x | 143.36x | 88.12x | 35.56x | 121.33x | -46.89x | 171.30x | 28.85x | 33.99x | 18.69x | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Total Equity | 300.75M | 271.93M | 238.79M | 200.88M | 191.56M | 193.55M | 176.98M | 187.66M | 197.62M | 198.29M | 201.07M | 212.04M | 203.12M | 188.25M | 190.81M | 203.1M | 207.05M | 211.91M | 183.25M | 153.71M | 125.34M | 103.91M | 86.26M | 65.42M | 51.59M | 45.9M | 36.23M | 29.5M | 25.2M | 21.8M |
| Equity Growth % | 10.6% | 13.88% | 18.87% | 4.86% | -1.03% | 9.36% | -5.69% | -5.04% | -0.34% | -1.38% | -5.17% | 4.39% | 7.9% | -1.34% | -6.05% | -1.91% | -2.29% | 15.64% | 19.22% | 22.63% | 20.63% | 20.46% | 31.87% | 26.82% | 12.38% | 26.69% | 22.82% | 17.06% | 15.6% | 9.55% |
| Book Value per Share | 6.09 | 5.71 | 5.13 | 4.41 | 4.23 | 4.28 | 3.91 | 4.18 | 4.40 | 4.48 | 4.52 | 4.77 | 4.64 | 4.42 | 4.51 | 4.80 | 5.06 | 5.15 | 4.43 | 3.72 | 3.09 | 2.58 | 2.16 | 1.68 | 1.32 | 1.22 | 0.99 | 0.83 | 0.72 | 0.64 |
| Total Shareholders' Equity | 300.75M | 271.93M | 238.79M | 200.88M | 191.56M | 193.55M | 176.98M | 187.66M | 197.62M | 198.29M | 201.07M | 212.04M | 203.12M | 188.25M | 190.81M | 203.1M | 207.05M | 211.91M | 183.25M | 153.71M | 125.34M | 103.91M | 86.26M | 65.3M | 51.5M | 45.82M | 36.23M | 29.5M | 25.2M | 21.8M |
| Common Stock | 0 | 0 | 65.53M | 63.02M | 61.79M | 60.58M | 60.01M | 57.7M | 54.73M | 52.53M | 51.35M | 48.96M | 43.94M | 37.43M | 34.63M | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.95M | 19.55M | 17.74M | 16.41M | 14.65M | 13.53M | 12.9M | 12.23M | 11.8M | 11.7M | 11.7M |
| Retained Earnings | 173.29M | 127.91M | 138.03M | 103.41M | 96.61M | 96.02M | 85.09M | 93.59M | 107.11M | 113.97M | 117.28M | 132.77M | 129.27M | 123.75M | 131.83M | 149.29M | 159.84M | 170.71M | 147.91M | 124.47M | 102.38M | 83.34M | 67.68M | 49.95M | 37.49M | 32.6M | 23.91M | 17.7M | 13.5M | 10.1M |
| Treasury Stock | 0 | -39.76M | -10.29M | -10.29M | -10.29M | -7.3M | -7.47M | -1.83M | -1.83M | -1.83M | -9K | -9K | -9K | -9K | -9K | -9K | -9K | -9K | -9K | -9K | -9K | -9K | -9K | -9K | -9K | -9K | -9K | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Accumulated OCI | -4.05M | -6.16M | -6.53M | -5.53M | -4.92M | -2.33M | -5.28M | -4.36M | -2.71M | -4.38M | -2.9M | -2.38M | 4K | -118K | 33K | 1K | -447K | -555K | -686K | -137K | -58K | 159K | -84K | -38K | -20K | -9K | -13.3M | -11M | -9.5M | -8.1M |
| Minority Interest | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 115K | 84K | 79K | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Project-based working capital volatility
According to recent financial filings, Daktronics has successfully reduced its total debt from $76.0 million in 2025Q1 to $18.1 million by 2026Q4, signaling a significant improvement in the company's financial position as it pivots away from the liquidity constraints experienced during the prior fiscal year.
The consistent reduction in debt levels suggests a deliberate management effort to fortify the balance sheet against cyclical downturns. This trajectory appears to enhance the company's resilience, providing a more stable foundation for navigating the inherent volatility of its project-based revenue model.
As reported in quarterly balance sheets, Daktronics maintains a conservative debt-to-equity ratio of 0.06 as of 2026Q4, a marked improvement from the 0.32 peak observed in 2025Q1, which indicates that the firm has largely eliminated its reliance on external financing to fund ongoing operations.
This minimal leverage profile suggests that the company is well-positioned to weather periods of reduced project demand without the burden of significant interest obligations. Investors should monitor whether this low-debt stance persists as the company continues to navigate the capital-intensive nature of its large-scale display installations.
Based on the latest reported figures, Daktronics holds $131.6 million in cash and maintains a current ratio of 2.31, which provides a substantial buffer against the working capital swings that historically characterize the company's project-heavy business model and seasonal installation cycles.
The current liquidity position appears adequate to cover short-term obligations, even when accounting for the lumpy nature of project billings. This cash cushion may provide management with the necessary flexibility to manage supply chain disruptions without resorting to expensive short-term credit facilities.
Data from recent financial statements indicates that Daktronics' equity base has expanded to $300.7 million in 2026Q4, primarily driven by the accumulation of retained earnings which reached $173.3 million, reflecting a period of sustained, albeit volatile, profitability over the last two years.
The growth in retained earnings suggests that the company is successfully generating internal capital to fund its operations and reduce debt. This trend warrants further investigation to determine if future capital allocation will continue to favor debt reduction or shift toward shareholder returns.
Quick answers to the most common questions about buying DAKT stock.
As of 2026, Daktronics, Inc. (DAKT) had total assets of $0.0M including $0.0M in current assets.
Daktronics, Inc. (DAKT) carries total debt of $30.8M, offset by $0.0M in cash and short-term investments. Comparing total debt to cash helps evaluate the company's debt burden and net leverage.
Daktronics, Inc. (DAKT) has total shareholders' equity (book value) of $300.7M ($6.09 book value per share). Book value represents the net worth of the company belonging to common stock holders.