Danaos Corp (DAC) stock
DACNYSEDeep Sea Foreign Transportation of FreightFiscal year ends December 31
$151.79+0.94 (+0.62%)
Close on Nov 12, 2026Market cap $2.77BP/E 5.7Yield 0.56%
Danaos statistics
98 measures from SEC filings and the closing price. Hover a name for the formula; the last column is the median of companies in the same industry group.
Important dates
- Next earnings
- –
- Last ex-dividend date
- Oct 13, 2026
- Fundamentals through
- Jun 30, 2026
- Share price as of
- Nov 12, 2026
Valuation ratiosIndustry
- P/TBV Ratio
- 0.68
- 1.05
- P/OCF Ratio
- 4.30
- 5.97
Enterprise valuationIndustry
- EV / Sales
- 2.64
- 2.42
- EV / EBIT
- 5.52
- 12.78
Share statisticsIndustry
- Shares Change (YoY)
- -4.67%
- 0.80%
- Float
- 8M
- 34M
- Shares Held by Insiders
- 53.6%
- 22.6%
- Shares Held by Institutions
- 21.0%
- 31.6%
Short sellingIndustry
- Short Interest
- 2M
- –
- Short Interest Change
- -2.68%
- -2.76%
- Short % of Float
- 19.0%
- 4.15%
- Short % of Shares Outstanding
- 8.79%
- 3.46%
- Days to Cover
- 13.06
- 3.09
Stock price statisticsIndustry
- 52-Week High
- $172.76
- –
- 52-Week Low
- $92.02
- –
- 20-Day Moving Average
- $154.52
- –
- 50-Day Moving Average
- $157.66
- –
- 200-Day Moving Average
- $132.93
- –
- Average True Range (14)
- $3.74
- –
- Price Change (1 Week)
- 1.93%
- 4.47%
- Price Change (1 Month)
- -6.28%
- -6.14%
- Price Change (3 Months)
- 6.95%
- -1.48%
- Price Change (6 Months)
- 14.2%
- 2.49%
- Price Change (YTD)
- 61.2%
- 37.5%
- Price Change (1 Year)
- 60.8%
- 32.1%
- Price Change (3 Years)
- 139.6%
- 50.4%
- Price Change (5 Years)
- 105.3%
- 78.2%
- Price Change (10 Years)
- 351.8%
- 103.8%
- Average Volume (10 Days)
- 173,298
- –
- Average Volume (20 Days)
- 148,928
- –
- Average Volume (90 Days)
- 139,326
- –
- Relative Volume
- 0.79
- 0.84
- Relative Strength Index (14)
- 42.8
- 46.8
- Volatility (1 Year)
- 23.7%
- 42.5%
- Beta (5 Years)
- 0.68
- 0.69
MarginsIndustry
- Pretax Margin
- 47.4%
- 13.6%
- EBITDA Margin
- 63.5%
- 31.1%
Returns on capitalIndustry
- Return on Equity (ROE)
- 12.9%
- 10.2%
- Return on Assets (ROA)
- 9.92%
- 4.27%
- Return on Invested Capital (ROIC)
- 12.9%
- 7.74%
- Return on Capital Employed (ROCE)
- 9.41%
- 7.66%
Financial positionIndustry
- Current Ratio
- 9.30
- 1.70
- Quick Ratio
- 8.45
- 1.08
- Debt / Equity
- 0.30
- 0.72
- Debt / EBITDA
- 1.83
- 3.33
- Net Debt / EBITDA
- -0.03
- 2.90
GrowthIndustry
- Revenue Growth (YoY)
- 2.80%
- 1.99%
- Net Income Growth (YoY)
- -2.07%
- -2.07%
- EPS Growth (YoY)
- 2.73%
- -12.3%
- Revenue Growth (3Y CAGR)
- 1.62%
- 2.32%
- Revenue Growth (5Y CAGR)
- 17.7%
- 10.00%
- EPS Growth (3Y CAGR)
- -0.64%
- -10.5%
- EPS Growth (5Y CAGR)
- 32.9%
- 19.3%
EfficiencyIndustry
- Asset Turnover
- 0.21
- 0.26
- Revenue Per Employee
- $606.79K
- $1.34M
- Profits Per Employee
- $287.90K
- $199.40K
- Employee Count
- 1,718
- 481
- WACC
- 7.85%
- 7.71%
Income statement (TTM)Industry
- Pretax Income
- $494.61M
- $116.88M
Balance sheetIndustry
- Net Cash (Debt)
- $20.72M
- -$75.11M
- Net Cash Per Share
- $1.13
- -$3.88
- Equity (Book Value)
- $4.06B
- $682.75M
- Book Value Per Share
- $222.12
- $17.19
- Tangible Book Value
- $4.06B
- $682.75M
- Working Capital
- $1.24B
- $98.83M
Cash flow (TTM)Industry
Dividends and yieldsIndustry
- Earnings Yield
- 17.8%
- 6.87%
- Dividend Yield
- 0.56%
- 2.44%
- Buyback Yield
- 2.73%
- 0.00%
- Shareholder Yield
- 3.29%
- 1.25%
- Dividend Per Share
- $0.85
- $1.02
- Dividend Growth (YoY)
- 6.25%
- -30.0%
- Years of Dividend Growth
- 2
- 0
- Payout Ratio
- 12.8%
- 27.8%
Taxes and interestIndustry
- Income Tax
- $0
- $323.10K
- Effective Tax Rate
- 0.00%
- 1.44%
Scores and fair valueIndustry
- Graham Number
- $365.70
- $25.06
- Graham Upside
- 140.9%
- 36.1%
- Altman Z-Score
- 2.87
- 1.21
- Piotroski F-Score
- 4
- 5
- Lynch Fair Value
- $669.00
- –
- Lynch Upside
- 340.7%
- 78.6%
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% |
Short interest
Shares sold short and not yet covered, reported by brokers to FINRA twice a month. Latest settlement date Oct 30, 2026.
2M DAC shares were sold short on Oct 30, 2026, down 2.7% from the previous report, or 18.95% of the shares available to trade. At recent volumes it would take 13.1 days to buy them back. Over the last 20 sessions, 53.3% of the volume reported to FINRA was short selling.
| Settlement date | Shares short | Change | Avg. daily volume | Days to cover |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 30, 2026 | 1,605,668 | -2.7% | 122,928 | 13.1 |
| Oct 15, 2026 | 1,649,968 | +31.9% | 217,309 | 7.6 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 1,251,095 | +13.4% | 136,327 | 9.2 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 1,103,565 | +20.3% | 117,767 | 9.4 |
| Aug 31, 2026 | 917,256 | +29.8% | 112,445 | 8.2 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | 706,407 | +12.3% | 133,185 | 5.3 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 628,774 | +17.0% | 120,814 | 5.2 |
| Jul 15, 2026 | 537,413 | +2.8% | 85,642 | 6.3 |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 522,896 | -5.2% | 95,396 | 5.5 |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 551,824 | -15.3% | 72,727 | 7.6 |
| May 29, 2026 | 651,597 | +15.6% | 101,416 | 6.4 |
| May 15, 2026 | 563,846 | +28.5% | 121,096 | 4.7 |
Ratios use trailing-twelve-month results and the latest balance sheet. How we calculate.
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