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DAC Stock Analysis, Forecast & Valuation

Market cap	2.6B
Revenue (ttm)	1B
Net income (ttm)	519.9M
EPS (ttm)	$28.3
Shares out	18.2M
P/E (trailing)	5.0x
P/E (forward)	5.3x
Dividend	$3.60 (2.53%)
Volume	122,321

Beta	0.89

Price target	$157	+10.5%

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Profile and market data

Ticker identity, listing, currency, market cap, and source dates.

Metric	Value
Cik	0001369241
Company name	Danaos Corporation
Country	Greece
Country code	US
Cusip	Y1968P121
Employees	4
Employees Change	0%
Employees Change Percent	0
Enterprise value	$2.6B
Exchange	NYSE
Financial currency	USD
First seen	2026-05-09
Industry	Marine Shipping
Industry PE	11.01
Industry PE Fwd	7.2
IPO Date	2006-10-06
Isin	MHY1968P1218
Last refreshed	2026-07-31
Market cap	$2.6B
Market cap category	Mid-Cap
Price	$142
Price currency	USD
Rev Per Employee	260,711,750x
Sector	Industrials
Sector PE	42.31
Sector PE Fwd	28.71
Sic	4412
Symbol	DAC
Website	https://www.danaos.com

Valuation

Multiples, yields, enterprise-value ratios, and valuation checks.

Metric	Value
Earnings Yield	20.1%
EV Earnings	4.98x
EV Sales Forward	2.43x
EV/EBIT	4.13x
EV/EBITDA	4.05x
EV/FCF	8.32x
EV/Sales	2.49x
FCF yield	12.04%
Forward P/E	5.3x
P/B ratio	0.66x
P/E ratio	5.01x
P/S ratio	2.48x
PE Ratio10 Y	2.68x
PE Ratio3 Y	3.04x
PE Ratio5 Y	2.63x
PS Forward	2.42x

Profitability

Margins, returns on capital, cash conversion, and quality metrics.

Metric	Value
EBIT Margin	60.13%
EBITDA Margin	61.31%
FCF margin	29.86%
Gross margin	70.46%
Gross Profit	$734.7M
Gross Profit Growth	1.61%
Gross Profit Growth Q	4.75%
Gross Profit Growth3 Y	-2.69%
Gross Profit Growth5 Y	16.27%
Net Income	$519.9M
Net Income Growth	10.68%
Net Income Growth Q	21.95%
Net Income Growth Quarters	3%
Net Income Growth Years	0%
Net Income Growth3 Y	11.61%
Net Income Growth5 Y	4.3%
Pretax Margin	49.85%
Profit Margin	49.85%
Profit Per Employee	$130M
Profitable Quarters	$29
Profitable Years	7
ROA	6.58
Roa5y	8.6
ROCE	12.61
ROE	14.03
Roe5y	28.3
ROIC	13.03
Roic5y	16.64

Growth

Revenue, earnings, cash-flow, and forward growth indicators.

Metric	Value
Cagr10y	11.35%
Cagr15y	7.17%
Cagr1y	57.48%
Cagr3y	31.12%
Cagr5y	20.4%
Div CAGR10	21.82%
Div CAGR3	6.27%
Div CAGR5	29.2%
EPS Growth	15.74
EPS Growth Q	25.61
EPS Growth Quarters	3
EPS Growth Years	1
EPS Growth3 Y	15.65
EPS Growth5 Y	8.86
FCF Growth Q	-76.14%
FCF Growth3 Y	-25.07%
FCF Growth5 Y	13.02%
OCF Growth	11.91%
OCF Growth Q	21.87%
OCF Growth10 Y	9.44%
OCF Growth3 Y	-10.59%
OCF Growth5 Y	17.69%
Revenue Growth	2.85x
Revenue Growth Q	0.15x
Revenue Growth Quarters	4x
Revenue Growth Years	2x
Revenue Growth3 Y	1.17x
Revenue Growth5 Y	16.43x

Financial strength

Debt, cash, solvency, accounting-quality, and balance-sheet signals.

Metric	Value
Asset Turnover	$0.22
Assets	$5.1B
Cash	$1B
Current Assets	$1.2B
Current Liabilities	$137.3M
Debt	$1B
Debt EBITDA	$1.6
Debt Equity	$0.26
Debt FCF	$3.29
Equity	$3.9B
Interest Coverage	12.95
Liabilities	$1.2B
Long Term Assets	$3.9B
Long Term Liabilities	$1.1B
Net Cash	$-5.4M
Net Cash By Market Cap	$-0.21
Net Debt EBITDA	$0.01
Net Debt Equity	$0
Net Debt FCF	$0.02
Tangible Book Value	$3.9B
Tangible Book Value Per Share	$215
WACC	7.59

Liquidity

Current-asset coverage and working-capital efficiency metrics.

