Daktronics (DAKT) Tops Q2 EPS by 6c
Daktronics (NASDAQ: DAKT) reported Q2 EPS of $0.35, $0.06 better than the analyst estimate of $0.29. Revenue for the quarter came in at $229.3 million versus the consensus estimate of $217.43 million.
Outlook
Daktronics is expanding its pipeline of market opportunities to support its growth objectives while continuing to pursue new market applications to expand its indoor video product offerings. This includes continued expansion of its product offerings for both indoor and outdoor products, software services, and control systems to provide industry leading solutions for its customers. Daktronics continues to execute on its business and digital transformation to drive profitable growth, reduce costs, and streamline its operations to better serve customers through enhanced sales and fulfillment capabilities, corporate and performance management, and data and artificial intelligence tools.
Daktronics remains agile and ready to implement measures to mitigate future tariff impacts and has taken action to reduce cost pressure by increasing its diversified global manufacturing footprint to support its growing worldwide opportunity pipeline. We have built-in protection clauses into contracts and are keeping the Company’s supply chain for components flexible. The Company continues to focus on proactively managing the business to generate profitable growth over the long term.
Mr. Wiemann added, “Our product backlog position of $320.6 million provides us with a multi-quarter revenue runway, and our pipeline of potential new projects over the next year reflects sustained strong customer demand. Our three-year transformation initiatives are supporting greater efficiencies and higher profitability, and we continue to extend our leadership in product innovation and design and to advance the sophistication of the buying tools we offer customers to enhance our strong service levels and our value proposition. To facilitate our growing business and optimize our manufacturing network, we are opening a facility in Mexico that we expect to be in production by the end of fiscal 2026, to complement our U.S. manufacturing operations. We are highly energized and remain on track to achieve our three-year plan objectives of a 7-10% CAGR in revenue growth, 10-12% operating margin and 17-20% ROIC.”
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