Danaos Corporation (DAC)

Last Closing Price: 84.33 (2025-05-29)

Company Description

Danaos Corporation is a leading international owner of containerships, chartering vessels to many of the world's largest liner companies. Danaos was set up by Dimitri Coustas, an experienced shipping investor who had been active in the industry. Having consistently developed sea transport services throughout its history, Danaos has forged a reputation for high-quality operational support to liner companies and other charterers throughout the world. The Company currently have a fleet of containerships aggregating TEU, making us among the largest containership charter owners in the world. We charter our containerships to a geographically diverse group of liner companies, including most of the largest ones globally. Such customers include Maersk, COSCO, Hapag-Lloyd, CMA-CGM, Neptune Orient Lines, Yang Ming, China Shipping, Norasia Container Lines Ltd, Hyundai Merchant Marine Co., Wan-Hai Lines and Zim Israel Integrated Shipping Services Ltd.

Financials, Fundamental Metrics & Ratios
Revenue (Most Recent Fiscal Year) $1.01B
Net Income (Most Recent Fiscal Year) $505.07M
PE Ratio (Current Year Earnings Estimate) 3.12
PE Ratio (Trailing 12 Months) 3.27
PEG Ratio (Long Term Growth Estimate) --
Price to Sales Ratio (Trailing 12 Months) 1.58
Price to Book Ratio (Most Recent Quarterly Book Value per Share) 0.46
Price to Cash Ratio (Most Recent Annual Cash Flow per Share) 2.28
Pre-Tax Margin (Trailing 12 Months) 46.33%
Net Margin (Trailing 12 Months) 46.33%
Return on Equity (Trailing 12 Months) 14.66%
Return on Assets (Trailing 12 Months) 11.65%
Current Ratio (Most Recent Fiscal Quarter) 4.34
Quick Ratio (Most Recent Fiscal Quarter) 4.18
Debt to Common Equity (Most Recent Fiscal Quarter) 0.21
Inventory Turnover (Trailing 12 Months) 10.62
Book Value per Share (Most Recent Fiscal Quarter) $184.00
Earnings per Share (Most Recent Fiscal Quarter) $6.04
Earnings per Share (Most Recent Fiscal Year) $27.05
Diluted Earnings per Share (Trailing 12 Months) $24.36
Stock
Exchange NYSE
Sector Industrials
Industry Marine Shipping
Common Shares Outstanding 18.99M
Free Float 11.20M
Market Capitalization $1.60B
Average Volume (Last 20 Days) 0.07M
Beta (Past 60 Months) 1.34
Percentage Held By Insiders (Latest Annual Proxy Report) 41.00%
Percentage Held By Institutions (Latest 13F Reports) 19.01%
Annual Dividend (Based on Last Quarter) $3.40
Dividend Yield (Based on Last Quarter) 4.03%