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) Operating margin

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Danaos Corporation's operating margin over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 48.4%, up 0.6 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (47.9%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −42.7% (fiscal 2016) to 65.8% (fiscal 2022); the current reading is higher than 64% of that period. That is above the Marine Shipping industry median of 27.7% and above the Industrials sector median of 5.21%.

Operating margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
FY2025 47.9% (5.49)
FY2024 53.3% (6.30)
FY2023 59.6% (6.14)
FY2022 65.8% 13.82
FY2021 52.0% 8.74
FY2020 43.2% (1.74)
FY2019 45.0% 47.60
FY2018 −2.64% (44.15)
FY2017 41.5% 84.18
FY2016 −42.7% (85.70)

Quarterly newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
Jun 2026 48.4% (0.97)
Mar 2026 49.4% 3.18
Dec 2025 46.2% (3.71)
Sep 2025 49.9% 1.99
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low −42.7% High 65.8%
Ten-year median 45.0%
Current reading's percentile 60

Operating margin against peers

What Operating margin is

EBIT Margin tells an investor how much operating profit, before interest and taxes, a company keeps from each unit of revenue.

EBIT ÷ Revenue

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