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### Abstract/Summary of Daktronics, Inc. (DAKT) Annual Report (10-K) for the Fiscal Year Ended April 26, 2025 **Financial Performance:** - **Revenue:** $756.5 million, a decrease of 7.5% from the previous year. - **Net Income:** $(10.1) million, a significant decline from $34.6 million in the previous year. - **Earnings Per Share (EPS):** $(0.21) diluted, compared to $0.74 diluted in the previous year. - **Operating Income:** $33.1 million, down from $87.1 million in the previous year. - **Gross Profit:** $195.5 million, a decrease of 12.1% from the previous year. - **Operating Expenses:** $162.4 million, up 20% from the previous year. **Strategic Overview:** - Daktronics is a leader in designing and manufacturing electronic scoreboards, programmable display systems, and large screen video displays for sporting, commercial, and transportation applications. - The company serves customers by providing high-quality standard display products as well as custom-designed and integrated systems. - Daktronics engages in a full range of activities, including marketing and sales, engineering and product design and development, manufacturing, technical contracting, professional services, and customer service and support. **Future Outlook:** - The company expects the expansion of the use of digital display systems in the global market over the coming years. - Recent governmental regulations and orders and related geopolitical reactions and changes to or uncertainty around federal funding priorities can impact customers’ willingness to invest in digital display systems. - The company is investing in capacity and resources to grow the business and penetrate markets. - Daktronics is focused on digital and business transformation, improving its cost structure, and further growing its markets. **Risk Factors:** - **Macroeconomic Risks:** Geopolitical issues, conflicts, governmental actions, changes in laws, regulations, and policies, and other global events could adversely affect the company's results of operations and financial condition. - **Business and Industry Risks:** The company depends on a single-source or a limited number of suppliers for its raw materials and components from countries around the world. The loss of a key supplier, part unavailability, tariff changes, price changes, war, transportation disruptions, or other geopolitical impacts to trade or transport could have an adverse impact on the business and operations. - **Competition:** The company faces significant competition and pricing pressures. If it is not able to continue to enhance existing products or keep up with rapidly changing product developments and new technologies, or market and compete effectively in its new or enhanced products that respond to customer needs and preferences, it could lose market share and orders, which would negatively impact its results of operations. - **Supply Chain Risks:** The company relies on a complex supply chain for raw material and component imports and the global distribution of its products. It is adopting its manufacturing, sourcing capabilities, and product development priorities for these evolving changes in market and technology trends. - **Financial Condition:** The company's financial results are impacted negatively or positively from its proportionate share of its affiliates’ financial performance. Any reduction or impairment of the value of an investment and related acquired assets, goodwill, or investments in affiliates would result in charges against earnings, which would adversely affect its results of operations in future periods. **Market Position Changes:** - The company's market position is expected to be influenced by its ability to innovate and compete effectively in the rapidly changing product development and new technologies landscape. - The company's strategic initiatives, including digital and business transformation, improving its cost structure, and further growing its markets, are expected to impact its market position. **Amendment (if applicable):** - Not applicable. **Full Name and Ticker:** - Full Name: Daktronics, Inc. - Ticker: DAKT