Industrials / Marine ShippingUpdated 2026-05-10 22:07 UTC

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Fair value pending

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Market cap

2.5B

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Market data

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Current market quote for this ticker.

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Sector context

Where the current metrics sit

Percentiles come from the backend screener cohort cache for the ticker's country and sector.

Forward P/E4.9

P25 14.6P50 20.6P75 30.4

Trailing P/E5

P25 17.1P50 27.2P75 47.6

ROE13.7

P25 -16.4P50 5.9P75 16.4

ROIC13.2

P25 -10.3P50 5.1P75 12.2

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Indicator catalog

All DAC market and fundamental indicators

A searchable catalog of the available market, valuation, profitability, growth, balance-sheet, ownership, and analyst metrics for this ticker.

Available fields

270

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Currency

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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	$2.4B
Exchange	NYSE
Financial currency	USD
First seen	2026-05-09
Industry	Marine Shipping
IPO Date	2006-10-06
Isin	MHY1968P1218
Last refreshed	2026-05-10
Market cap	$2.5B
Market cap category	Mid-Cap
Price	$135
Price currency	USD
Rev Per Employee	260,614,000x
Sector	Industrials
Sic	4412
Symbol	DAC
Website	https://www.danaos.com

Valuation

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

Metric	Value
Earnings Yield	20.18%
EV Earnings	4.95x
EV Sales Forward	2.44x
EV/EBIT	4.92x
EV/EBITDA	3.7x
EV/FCF	7.03x
EV/Sales	2.35x
FCF yield	14.2%
Forward P/E	4.88x
P/B ratio	0.65x
P/E ratio	5.03x
P/S ratio	2.35x
PE Ratio10 Y	2.66x
PE Ratio3 Y	2.96x
PE Ratio5 Y	2.55x
PS Forward	2.44x

Profitability

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

Metric	Value
EBIT Margin	47.73%
EBITDA Margin	63.41%
FCF margin	33.39%
Gross margin	69.7%
Gross Profit	$726.5M
Gross Profit Growth	-1.17%
Gross Profit Growth Q	1.9%
Gross Profit Growth3 Y	-2.63%
Gross Profit Growth5 Y	17.43%
Net Income	$494.6M
Net Income Growth	-2.07%
Net Income Growth Q	30.4%
Net Income Growth Quarters	2%
Net Income Growth Years	0%
Net Income Growth3 Y	-4.01%
Net Income Growth5 Y	26.36%
Pretax Margin	47.45%
Profit Margin	47.45%
Profit Per Employee	$123.7M
Profitable Years	7
ROA	6.58
Roa5y	8.6
ROCE	10.56
ROE	13.7
Roe5y	28.3
ROIC	13.19
Roic5y	16.64

Growth

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

Metric	Value
Cagr10y	13.98%
Cagr15y	3.76%
Cagr1y	73%
Cagr3y	39.03%
Cagr5y	20.09%
Div CAGR10	21.48%
Div CAGR3	5.27%
Div CAGR5	47.58%
EPS Growth	2.73
EPS Growth Q	36.53
EPS Growth Quarters	2
EPS Growth Years	1
EPS Growth3 Y	-0.64
EPS Growth5 Y	32.92
FCF Growth Q	4.6%
FCF Growth3 Y	-22.08%
FCF Growth5 Y	29.65%
OCF Growth	3.7%
OCF Growth Q	14.59%
OCF Growth10 Y	9.03%
OCF Growth3 Y	-11.64%
OCF Growth5 Y	19.4%
Revenue Growth	2.8x
Revenue Growth Q	3.13x
Revenue Growth Quarters	3x
Revenue Growth Years	2x
Revenue Growth3 Y	1.62x
Revenue Growth5 Y	17.7x

Financial strength

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

Metric	Value
Asset Turnover	$0.22
Assets	$5.1B
Cash	$1.2B
Current Assets	$1.3B
Current Liabilities	$401.7M
Debt	$1.2B
Debt EBITDA	$1.75
Debt Equity	$0.3
Debt FCF	$3.32
Equity	$3.8B
Interest Coverage	10.71
Liabilities	$1.3B
Long Term Assets	$3.8B
Long Term Liabilities	$916.7M
Net Cash	$2.4M
Net Cash By Market Cap	$0.1
Net Debt EBITDA	$-0
Net Debt Equity	$-0
Net Debt FCF	$-0.01
Tangible Book Value	$3.8B
Tangible Book Value Per Share	$208
WACC	7.26

Liquidity

Current-asset coverage and working-capital efficiency metrics.

Metric	Value
Current ratio	3.28
Inventory Turnover	13.36
Net Working Capital	$43.2M
Quick ratio	3.06
Working Capital	$917.7M
Working Capital Turnover	$1.47

Dividends and buybacks

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

Metric	Value
Buyback Yield	4.67%
Dividend Growth	6.06%
Dividend Growth Years	4%
Dividend per share	$3.6
Dividend Years	6
Dividend Yield	2.67%
Ex Div Date	2026-02-23
Last Dividend	$0.9
Payout Frequency	Quarterly
Payout Ratio	13.08%

Performance and technicals

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

Metric	Value
10Y total return	270.06%
1Y total return	72.93%
200-day SMA	100.6
3Y total return	168.82%
50-day SMA	116.5
50-day SMA vs 200-day SMA	50over200
5Y total return	149.72%
All Time High	563.6
All Time High Change	-76.11%
All Time High Date	2007-07-26
All Time Low	2.5
All Time Low Change	5,285.2%
All Time Low Date	2020-03-20
ATR	3.22
Beta	0.9
Beta1y	0.59
Beta2y	0.72
Ch YTD	42.95
High	135.2
High52	135.2
High52 Date	2026-05-08
High52ch	-0.43%
Low	132.9
Low52	81.47
Low52 Date	2025-05-08
Low52ch	65.25%
Ma50ch	15.59%
Price vs 200-day SMA	33.85%
RSI	78.22
RSI Monthly	77.91
RSI Weekly	78.11
Sharpe ratio	2.41x
Sortino ratio	4.29
Total Return	7.34%
Tr YTD	44.13
Tr15y	74.02%
Tr1m	16.81%
Tr1w	12.41%
Tr3m	32.98%

Analyst estimates

Ratings, targets, revisions, and forward estimate fields.

