Danaos Corporation

DAC Industrials Marine Shipping

Danaos Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $1.0 billion, up 2.80% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+4.66%
EPS
+16.8%
Free cash flow
−81.1%
Total debt
+59.1%

Quarter to June 2026, against a year earlier

148.78 3.67 −2.41%
Market cap
$2.7B
P/E
5.0×
Fwd P/E
5.4×
Dividend yield
2.42%
F-score
4/9
Altman Z
2.43
Beneish M
−2.58
Dividend safety
78/100

Danaos Corporation (DAC) Free cash flow margin

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Danaos Corporation's free cash flow margin over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 18.5%, down 14.9 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (33.4%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −3.71% (fiscal 2024) to 87.1% (fiscal 2022); the current reading is higher than 45% of that period. That is in line with the Marine Shipping industry median of 18.3% and above the Industrials sector median of 2.06%.

Free cash flow margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Free cash flow margin Change (points)
FY2025 33.4% 37.10
FY2024 −3.71% (35.77)
FY2023 32.1% (54.99)
FY2022 87.1% 76.55
FY2021 10.5% (10.08)
FY2020 20.6% (26.75)
FY2019 47.3% 12.05
FY2018 35.3% (3.81)
FY2017 39.1% (13.60)
FY2016 52.7% 4.87

Against its own ten years

Low −3.71% High 87.1%
Ten-year median 35.3%
Current reading's percentile 45

Free cash flow margin against peers

Company Free cash flow margin
GSL Global Ship Lease, Inc. compare 65.7%
SFL SFL Corporation Ltd. compare 62.5%
SBLK Star Bulk Carriers Corp. compare 46.5%
NMM Navios Maritime Partners LP compare 38.9%
HAFN Hafnia Limited compare 35.3%
ZIM ZIM Integrated Shipping Services Ltd. compare 23.7%
DAC Danaos Corporation 18.5%
ECO Okeanis Eco Tankers Corp. compare 5.97%
CMRE Costamare Inc. compare 0.00%
Marine Shipping industry median 18.3%
Industrials sector median 2.06%
Market median 0.00%

What Free cash flow margin is

Free Cash Flow Margin tells an investor how much of each sale turns into cash the company keeps after paying for investment in its assets.

(Operating Cash Flow + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) + Intangible Assets Change (Net)) ÷ Revenue

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