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) Return on equity

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Danaos Corporation's return on equity over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 14.1%, up 0.4 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (13.7%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −55.1% (fiscal 2016) to 67.4% (fiscal 2021); the current reading is higher than 27% of that period. That is above the Marine Shipping industry median of 8.04% and above the Industrials sector median of 3.71%.

Return on equity, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on equity Change (points)
FY2025 13.7% (1.98)
FY2024 15.7% (4.99)
FY2023 20.7% (3.39)
FY2022 24.1% (43.35)
FY2021 67.4% 51.39
FY2020 16.0% (0.67)
FY2019 16.7% 22.00
FY2018 −5.31% (21.50)
FY2017 16.2% 71.27
FY2016 −55.1% (70.38)

Against its own ten years

Low −55.1% High 67.4%
Ten-year median 16.0%
Current reading's percentile 27

Return on equity against peers

What Return on equity is

ROE shows how much profit a company earns for its shareholders on the equity they have in the business.

Annual: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Common Equity; TTM: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Common Equity (latest quarter)

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