Daktronics Inc cash flow statement

In fiscal 2026, Daktronics Inc's operations generated $49.2m of cash; it spent $14.9m on capital projects, leaving free cash flow of $34.3m. It returned $25.6m through buybacks.

Cash flow statement

US$ millions unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Daktronics Inc: cash flow statement, annual
Fiscal year	2010May 2010	2011Apr 2011	2012Apr 2012	2013Apr 2013	2014Apr 2014	2015May 2015	2016Apr 2016	2017Apr 2017	2018Apr 2018	2019Apr 2019	2020May 2020	2021May 2021	2022Apr 2022	2023Apr 2023	2024Apr 2024	2025Apr 2025	2026May 2026	LTMAug 2026
Cash from operations	44	41	20	51	36	54	13	39	30	30	11	66	−27	15	63	98	49	55
Depreciation and amortisation	22	20	18	16	15	15	17	19	18	19	18	17	15	17	19	20	19	19
Stock-based pay	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	5	5
Capital spending	16	9	17	10	14	22	17	9	18	17	18	8	20	25	17	19	15	15
Free cash flow	28	32	4	41	23	32	−4	31	12	12	−7	58	−47	−10	46	78	34	40
Free cash flow after stock pay	24	29	0	38	20	29	−7	28	10	10	−10	56	−49	−12	44	75	29	35
Dividends paid	4	25	26	31	17	17	18	14	12	13	9	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
Share buybacks	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	2	0	0	6	0	3	0	0	29	26	19

US$ millions unless shown otherwise. Fiscal quarters.

Daktronics Inc: cash flow statement, quarterly
Quarter	2025 Q2Oct 2024	2025 Q3Jan 2025	2025 Q4Apr 2025	2026 Q1Aug 2025	2026 Q2Nov 2025	2026 Q3Jan 2026	2026 Q4May 2026	2027 Q1Aug 2026
Cash from operations	43	12	23	26	17	12	−5	31
Depreciation and amortisation	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Stock-based pay	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1
Capital spending	5	4	5	4	2	4	5	4
Free cash flow	38	8	18	22	14	8	−10	27
Free cash flow after stock pay	37	7	17	21	13	6	−11	26

Free cash flow is cash from operations minus capital spending. Free cash flow after stock pay also subtracts stock-based compensation, a real cost to shareholders that the cash flow statement adds back. Dividends, buybacks and shares issued are cash amounts for the period.

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Figures from Daktronics Inc's SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 29, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Daktronics Inc.