UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 10-Q

 

☒   QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended October 30, 2021January 29, 2022

 

or

☐   TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from ___ to ___.

Commission File Number: 0-23246

 

 

Daktronics, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

South Dakota			46-0306862
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)			(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
201 Daktronics Drive	Brookings,	SD	57006
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(605) 692-0200

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, No Par Value	DAKT	Nasdaq Global Select Market
Preferred Stock Purchase Rights	DAKT	Nasdaq Global Select Market

 

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 of 1934 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 such filing 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 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such 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, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

Large accelerated filer	☐		Accelerated filer	☒
Non-accelerated filer	☐		Smaller reporting company	☐
			Emerging growth company	☐

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ☐ No ☒

 

The number of shares of the registrant’s common stock outstanding as of November 23, 2021February 22, 2022 was 45,464,957.45,466,357.

 

 

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Table of Contents

  

PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

NOTES TO THE CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(dollar amounts in thousands, except per share data)

(unaudited)

Note 1. Basis of Presentation

Daktronics, Inc. and its subsidiaries (the “Company”, “Daktronics”, “we”, “our”, or “us”) are the world's industry leader in designing and manufacturing electronic scoreboards, programmable display systems and large screen video displays for sporting, commercial and transportation applications.

In the opinion of management, the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements contain all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring adjustments) necessary to fairly present our financial position, results of operations and cash flows for the periods presented. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America ("GAAP") requires management to make estimates and assumptions affecting the reported amounts therein. Due to the inherent uncertainty involved in making estimates, actual results in future periods may differ from those estimates.

Certain information and disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP have been condensed or omitted. The balance sheet at May 1, 2021, has been derived from the audited financial statements at that date, but it does not include all the information and disclosures required by GAAP for complete financial statements. These financial statements should be read in conjunction with our financial statements and notes thereto for the year ended May 1, 2021, which are contained in our Annual Report on Form 10-K previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"). The results of operations for the interim periods presented are not necessarily indicative of results that may be expected for any other interim period or for the full fiscal year.

Daktronics, Inc. operates on a 52- or 53-week fiscal year, with our fiscal year ending on the Saturday closest to April 30 of each year. When April 30 falls on a Wednesday, the fiscal year ends on the preceding Saturday. Within each fiscal year, each quarter is comprised of 13-week periods following the beginning of each fiscal year. In each 53-week year, an additional week is added to the first quarter, and each of the last three quarters is comprised of a 13-week period. The sixnine months ended OctoberJanuary 29, 2022 and January 30, 2021and October 31, 2020, contained operating results for 2639 weeks. 

The following table provides a reconciliation of cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash reported within the condensed consolidated balance sheets that sum to the totals of the same amounts shown in the condensed consolidated statements of cash flows. Restricted cash consists of cash and cash equivalents held in bank deposit accounts to secure issuances of foreign bank guarantees. 

Other Business Developments - Coronavirus Pandemic

During fiscal 2021, the global spread of the coronavirus pandemic ("COVID-19")Impacts to and resulting restrictions negatively impacted our business and created significant volatility, uncertainty andchanges in global economic disruption. We took proactive steps to solidify our financial position and mitigate any adverse consequences. Our orders and sales decline in fiscal 2021conditions are largelyexpected as the result of the impacts of the pandemic. To align our expenses to the change in the market, we reduced investments in capital assets, reduced executive pay and board member compensation for fiscal 2021 and instituted initiatives to reduce other costs in the business. On April 1, 2020, our board of directors voted to suspend stock repurchases under our share repurchase program and to suspend dividends. In addition, throughout fiscal 2021, we temporarily furloughed employees to manage our cost structure to align with decreased demand.

A special voluntary retirement and voluntary exit incentive program ("Offering") and two reductions in force ("RIFs") were instituted during the firstsix months of fiscal 2021 to adjust our capacity and reduce on-going expenses in response to the reduced revenue and uncertainties created by the COVID-19 pandemic. During the first quarter of fiscal 2021, 60 employees agreed to participate in the Offering and completed employment. The approximate cost of this Offering was $931 during the first quarter of fiscal 2021. Under the RIFs, employment was terminated with 108 employees with severance totaling $1,426 during the first quarter of fiscal 2021 and 150 employees with severance totaling $2,742 during the second quarter of fiscal 2021. 

We received governmental wage subsidiesworld economies recover from various governmental programs related to COVID implications of $280 and $1,378 during the six months ended October 30, 2021 and October 31, 2020, respectively and recorded the subsidies as a reduction of compensation expense, most of is included in the "Costs of sales" line item in our condensed consolidated statements of operations. We also have elected to defer payments of the employer portion of social security taxes during the payroll tax deferral period, which ended on December 31, 2020. As of October 30, 2021, the total amount of such deferral was $5,122, which is included in the "Accrued expenses" in the current liabilities and in the "Other long-term obligations" line items in long-term liabilities in our condensed consolidated balance sheet. Per the terms of the deferral program, 50 percent of the deferred amount is due on December 31, 2021, with the remaining 50 percent due on December 31, 2022.

The pandemic continues to evolve, as evidenced by the recent Omicron variant reports, impacting economic and business conditions. We continue to monitor guidance from international and domestic authorities regarding the COVID-19 pandemic, adjust to supply chain conditions and disruptions, and react to the evolving war and geopolitical environment. Our ability to fund operations and capital expenditures in the future will be dependent on our ability to generate cash flow from operations in these conditions, to maintain or improve margins, and to use funds from our credit facility or other funding sources.  

