Danaos Corp (DAC) stock
Close on Nov 12, 2026Market cap $2.77BP/E 5.7Yield 0.56%
Danaos Corp grew revenue 2.8% to $1.04B over fiscal 2025. Operating income fell 7.8% to $498.77M, moving the operating margin from 53.3% to 47.8%. At the latest close the market valued the company at $2.77B, 5.7 times its earnings.
Key statistics
Valuation at the latest close; fundamentals over fiscal 2025, balances at Jun 30, 2026
Valuation
- Market cap
- $2.77B
- P/E ratio
- 5.7
- Price to sales
- 2.66
- Price to book
- 0.68
- Dividend yield
- 0.56%
- Free cash flow yield
- –
Fundamentals
- Revenue
- $1.04B
- Net income
- $494.61M
- EPS, diluted
- $26.76
- Book value per share
- $222.22
- Diluted shares
- 18M
Trading
- Previous close
- $150.85
- Open
- $151.10
- Day's range
- $150.02 – $153.25
- Volume
- 110,390
- Average volume (20 days)
- 148,928
- Beta (5 years)
- 0.68
- 52-week range
- $92.02 – $172.76
- RSI (14 days)
- 40.2
- Volatility (1 year)
- 23.7%
- Relative volume
- 1.22×
- WACC
- 7.8%
Market cap history
Month-end market cap since 2010, using shares outstanding reported at the time
Total return vs. the S&P 500
Price change plus reinvested dividends, to the close on Nov 12, 2026. The S&P 500 is measured by the SPY fund.
| Period | DAC | S&P 500 | Difference | DAC per year | S&P 500 per year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 month | -9.9% | -2.7% | −7.2 pts | ||
| 3 months | +9.2% | -1.7% | +11.0 pts | ||
| Year to date | +65.8% | +11.9% | +53.9 pts | ||
| 1 year | +63.9% | +12.0% | +51.9 pts | ||
| 3 years | +164.3% | +78.2% | +86.1 pts | +38.3% | +21.2% |
| 5 years | +146.3% | +73.2% | +73.0 pts | +19.8% | +11.6% |
| 10 years | +450.2% | +309.6% | +140.6 pts | +18.6% | +15.1% |
Fifteen years at a glance
Fiscal years 2011 to 2025, USD
Revenue
Operating income
Net income
EPS, diluted
Press releases
Releases Danaos filed with the SEC as exhibits to Form 8-K or 6-K
- 6-K
- 6-K
- 6-K
- 6-K
- 6-K
- 6-K
About Danaos
Deep Sea Foreign Transportation of Freight
Danaos Corporation owns and operates container and drybulk vessels, providing international seaborne transportation services. The company operates in the container and drybulk shipping sectors, chartering containerships under multi-year, fixed-rate contracts to international liner companies. It also employs drybulk carriers on short-term time charters and voyage charters. Its primary customers include major container shipping lines such as CMA CGM, MSC, Hapag-Lloyd, COSCO, and Maersk.
Company profile, executives and historyDanaos stock: common questions
What is Danaos's stock price?
DAC closed at $151.79 on Nov 12, 2026, up 0.62% on the day. Over the past 52 weeks it traded between $92.02 and $172.76.
What is Danaos's market cap?
Danaos was worth $2.77B at the close on Nov 12, 2026: the share price times the diluted shares outstanding.
What is DAC's P/E ratio?
DAC trades at 5.7 times earnings, based on diluted earnings per share of $26.76 over fiscal 2025.
How much revenue does Danaos make?
Danaos reported revenue of $1.04B for fiscal 2025, up 2.8% from a year earlier.
Does Danaos pay a dividend?
Yes. Danaos paid $0.85 per share over the last twelve months, a yield of 0.56% at the latest price, and has raised its annual dividend 2 years in a row.
How has DAC stock performed over the past year?
Including dividends, DAC returned +63.9% over the past year, against +12.0% for the S&P 500.
How many DAC shares are sold short?
2M shares were sold short at the latest FINRA report, 18.95% of the float, or 13.1 days of average trading volume.
Who are Danaos's competitors?
Companies most similar to Danaos by business, industry and size include GSL, CMRE, NMM, SBLK, TEN.
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