Metric	Value
Current ratio	8.66
Inventory Turnover	9.86
Net Working Capital	$54M
Quick ratio	7.9
Working Capital	$1.1B
Working Capital Turnover	$1.31

Dividends and buybacks

Dividend yield, payout, buybacks, and shareholder-yield indicators.

Metric	Value
Buyback Yield	4.38%
Dividend Growth	5.88%
Dividend Growth Years	4%
Dividend per share	$3.6
Dividend Years	6
Dividend Yield	2.53%
Ex Div Date	2026-07-21
Last Dividend	$0.9
Payout Frequency	Quarterly
Payout Ratio	12.7%

Performance and technicals

Returns, volatility, beta, momentum, RSI, and moving-average context.

Metric	Value
10Y total return	193.06%
1Y total return	57.43%
200-day SMA	111
3Y total return	125.48%
50-day SMA	129.4
50-day SMA vs 200-day SMA	50over200
5Y total return	152.98%
All Time High	563.6
All Time High Change	-74.79%
All Time High Date	2007-07-26
All Time Low	2.5
All Time Low Change	5,582.8%
All Time Low Date	2020-03-20
ATR	3.65
Beta	0.89
Beta1y	0.61
Beta2y	0.74
Ch YTD	50.85
High	143.2
High52	143.2
High52 Date	2026-07-30
High52ch	-0.75%
Low	138
Low52	83.56
Low52 Date	2025-10-10
Low52ch	70.02%
Ma50ch	9.8%
Price vs 200-day SMA	27.96%
RSI	72.08
RSI Monthly	78.53
RSI Weekly	69.03
Sharpe ratio	2.01x
Sortino ratio	3.63
Total Return	6.92%
Tr YTD	54.23
Tr15y	182.48%
Tr1m	16.55%
Tr1w	3.37%
Tr3m	20.24%

Analyst estimates

Ratings, targets, revisions, and forward estimate fields.

Metric	Value
Analyst Count	2
Analyst Ratings	Buy
Earnings EPS Estimate	$6.41
Earnings EPS Estimate Growth	0.79
Earnings Revenue Estimate	255,374,000x
Earnings Revenue Estimate Growth	-2.59x
Operating Income	$502.6M
Operating Income Growth	-1.71
Operating Income Growth Q	4.11
Operating Income Growth3 Y	-6.82
Operating Income Growth5 Y	18.66
Operating margin	48.19
Price target	$157
Price Target Change	$10.51

Ownership and float

Institutional, insider, float, short-interest, and share-count fields.

Metric	Value
Float	8,407,680%
Float Percent	46.19%
Net Borrowing	263,197,000
Shares Insiders	53.79%
Shares Institutions	20.92%
Shares Out	18,203,524
Shares Qo Q	-0.72%
Shares Yo Y	-4.38%
Short Ratio	6
Short Shares	6.39

Other indicators

Additional ticker metrics that do not fit the primary research groupings yet.

Metric	Value
Adjusted FCF	$293.9M
Adjusted OCF	656,589,000
Average Volume	108,072.6x
Bv Per Share	215.2
CAPEX	$-362.6M
Ch10y	137.7
Ch15y	129.1
Ch1m	15.73
Ch1w	3.37
Ch1y	51.17
Ch3m	18.57
Ch3y	99.57
Ch5y	106.8
Ch6m	35.64
Change	2.5%
Change From Open	2.4
Close	138.6
Days Gap	0.1
Depreciation Amortization	164,200,000
Dollar Volume	17,378,144.5
Earnings Date	2026-08-03
Earnings Time	amc
EBIT	$627.1M
EBITDA	$639.3M
EPS	$28.34
F Score	5
FCF	$311.4M
FCF EV Yield	12.02x
FCF Per Share	$17.11
Financing CF	127,879,000
Fiscal Year End	December
Founded	1,972
Graham Number	370.42258
Graham Upside	160.7
Investing CF	-406,244,000
Is Primary Listing	1
Is Spac	No
Last Earnings Date	2026-05-11
Last Report Date	2026-03-31
Last Split Date	2019-05-02
Last Split Type	Reverse
Last10k Filing Date	2026-02-27
Lynch Fair Value	$142
Lynch Upside	-0.27
Ma150	117.2
Ma150ch	21.25%
Ma20	131.6
Ma20ch	7.99%
Net CF	395,664,000
Next Earnings Date	2026-08-03
Open	138.7
Optionable	Yes
P FCF Ratio	8.31
P FCF Ratio SBC	8.8
P OCF Ratio	3.84
P OCF Ratio SBC	3.94
Payment Date	2026-07-30
Position In Range	78.86
Post Close	142.1
Postmarket Change Percent	0.06
Postmarket Price	$142
Ppne	3,255,209,000
Price Date	2026-07-30
Price EBITDA	$4.05
Ptbv Ratio	0.66
Relative Volume	1.13x
Revenue	1,042,847,000x
SBC By Revenue	1.67x
Share Based Comp	17,440,000
Tr6m	38.68%
Volume	122,321
Z Score	2.57

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