Metric	Value
Analyst Count	2
Analyst Count Top	1
Analyst Price Target Top	$120
Analyst Ratings	Buy
Analyst Ratings Top	Hold
Earnings EPS Estimate	$6.87
Earnings EPS Estimate Growth	13.74
Earnings Revenue Estimate	265,000,000x
Earnings Revenue Estimate Growth	4.62x
Operating Income	$497.6M
Operating Income Growth	-6.38
Operating Income Growth Q	-3.41
Operating Income Growth3 Y	-6.48
Operating Income Growth5 Y	20.06
Operating margin	47.73
Price target	$113
Price Target Change	$-16.44
Price Target Change Top	$-10.87

Ownership and float

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

Metric	Value
Float	8,408,037%
Float Percent	46.19%
Net Borrowing	429,911,000
Shares Insiders	53.79%
Shares Institutions	19.7%
Shares Out	18,203,475
Shares Qo Q	-0.1%
Shares Yo Y	-4.67%
Short Ratio	6.15
Short Shares	5.18

Other indicators

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

Metric	Value
Adjusted FCF	$331.3M
Average Volume	88,049.8x
Bv Per Share	207.8
CAPEX	$-296.7M
Ch10y	204.3
Ch15y	43.1
Ch1m	16.81
Ch1w	12.41
Ch1y	66.7
Ch3m	31.89
Ch3y	138.2
Ch5y	105.4
Ch6m	46.39
Change	1.78%
Change From Open	1.11
Close	132.3
Days Gap	0.67
Depreciation Amortization	163,366,000
Dollar Volume	13,077,015.8
Earnings Date	2026-05-11
Earnings Time	amc
EBIT	$497.6M
EBITDA	$661M
EPS	$26.76
F Score	4
FCF	$348.1M
FCF EV Yield	14.22x
FCF Per Share	$19.12
Financing CF	264,851,000
Fiscal Year End	December
Founded	1,972
Graham Number	353.7299
Graham Upside	162.7
Investing CF	-325,696,000
Is Primary Listing	1
Is Spac	No
Last Earnings Date	2026-02-09
Last Report Date	2025-12-31
Last Split Date	2019-05-02
Last Split Type	Reverse
Last10k Filing Date	2026-02-27
Lynch Fair Value	$669
Lynch Upside	396.9
Ma150	103.1
Ma150ch	30.6%
Ma20	121.1
Ma20ch	11.13%
Net CF	583,908,000
Next Earnings Date	2026-05-11
Open	133.2
Optionable	Yes
P FCF Ratio	7.04
P OCF Ratio	3.8
Payment Date	2026-03-04
Position In Range	75.42
Post Close	134.6
Postmarket Change Percent	0.61
Postmarket Price	$135
Ppne	3,269,703,000
Price Date	2026-05-08
Price EBITDA	$3.71
Ptbv Ratio	0.65
Relative Volume	1.1x
Revenue	1,042,456,000x
SBC By Revenue	1.61x
Share Based Comp	16,755,000
Tr6m	48.97%
Volume	97,133
Z Score	2.37

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Forward P/E

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Next action

Research pending

Final action steps are kept in the recommendation tab.

Income

DAC dividend yield, growth & safety

Yield, payout sustainability, and the multi-year growth streak.

Dividend yield

+2.7%

$3.60 annual per share

Payout ratio

+13.1%

Share of earnings returned as dividends. Below 60% is generally sustainable.

5Y dividend CAGR

+47.6%

4 consecutive years of growth

Total shareholder yield

+7.3%

Next ex-dividend date: 2026-02-23

Performance

DAC stock returns vs the market

Total return (incl. dividends) compared to S&P 500.

Ownership

Who owns DAC?

Insider, institutional, and short-interest positioning.

Institutional ownership

+19.7%

Float: +46.2% of shares outstanding

Insider ownership

+53.8%

Stake held by company insiders. Higher generally signals alignment.

Negative means the company is buying back shares.

Technical

DAC momentum and risk profile

RSI, moving-average stack, beta, and risk-adjusted return.

RSI (14)

78.2

Above 70: short-term overbought

Price vs 200-day MA

+33.9%

50/200-day relationship not available

Beta (5Y)

0.90

Moves roughly with the market

Sharpe ratio

2.41

Risk-adjusted return — higher is better; >1.0 is solid.

Peers

DAC vs. sector cohort

Currency-neutral comparison: P/E, P/S, ROIC, 5Y revenue CAGR, and 1Y total return. Market-cap column appears only when every peer reports in the same currency.

Ticker	Name	Market cap	P/E	P/S	ROIC	5Y rev CAGR	1Y total return	Rating
BA	The Boeing Company	187.1B	95.1x	2.0x	-13.6%	+10.3%	+27.9%	बेचें
CAT	Caterpillar Inc.	413.4B	44.7x	5.8x	16.5%	+10.5%	+183.2%	बेचें
DE	Deere & Company	155.3B	32.4x	3.3x	6.0%	+4.8%	+23.3%	बेचें

Questions

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