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Danaos Corporation Stock AnalysisComprehensive stock analysis for Danaos Corporation (DAC) including live price, Snowflake performance metrics, financial statements, and investment research.Stock AnalysisDAC
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Danaos Corporation

🇺🇸DAC•NYSE

Danaos Corporation

🇺🇸DAC•NYSE
Market cap
$2.90B
Sentiment

Your view on DAC

Mkt Cap
$2.90B
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DAC
Danaos Corporation
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DAC
Company Overview

Overview

What the company does, where it operates, and who runs it.

About Danaos Corporation

Industry
Marine Shipping
Sector
Industrials
CEO
John Koustas
Headquarters
14 Akti Kondyli, Piraeus, GR
Industry
Marine Shipping
Sector
Industrials
CEO
John Koustas
Headquarters
14 Akti Kondyli, Piraeus, GR
Description

Danaos Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, owns and operates containerships in Australia, Asia, Europe, and the United States. The company offers seaborne transportation services, such as chartering its vessels to liner companies.

As of February 28, 2022, it had a fleet of 71 containerships aggregating 436,589 twenty-foot equivalent units in capacity. The company was formerly known as Danaos Holdings Limited and changed its name to Danaos Corporation in October 2005. Danaos Corporation was founded in 1963 and is based in Piraeus, Greece.

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Financial Data

Stock Data

Price chart, volume, and trading data.

Fair Value

What FRC thinks it is worth vs. the current price.

FRC's fair value estimate for Danaos Corporation, and the rating behind it. DAC last traded at $159.33, 5.4× trailing earnings — the estimate is read against that market price. FRC analysts run the firm's valuation model across the companies on this platform to estimate what each one is worth, rather than republishing a consensus average. Shows the current estimate, our rating, and when it was last revised. A free account covers 7 company valuations a month; a paid subscription is unlimited.

Financial Ratios

Profitability, returns, valuation, and leverage ratios.

Valuation, profitability, liquidity and leverage ratios for Danaos Corporation. Starting points for Danaos Corporation: P/E 5.4, EPS $29.71, beta 0.86 — an Marine Shipping name. P/E, P/B, EV/EBITDA, margins, return on equity, current ratio and debt coverage, each shown against the company's own history.

Dividend Analysis

Yield, payout ratio, and dividend coverage metrics.

Dividend history, yield and payout sustainability for Danaos Corporation. Danaos Corporation paid $3.60 per share over the last year — a 2.3% yield at the current $159.33 price. Per-share payments, yield over time, payout ratio and growth streak, with coverage measured against free cash flow.

Earnings Analysis

EPS history, beat rate, and upcoming earnings reports.

Reported vs. expected earnings history for Danaos Corporation. Trailing twelve-month EPS for Danaos Corporation stands at $29.71. EPS surprises by quarter, revenue against estimates, and the upcoming reporting date.

Financial Statements

Income statement, balance sheet, and cash flow statements.

Income statement, balance sheet and cash flow history for Danaos Corporation. Danaos Corporation has reported as a listed company since 2006. Annual and quarterly filings with period-over-period comparison, so you can trace how revenue, margins and cash generation have moved.

Peer Comparison

Comparables

List of peer companies in the same industry.

Danaos Corporation valued side by side against its closest peers. Danaos Corporation is measured against Marine Shipping peers within the Industrials sector. Peer-relative multiples and operating metrics, so the valuation is read in the context of its own sector rather than in isolation.

Ownership & News

Institutional Ownership

Premium

Which funds and firms own the stock.

Which institutions hold Danaos Corporation, and how their positions are changing. At a $2.90B market value, institutional positions materially move Danaos Corporation's register. Top holders, position sizes, and quarter-over-quarter accumulation or distribution from regulatory filings. Included with FRC Premium.

Insider Trading

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Recent buying and selling by company executives.

Buying and selling by Danaos Corporation executives and directors. Shares of Danaos Corporation have traded between $65.40 and $97.26 over the past 52 weeks — context for the timing of the transactions below. Insider transactions as disclosed to regulators, with role, size and date — the clearest read on how the people running the company are positioned. Included with FRC Premium.

Senate Trading

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U.S. Senator disclosures filed under the STOCK Act.

U.S. Senate disclosures naming Danaos Corporation. Danaos Corporation is a $2.90B Industrials company. Senators' reported transactions in this security, alongside the fundamentals — a signal most research platforms leave out entirely. Included with FRC Premium.

House Trading

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U.S. Representative disclosures filed under the STOCK Act.

U.S. House of Representatives disclosures naming Danaos Corporation. Representatives' reported transactions in this security, shown next to the company's fundamentals. Included with FRC Premium.

News

Latest headlines and market coverage.

Latest headlines and company announcements for Danaos Corporation. Coverage tracks Danaos Corporation within Marine Shipping (Industrials). Press releases and market coverage, newest first.

Peer companies

  • CDLR — Cadeler A/S
  • CMBT — Cmb.Tech N.V.
  • CMRE — Costamare Inc.
  • GSL — Global Ship Lease, Inc.
  • NMM — Navios Maritime Partners L.P.
  • ZIM — ZIM Integrated Shipping Services Ltd.

More Marine Shipping companies

  • STNG — Scorpio Tankers Inc.
  • SVRN — OceanPal Inc. Common Stock
  • TEUCF — Box Ships Inc.
  • TEUFF — Box Ships Inc.
  • TJIPF — Tianjin Port Development Holdings Limited
  • TNK — Teekay Tankers Ltd.
  • TOPS — Top Ships Inc.
  • TORO — Toro Corp.
  • TRMD — TORM plc
  • TTBKF — 2020 Bulkers Ltd.
  • UFG — Uni-Fuels Holdings Limited
  • ULTRF — Ultrapetrol (Bahamas) Limited

ETFs holding Danaos Corporation

  • WAGN — Professionally Managed Portfolios - Pabrai Wagons Fund (4.73%)
  • SEA — U.S. Global Sea to Sky Cargo ETF (2.01%)
  • BOAT — SonicShares Global Shipping ETF (1.45%)
  • DEEP — Acquirers Small and Micro Deep Value ETF (1.22%)
  • SHPP — Pacer Industrials and Logistics ETF (0.15%)
  • EWX — State Street SPDR S&P Emerging Markets Small Cap ETF (0.12%)

News

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