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 invested capital

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Danaos Corporation's return on invested capital over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 7.91%, down 0.1 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (7.97%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −4.56% (fiscal 2016) to 14.8% (fiscal 2022); the current reading is higher than 73% of that period. That is above the Marine Shipping industry median of 5.17% and above the Industrials sector median of 1.86%.

Return on invested capital, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on invested capital Change (points)
FY2025 7.97% (1.15)
FY2024 9.12% (2.41)
FY2023 11.5% (3.23)
FY2022 14.8% 7.78
FY2021 6.98% 1.80
FY2020 5.18% (0.39)
FY2019 5.57% 5.91
FY2018 −0.34% (4.51)
FY2017 4.17% 8.73
FY2016 −4.56% (8.91)

Against its own ten years

Low −4.56% High 14.8%
Ten-year median 5.57%
Current reading's percentile 73

Return on invested capital against peers

Company Return on invested capital
ECO Okeanis Eco Tankers Corp. compare 20.3%
HAFN Hafnia Limited compare 13.3%
GSL Global Ship Lease, Inc. compare 12.1%
DAC Danaos Corporation 7.91%
CMRE Costamare Inc. compare 7.21%
SBLK Star Bulk Carriers Corp. compare 6.99%
NMM Navios Maritime Partners LP compare 6.14%
ZIM ZIM Integrated Shipping Services Ltd. compare 5.07%
SFL SFL Corporation Ltd. compare 3.83%
Marine Shipping industry median 5.17%
Industrials sector median 1.86%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on invested capital is

Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.

TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)

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