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Costamare Inc. (CMRE) vs Danaos Corporation (DAC)

Costamare Inc. and Danaos Corporation are both Marine Shipping companies. Danaos Corporation is the larger, with a market value of $2.7B against $1.6B — 1.7× the size. Costamare Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 4.8× against 5.0×. Danaos Corporation grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 2.45% against −4.19%. Danaos Corporation has the higher net margin (51.3% vs 36.8%) and the higher return on invested capital (7.91% vs 7.21%). Both pay a dividend; Costamare Inc. yields more (3.76% vs 2.42%). Across the 23 metrics below, Danaos Corporation leads on 17 and Costamare Inc. on 6.

Valuation

Metric CMRE DAC Marine Shipping median
P/E 4.82 5.02 7.37
P/S 1.81 2.57 1.71
P/B 0.65 0.67 0.85
Price to free cash flow 25.06 13.89 4.11
EV/EBITDA 4.61 3.69 5.98
EV/Sales 3.06 2.55 2.47
Earnings yield 20.73% 19.91% 13.14%
Free cash flow yield 3.99% 7.20% 19.49%

Profitability

Metric CMRE DAC Marine Shipping median
Gross margin 71.29% 74.98% 60.61%
Operating margin 46.30% 48.42% 27.74%
Net margin 36.80% 51.26% 25.21%
Free cash flow margin 0.00% 18.48% 18.27%
Return on equity 14.08% 14.14% 8.04%
Return on assets 7.63% 10.85% 5.13%
Return on invested capital 7.21% 7.91% 5.17%

Growth

Metric CMRE DAC Marine Shipping median
Revenue growth (TTM) (4.19%) 2.45% 10.81%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 17.21% 2.73% (20.39%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 13.78% 17.70% 11.95%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 26.36% 0.00%

Health

Metric CMRE DAC Marine Shipping median
Debt to equity 0.77 0.30 0.44
Current ratio 2.52 9.30 1.67
Net debt to EBITDA 1.49 0.17 2.34

Dividend

Metric CMRE DAC Marine Shipping median
Dividend yield 3.76% 2.42% 4.83%
Payout ratio 0.18 0.12 0.30

Size

Metric CMRE DAC Marine Shipping median
Market cap 1.55b 2.71b 435.67m

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