Danaos Corporation (DAC): Price and Financial Metrics

Danaos Corporation (DAC): $72.20

0.33 (-0.45%)

POWR Rating

Component Grades

Momentum

B

Stability

C

Sentiment

Quality

B

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Industry: Shipping

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DAC Price/Volume Stats

Current price $72.20 52-week high $80.39
Prev. close $72.53 52-week low $52.86
Day low $72.00 Volume 75,200
Day high $73.10 Avg. volume 107,764
50-day MA $73.10 Dividend yield 4.44%
200-day MA $69.38 Market Cap 1.40B

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DAC POWR Grades

  • DAC scores best on the Quality dimension, with a Quality rank ahead of 96.43% of US stocks.
  • The strongest trend for DAC is in Growth, which has been heading down over the past 26 weeks.
  • DAC ranks lowest in Growth; there it ranks in the 4th percentile.

DAC Stock Summary

  • DAC's current price/earnings ratio is 2.56, which is higher than only 1.65% of US stocks with positive earnings.
  • With a year-over-year growth in debt of -55.61%, DANAOS CORP's debt growth rate surpasses merely 4.34% of about US stocks.
  • DANAOS CORP's shareholder yield -- a measure of how much capital is returned to stockholders via dividends and buybacks -- is 43.79%, greater than the shareholder yield of 95.8% of stocks in our set.
  • If you're looking for stocks that are quantitatively similar to DANAOS CORP, a group of peers worth examining would be AMPY, ARLP, CEIX, AHCO, and REI.
  • Visit DAC's SEC page to see the company's official filings. To visit the company's web site, go to www.danaos.com.

DAC Valuation Summary

  • DAC's price/sales ratio is 1.5; this is 28.57% lower than that of the median Industrials stock.
  • Over the past 202 months, DAC's price/sales ratio has gone down 5.6.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for DAC.

Stock Date P/S P/B P/E EV/EBIT
DAC 2023-12-29 1.5 0.5 2.5 2.5
DAC 2023-12-28 1.5 0.5 2.5 2.5
DAC 2023-12-27 1.5 0.5 2.5 2.5
DAC 2023-12-26 1.5 0.5 2.5 2.5
DAC 2023-12-22 1.5 0.5 2.5 2.5
DAC 2023-12-21 1.5 0.5 2.5 2.5

DAC Growth Metrics

    The 2 year net income to common stockholders growth rate now stands at 757%.
  • Its 4 year net income to common stockholders growth rate is now at 132.38%.
  • Its 3 year net income to common stockholders growth rate is now at 7607.95%.
Over the past 15 months, DAC's revenue has gone up $438,773,000.

The table below shows DAC's growth in key financial areas (numbers in millions of US dollars).

Date Revenue Operating Cash Flow Net Income to Common Stock
2022-09-30 955.899 921.215 572.486
2022-06-30 891.777 855.846 722.913
2022-03-31 787.288 459.317 1,087.526
2021-12-31 689.505 428.111 1,052.841
2021-09-30 594.109 375.787 930.023
2021-06-30 517.126 341.554 755.582

DAC's Quality Factors

The “Quality” component of the POWR Ratings focuses on 31 different factors of a companies fundamentals and operational strength. Here are some key insights as we drill into the specifics of these quality attributes.
  • DAC has a Quality Grade of B, ranking ahead of 87.39% of graded US stocks.
  • DAC's asset turnover comes in at 0.174 -- ranking 107th of 137 Transportation stocks.
  • HTLD, HUBG, and KNOP are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with DAC.

The table below shows DAC's key quality metrics over time.

Period Asset Turnover Gross Margin ROIC
2021-06-30 0.174 0.736 0.198
2021-03-31 0.172 0.732 0.116
2020-12-31 0.171 0.729 0.054
2020-09-30 0.168 0.734 0.053
2020-06-30 0.167 0.738 0.052
2020-03-31 0.166 0.739 0.051

DAC Price Target

For more insight on analysts targets of DAC, see our DAC price target page. And for a list of of all stocks sorted by upside potential based on analyst target price, see our Top Price Target page.

Average Price Target $90.00 Average Broker Recommendation 1.38 (Strong Buy)

Danaos Corporation (DAC) Company Bio


Danaos Corporation engages in the ownership and operation of containerships, as well as chartering of its vessels to liner companies in Greece and internationally. The company was founded in 1972 and is based in Piraeus, Greece.


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NEW YORK, Dec. 04, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Capital Link will host a complimentary webinar on Thursday, December 7, 2023, at 10 a.m. Eastern Time on the Container shipping sector. This is part of the Capital Link Shipping Sector Webinar Series, which provides periodic updates on the main shipping sectors. REGISTRATIONOnline attendance is complimentary. Please click on the link below to register.https://webinars.capitallink.com/2023/shipping2/ FEATURED PANELISTS Mr. Evangelos Chatzis, CFO - Danao

Yahoo | December 4, 2023

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DAC Price Returns

1-mo -0.03%
3-mo -1.43%
6-mo 11.52%
1-year 40.92%
3-year 60.14%
5-year 558.00%
YTD -1.43%
2023 47.51%
2022 -26.57%
2021 256.10%
2020 133.44%
2019 -12.57%

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