FORM 10-K (Mark One) ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934For the Fiscal Year Ended May 2, 2026OR TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934For the Transition Period From ___ to ___.Commission File Number: 001-38747 Daktronics, Inc. (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) 46-0306862 Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.Yes☒No☐ Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act.Yes☐No Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to suchfiling requirements for the past 90 days.Yes☒No☐ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submitsuch files).Yes☒No☐ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, oran emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growthcompany” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. Accelerated filer☐Smaller reporting company☐Emerging growth company☐ Large accelerated filer☒Non-accelerated filer☐ If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with anynew or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.☐ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness of its internalcontrol over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm thatprepared or issued its audit report.☒ If securities are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act, indicate by check mark whether the financial statements of the registrant included inthe filing reflect the correction of an error to previously issued financial statements.☐ Indicate by check mark whether any of those errors corrections are restatements that required a recovery analysis of incentive-based compensationreceived by any of the registrant’s executive officers during the relevant recovery period pursuant to §240.10D-1(b).☐ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).YesNo☒ The aggregate market value of the registrant’s common stock held by non-affiliates as of the last business day of the registrant’s most recentlycompleted second quarter (October 31, 2025), computed by reference to the closing sales price of the registrant’s common stock on The NasdaqGlobal Select Market on such date, was approximately $867,125,359. For purposes of determining this number, the registrant has assumed that allexecutive officers, directors, and individual stockholders holding more than 10 percent of the registrant’s outstanding common stock are consideredaffiliates. This number is provided only for the purpose of this Annual Report on Form 10-K and does not represent an admission by either theregistrant or any such person as to the status of such person. The number of shares of the Registrant’s common stock outstanding as of June15, 2026 was 48,284,844. DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE Portions of the registrant’s definitive proxy statement relating to its 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders are incorporated by reference into Part IIIof this Annual Report on Form 10-K, where indicated. Such definitive proxy statement will be filed with the U.S. Securities and ExchangeCommission no later than 120 days after the conclusion of the registrant’s fiscal year ended May2, 2026. Auditor Firm ID: PCAOB No. 34 Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota Auditor Name: Deloitte & Touche LLP Table of Contents DAKTRONICS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIESFORM 10-KFOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED May2, 2026 Table of Contents CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS PART IITEM 1.BUSINESSITEM 1A.RISK FACTORSITEM 1B.UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTSITEM 1C.CYBERSECURITYITEM 2.PROPERTIESITEM 3.LEGAL PROCEEDINGSITEM 4.MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES PART II ITEM 5.MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS ANDISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIESITEM 6.[Reserved.]ITEM 7.MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION