The buying and selling of stock by a company’s insider give investors a sense that the stock will rise or fall in the future. Daktronics Inc shares valued at $229,599 were sold by GATZKE CARLA S on Sep 17 ’25. At $23.09 per share, GATZKE CARLA S sold 9,944 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 721,036 shares worth approximately $14.39 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, CARLA S GATZKE purchased 9,944 shares, netting a total of over 229,599 in proceeds.
Before that, Friel John Patrick had sold 13,479 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $317,851, the Director traded Daktronics Inc shares for $23.58 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 13,479 shares, worth approximately $1.48 million.
As published in their initiating research note from Craig Hallum on January 22, 2025, Daktronics Inc [DAKT] has been a Buy and the price target has been revised to $26. Analysts at Sidoti started covering the stock with ‘”a Neutral”‘ outlook in a report released in late January. As of June 01, 2016, Sidoti has decreased its “Buy” rating to a “Neutral” for DAKT. Earlier on September 23, 2015, Needham upgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “a Buy” for DAKT stock which previously was a “a Hold”.
Analyzing DAKT Stock Performance
On last trading session, Daktronics Inc [NASDAQ: DAKT] rose 0.30% to $19.96. The stock’s lowest price that day was $19.76, but it reached a high of $20.35 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 0.05%. Over the course of the year, Daktronics Inc shares have jumped approximately 47.63%.
Is Daktronics Inc subject to short interest?
Stocks of Daktronics Inc saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-09-30 dropping by -0.61 million shares to 1.39 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-08-29 was 1.99 million shares. A decline of -43.64% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 1.97 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 1.97.