We anticipate needing to utilize a portion of our line of credit which expires in mayNovember 2022, take additional actionsand there can be no assurances that we will be successful in renewing the line of credit with sufficient capacity or that we will otherwise be able to obtain sufficient cash. However, based on their requirements and recommendations. Since late fiscal 2021,our order and quoting activities have increased, creating a strong backlog and positive outlook; however, there is no assurance that this trend will continue in future quarters. Supply chain disruptions continue as a result of several factors including the pandemic, shipping container shortages, labor shortages, and the changes in global demand. Specifically, we are impacted by the global shortage of semiconductors and related electronic components, laborinitial discussions with lenders and other materials needed for production,alternatives we have available to us, such as increasing prices of our goods and freight availability. We have experienced increased input costs including material, freight,services, reducing capital expenditures, reducing operating expenses, negotiating longer payment terms to our suppliers, and tariff costsobtaining other forms of debt or equity financing, we believe it is probable our existing cash balances and increased personal spend throughfuture actions will be sufficient to fund our normal business operations over the next firsttwelve half of the fiscal year. We expect continued disruptions in obtaining material, labor, and freight availability and an increase in inflation as the world economies react to and recovermonths from the pandemic, which may cause volatility in our pricing, order and revenue cycles and production costs. In addition, regulatory requirements like those proposed by the US Occupational Safety and Health Administration ("OSHA"), may increase on-going compliance costs.date of this Report. 

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

There have been no material changes to our significant accounting policies and estimates as described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended May 1, 2021.

Accounting Standards Adopted

There are no significant Accounting Standard Updates ("ASUs") issued that we adopted in theas of six months ended October 30, 2021January 29, 2022.

Accounting Standards Not Yet Adopted

ThereIn November 2021, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued ASU 2021-10,Government Assistance (Topic 832): Disclosures by Business Entities About Government Assistance ("ASU 2021-10"), which requires business entities to disclose information about transactions with a government that are accounted for by applying a grant or contribution model by analogy. For transactions covered by ASU no2021-10, the new standard requires the disclosure of information about the nature of the transaction, including significant ASU's issued butterms and conditions, as well as the amounts and specific financial statement line items affected by the transaction. ASU 2021-10 is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2021, which for us is the first quarter of fiscal 2023. Early adoption is permitted. The Company does not yet adopted asexpect the adoption of ASU October 30, 2021.

-10 to have a material impact on future disclosures. 

Note 2. Investments in Affiliates

The aggregate amount of our investments in affiliates accounted for under the equity method was $18,322$17,921 and $19,887 atas of October 30, 2021January 29, 2022 and May 1, 2021, respectively. Our proportional share of the respective affiliates' earnings or losses is included in the "Other (expense) income, net" line item in our condensed consolidated statements of operations. For the three and sixnine months ended October 30, 2021January 29, 2022, our share of the losses of our affiliates was $819$401 and $1,565$1,966 as compared to $616$595 and $1,145$1,740 for the three and sixnine months ended October 31, 2020January 30, 2021. We purchased services for research and development activities from our equity method investments.investees. The total of these related party transactions was $898$1,520 for the sixnine months ended October 30, 2021, January 29, 2022, which is included in the "Product design and development" line item in our condensed consolidated statement of operations, and $584$117 of this remains unpaid and is included in the "Accounts payable " line item in our condensed consolidated balance sheet. The total of these related party transactions was $560 for the six months ended October 31, 2020. During the second quarter of fiscal 2022, weWe have loaned an investment in affiliate $5,000,equity investees $6,335, which is evidenced by a convertible note, which isnotes (“Notes”) and included in the "Long-term“Long-term receivables, less current maturities" line item in our condensed consolidated balance sheet. 

Note 3. Earnings Per Share ("EPS")

The following is a reconciliation of the net income and common share amounts used in the calculation of basic and diluted EPS for the three and sixnine months ended OctoberJanuary 29, 2022 and January 30, 2021and October 31, 2020:

Options outstanding to purchase 1,9432,216 shares of common stock with a weighted average exercise price of $9.22$8.17 for the three months ended October 30, 2021January 29, 2022 and 2,3482,337 shares of common stock with a weighted average exercise price of $9.28$8.70 for the three months ended October 31, 2020January 30, 2021 were not included in the computation of diluted earnings per share because the effects would be anti-dilutive.

Options outstanding to purchase 1,8771,857 shares of common stock with a weighted average exercise price of $9.37$9.26 for the sixnine months ended October 30, 2021January 29, 2022 and 2,2332,268 shares of common stock with a weighted average exercise price of $9.61$9.29 for the sixnine months ended October 31, 2020January 30, 2021 were not included in the computation of diluted earnings per share because the effects would be anti-dilutive. 

Note 4. Revenue Recognition

Disaggregation of revenue

The following table presents our disaggregation of revenue by segments:

See "Note 5. Segment Reporting" for a disaggregation of revenue by geography.

Contract balances

Contract assets represent revenue recognized in excess of amounts billed and include unbilled receivables. Unbilled receivables, which represent an unconditional right to payment subject only to the passage of time, are reclassified to accounts receivable when they are billed according to the contract terms. Contract liabilities represent amounts billed to the customers in excess of revenue recognized to date.

The following table reflects the changes in our contract assets and liabilities:

The changes in our contract assets and contract liabilities from May 1, 2021 to October 30, 2021January 29, 2022 were due to the timing of billing schedules and revenue recognition, which can vary significantly depending on the contractual payment terms and the construction and sports market seasonality. We had no impairments of contract assets for the sixnine months ended October 30, 2021January 29, 2022.

For service-type warranty contracts, we allocate revenue to this performance obligation, recognize the revenue over time, and recognize costs as incurred. Earned and unearned revenues for these contracts are included in the "Contract assets" and "Contract liabilities" line items in our condensed consolidated balance sheets. Changes in unearned service-type warranty contracts, net were as follows: