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. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 4.66%, EPS grew 16.8%, free cash flow fell 81.1% and total debt rose 59.1%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Dividend growth for five consecutive years.

158.17 0.55 −0.35%
Market cap
$2.9B
P/E
5.3×
Fwd P/E
4.7×
Dividend yield
2.28%
F-score
4/9
Altman Z
2.43
Beneish M
−2.58
Dividend safety
78/100

Insider Decisions trades per month

Dec 25 Mar 26 Jun 26 Sep 26
Buy — — — — — — — — — — — —
Sell — — — — — — — — — — — —
Insider Ownership 53.80%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 2,890.00
Revenue 1,055.06
Net Income 540.80
Free Cash Flow 194.98
Net Debt (20.72)
Current Ratio 9.30 (at or above 1.5: strong)
Debt/Equity 0.30 (at or below 0.5: strong)
P/E ratio 5.34
Fwd P/E 4.68
P/S ratio 2.73
P/B ratio 0.71
Past 5Y EPS Growth 32.92% (at or above 15%: strong)
This Y EPS Growth 10.55%
Next Y EPS Growth (4.50%) (below 0%: weak)
Next Y revenue growth 3.22%
Next 5Y EPS Growth 4.68%

Green and red mark values outside typical ranges. How we judge →

Valuation vs history

P/E against its own 10 years 97.65%
10-year low 10-year high
P/S against its own 10 years 95.43%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 87.84%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 39.11%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/FCF against its own 10 years 64.54%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio 0.12
Annual Dividend Rate 3.60
Annual Dividend Yield 2.28%
total individual payouts
2028 Powerpack
2027 Powerpack
2026 3.60
0.90
0.90
0.90
5.00
2025 3.45
0.85
0.85
0.85
0.90
2024 3.25
0.80
0.80
0.80
0.85
2023 3.05
0.75
0.75
0.75
0.80
2022 3.00
0.75
0.75
0.75
0.75
2021 1.50
0.50
0.50
0.50
2020 Powerpack
2019 Powerpack
2017 Powerpack
predictions special payouts not included in total or ratios

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Cash 272 453 1,037 1,231
Receivables 61 78 85 91
Inventory 25 24 23 23
Other 142 114 171 40
502 671 1,319 1,390
2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Payables 23 29 17 25
ST’ Debt 21 35 283 27
Other 40 31 36 33
168 169 402 149

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales 6.26% 17.70% 1.62%
Cash Flow 9.03% 19.40% (11.64%)
Earnings 15.51% 26.36% (4.01%)
Book Value 16.25% 29.66% 14.02%

Revenue $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 254 274 — — —
’25 253 262 261 266 1,042
’24 253 246 256 258 1,014
’23 244 241 239 249 974
’22 230 251 260 252 993
’21 132 146 196 215 690
’20 106 117 119 120 462
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 163 204 — — —
’25 134 163 169 179 645
’24 153 154 158 157 622
’23 128 153 150 146 576
’22 119 501 169 145 935
’21 88 104 103 132 428
’20 55 61 69 80 266
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 11 27 — — —
’25 50 141 76 80 348
’24 30 (54) (82) 68 (38)
’23 126 129 51 6 312
’22 130 419 158 158 865
’21 87 104 (159) 40 72
’20 13 5 62 15 95
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

EPS $

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 7.70 8.32 — — —
’25 6.13 7.12 7.11 6.42 26.76
’24 7.68 7.23 6.30 4.70 26.05
’23 7.18 7.32 6.76 7.70 28.95
’22 16.00 0.40 3.29 7.54 27.28
’21 14.47 18.10 10.55 8.05 51.15
’20 1.17 1.55 1.73 2.07 6.45
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

1
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to December

Group Line 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Trend 2026e 2027e 2028e
Price, $
Price, $ Low 30.10 17.50 7.84 5.36 2.50 21.00 51.10 51.19 69.33 65.40

Analyst estimates 2026–2028

Powerpack
High 85.96 44.80 35.00 15.40 22.01 89.41 107.47 74.78 98.25 100.00
People
People Employees 1,196 1,145 1,104 1,148 1,296 1,715 1,558 1,718 1,875 4,116
Revenue/emp, $m 0.42 0.39 0.42 0.39 0.36 0.40 0.64 0.57 0.54 0.25
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 498 452 459 447 462 690 993 974 1,014 1,042
Gross margin, % 75.26 73.53 74.54 74.49 72.87 76.77 80.46 79.14 75.37 73.92
EBT (366) 84 (33) 131 154 1,059 577 576 505 495
EBT margin, % (73.48) 18.57 (7.18) 29.35 33.27 153.55 58.13 59.19 49.80 47.45
Net income (366) 84 (33) 131 154 1,053 559 576 505 495
Depreciation 159 137 137 120 134 119 105 133 179 215
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue 63.56 57.61 43.18 28.24 19.57 33.89 48.50 48.98 52.50 56.56
Earnings (46.78) 10.64 (3.08) 8.29 6.51 51.75 27.30 28.99 26.15 26.83
Cash flow 33.41 23.09 15.50 13.89 11.26 21.04 45.64 28.99 32.19 34.98
Capex 0.08 (0.57) (0.27) (0.52) (7.23) (17.48) (3.42) (13.29) (34.13) (16.10)
Free cash flow 33.49 22.52 15.24 13.37 4.03 3.56 42.22 15.70 (1.95) 18.88
Book value 62.21 69.98 65.03 55.68 43.90 102.63 125.01 151.73 177.30 205.92
Shares, m 8 8 11 16 24 20 20 20 19 18
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 0.00 1.91 0.00 1.10 3.26 1.44 1.96 2.57 3.06 3.51
P/S 0.61 0.35 0.24 0.33 1.10 2.20 1.10 1.52 1.53 1.67
P/B 0.62 0.29 0.16 0.16 0.49 0.73 0.43 0.49 0.45 0.46
EV/Sales 10.25 10.61 3.61 3.40 4.07 3.83 1.31 1.66 1.80 1.66
EV/FCF 19.45 27.15 10.23 7.17 19.77 36.46 1.51 5.17 (48.63) 4.98
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 262 181 165 220 266 428 935 576 622 645
Capex 1 (4) (3) (8) (171) (356) (70) (264) (659) (297)
Free cash flow 263 177 162 212 95 72 865 312 (38) 348
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital (2,430) (2,254) (103) (33) (121) 313 144 334 502 918
Total debt 2,505 2,330 1,622 1,512 1,439 1,250 474 404 735 1,155
Net debt 2,428 2,260 1,545 1,373 1,373 1,120 207 132 281 118
Shareholders’ equity 488 549 691 882 1,036 2,088 2,560 3,016 3,425 3,796
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA (10.79) 2.74 (1.16) 4.89 5.69 33.20 15.92 16.32 12.62 10.46
ROIC (4.56) 4.17 (0.34) 5.57 5.18 6.98 14.76 11.53 9.12 7.97
ROE (55.08) 16.19 (5.31) 16.69 16.02 67.41 24.06 20.67 15.68 13.70
Negative figures in brackets.

All 10 years →

Fiscal years to Dec 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026

Charts ten years each

Danaos Corporation vs peers in Marine Shipping (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
HAFN Hafnia Limited $5.4B 7.6× — +47.21% (above 0%: growing) +273.33% (above 0%: growing) +193.17% (above 0%: growing) 37.79% 34.33% Compare
ZIM ZIM Integrated Shipping Services Ltd. $3.6B 25.2× — (loss-making) +8.86% (above 0%: growing) +178.95% (above 0%: growing) −9.51% (below 0%: shrinking) 14.32% 8.10% Compare
ECO Okeanis Eco Tankers Corp. $3.4B 8.4× 4.2× +239.40% (above 0%: growing) +602.38% (above 0%: growing) +196.66% (above 0%: growing) 80.71% 74.97% Compare
SBLK Star Bulk Carriers Corp. $3.1B 10.9× 7.5× +44.46% (above 0%: growing) +433,233.33% (above 0%: growing) +25.84% (above 0%: growing) 56.88% 43.38% Compare
DAC Danaos Corporation $2.9B 5.3× 4.7× +4.66% (above 0%: growing) +16.81% (above 0%: growing) −81.11% (below 0%: shrinking) 72.84% 48.38%
NMM Navios Maritime Partners LP $2.5B 5.7× 4.1× +25.22% (above 0%: growing) +147.01% (above 0%: growing) +252.84% (above 0%: growing) 65.58% 39.64% Compare
SFL SFL Corporation Ltd. $1.9B 25.8× 29.6× +4.25% (above 0%: growing) +2,400.00% (above 0%: growing) −18.32% (below 0%: shrinking) 63.23% 32.49% Compare
CMRE Costamare Inc. $1.7B 5.3× 6.3× −4.00% (below 0%: shrinking) −7.25% (below 0%: shrinking) −269.21% (below 0%: shrinking) 71.38% 46.73% Compare
GSL Global Ship Lease, Inc. $1.5B 4.0× 3.9× +3.56% (above 0%: growing) −4.98% (below 0%: shrinking) +0.47% (above 0%: growing) 68.06% 47.24% Compare
Median of peers $2.8B 8.0× 5.3× +17.04% +226.14% +13.16% 64.41% 41.51%

All 38 Marine Shipping stocks →

Danaos Corporation (DAC) key facts

  • Strength: Danaos Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $1.0 billion, up 2.80% from fiscal 2024.
  • Danaos Corporation (DAC) is a Marine Shipping company in the Industrials sector, listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
  • As of October 16, 2026, DAC traded at $158.17, a market capitalization of $2.9 billion.
  • Danaos Corporation pays an annual dividend of $3.60 per share, a yield of 2.28%, with a payout ratio of 12.2%.
  • Return on equity was 13.7% and debt-to-equity 0.30.
  • Its Piotroski F-score is 4 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 2.43 (grey zone) for fiscal 2025.

Source: company filings (standardised) and stockrow calculations.

Danaos Corporation (DAC) Latest News

No news at this impact. Lower the threshold for more.

stockrow.com/DAC · Data as of Jun 30, 2026 · For information only; not investment advice. · © 2026 stockrow.com