Daktronics vs CPI Card Group
Daktronics reported revenue of $839 million in fiscal 2026, 1.5 times CPI Card Group's $544 million in fiscal 2025. Daktronics' revenue grew 10.9% in its latest year, and CPI Card Group's grew 13.1%. Daktronics had an operating margin of 7.2%, against 10.1% at CPI Card Group. Free cash flow was $34 million at Daktronics and $41 million at CPI Card Group. Their fiscal years end in different months (May 2 and December 31), so the periods don't line up exactly.
Side by side
| Daktronics | CPI Card Group | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest fiscal year | FY2026, May 2, 2026 | FY2025, Dec 31, 2025 |
| Revenue | $839M | $544M |
| Revenue growth | 10.9% | 13.1% |
| Revenue growth a year, last 5 years | 11.7% | 11.7% |
| Gross margin | 27.3% | 31.3% |
| Operating margin | 7.2% | 10.1% |
| Net margin | 5.4% | 2.8% |
| Free cash flow | $34M | $41M |
| Free cash flow margin | 4.1% | 7.6% |
| Return on capital | 28.1% | 14.8% |
| Net debt to EBITDA | −1.5x | 3.8x |
| Dividends and buybacks | $26M | $0M |
| Change in diluted share count | 3.8% | 0.4% |
| Last close | $19.41 | $24.36 |
| P/E at the last close | 19.8× | 17.9× |
| Insider trades, last 12 months | bought $1,565, sold $149,636 | bought $14.9 million, sold $83.7 million |
| Piotroski F-score | 8 of 9 | 4 of 9 |
Amounts in each company's own currency, US$ unless marked (a foreign company may report in another), each company's latest fiscal year from its 10-K, or 20-F or 40-F for a foreign company. Growth rates compare with the year before; the five-year rate is the average a year. Free cash flow is cash from operations minus capital spending; return on capital is after-tax operating income over the money invested in the business; P/E is the last close over the latest earnings per share. Banks are measured differently (return on equity, efficiency ratio), so some rows apply to one company only.
Ten years
Revenue
US$ billions, fiscal years
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Operating margin
Percent of revenue
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Free cash flow
US$ billions. Cash from operations minus capital expenditure.
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Source: the companies' Form 10-K filings, from SEC EDGAR, and the last close. For information only, not investment advice: the figures describe results, not which company is the better investment. The Filing Desk is not affiliated with either company. Full figures on the Daktronics and CPI Card Group pages.