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Danaos Corporation

Industrials | Marine Shipping
$139.90 +9.37 (+7.18%) as of 2026-09-06 00:17 UTC
Market Cap$2.6B
Volume43.2K
EPS (TTM)$26.76

Danaos Corporation (NYSE: DAC) is a $2.6B marine shipping company trading at $139.90 (+7.2% today) — 5.2× trailing earnings, yielding 2.46%. Figures from SEC EDGAR and market feeds; updated 2026-09-06 00:17 UTC.

What Danaos Corporation does

Danaos Corporation is an international shipping company that owns and charters containerships to major global liner companies and operates drybulk vessels through short-term charters and spot market engagements. The company traces its shipping heritage to the 1960s and was incorporated as a Liberian company in 1998, later domesticated in the Marshall Islands in 2005, and listed on the New York Stock Exchange in 2006. Under the leadership of Dr. John Coustas, the company has expanded its containership fleet substantially and recently re-entered the drybulk sector.

Summarized from Danaos Corporation’s SEC filings · Read the filing ↗

Key facts

Quote
Price$139.90
Change (1D)+9.37 (+7.18%)
Market cap$2.6B
Volume43.2K shares
Valuation
P/E (TTM)5.23×
EV/EBITDA4.00×
EPS (TTM)$26.76
Dividend yield2.46%
Price/book0.67×
Return on equity13.03%
Debt/equity0.30

Revenue, margins & earnings

FY2021 Revenue: $690M — margin split not shown (non-operating gains)FY2021: net income $1.05B exceeded revenue $690M by $363M — non-operating gains (e.g. asset sales), not operating profit$690MFY2021FY2022 Net income: $559MFY2022 Taxes & interest: $94MFY2022 Operating costs: $340M$993MFY2022FY2023 Net income: $576MFY2023 Operating costs: $393M$974MFY2023FY2024 Net income: $505MFY2024 Taxes & interest: $36MFY2024 Operating costs: $473M$1.01BFY2024FY2025 Net income: $495MFY2025 Operating costs: $544M$1.04BFY2025
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Gold cap: net income exceeded revenue that year from non-operating gains (e.g. asset sales), not operating profit.

SEC Filings

SEC EDGAR ↗
Recent Insider Activity
Source: SEC EDGAR · Filed 2023-06-22
No insider filings in the last 24 months. Most recent filed transactions — June 2023:
  • 2023-06-22Danaos CorpBUY29,062$1.31M
  • 2023-06-22Danaos CorpBUY15,738$721.6K
  • 2023-06-22Danaos CorpBUY22,160$1.04M
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Questions this page answers

What does Danaos Corporation do?

Danaos Corporation is an international shipping company that owns and charters containerships to major global liner companies and operates drybulk vessels through short-term charters and spot market engagements.

What is DAC's valuation?

DAC trades at $139.90, 5.23× trailing earnings, 4.00× EV/EBITDA, as of 2026-09-06. It carries a 2.46% dividend yield.

When did DAC last file with the SEC?

Danaos Corporation's most recent SEC filing on record is a 6-K filed 2026-06-18. All filings link to their SEC EDGAR originals above.

Where does this data come from?

SEC EDGAR filings and public market data feeds, fetched 2026-09-06 00:17 UTC. This page is also available as JSON at /api/data?ticker=DAC and is emitted with FAQPage structured data for machine reading.

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