Danaos offers one of the deepest value profiles in marine shipping — a forward P/E of 5.4x, a PEG of 0.21, best-in-class margins of 50%, and a 69% margin of safety — with a favorable risk/reward of 1.58-to-1; the main friction is that the stock is already just below its near-term target with about 1.6% headroom remaining, suggesting patience for a pullback toward the entry level.
Thesis pillars
- Extreme Valuation Discount↑Improving
- Best In Class Operating Margins→Stable
- Estimate Revision Momentum↓Deteriorating
- +1 more pillar — see the Why tab for full reasoning
Danaos Corporation (DAC) Stock Analysis
Industrials · Marine Shipping
Sell if holding. Analyst target reached at $141.92 — A.R:R is negative (-0.1) — price has exceeded the analyst target. Reward from here is too thin for a buy — the engine flags exit. Additional concerns: Near 52-week high (2.3% away).
Danaos Corporation, through its subsidiaries, owns and operates containerships and drybulk vessels in Australia, Europe, and the United States. It operates in two segments, Container Vessels and Drybulk Vessels. The company provides seaborne transportation services by operating... Read more
Sell if holding. Analyst target reached at $141.92 — A.R:R is negative (-0.1) — price has exceeded the analyst target. Reward from here is too thin for a buy — the engine flags exit. Additional concerns: Near 52-week high (2.3% away). Chart setup: No clear chart pattern; technical signals are mixed. Score 6.2/10, moderate confidence.
Passes 7/9 gates (positive momentum, clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, news events none recent, earnings proximity 94d clear, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Fails on favorable risk/reward ratio. Suitability: aggressive.
Recent developments
updated 2026-08-15Recent Developments — Danaos Corporation
Latest news
- NEWS Danaos Corp (DAC) Institutional Confidence - TradingKey — TradingKey neutral
- NEWS Earnings Preview: Danaos to Report Financial Results Post-market on August 03 - Moomoo — Moomoo neutral
- NEWS Danaos: More Diversification, More Debate, Still Plenty Of Value (NYSE:DAC) - Seeking Alpha — Seeking Alpha positive
- NEWS Danaos (DAC) Stock: Trend Continuation Check | Q4 2025: Better Than Expected - Elite Trading Signals - Cổng thông tin đi — Cổng thông tin điện tử tỉnh Lào Cai positive
- NEWS Danaos (NYSE:DAC) Share Price Crosses Above 200 Day Moving Average - Time to Sell? - MarketBeat — MarketBeat neutral
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Sell if holding. Analyst target reached at $141.92 — A.R:R is negative (-0.1) — price has exceeded the analyst target. Reward from here is too thin for a buy — the engine flags exit. Additional concerns: Near 52-week high (2.3% away). Chart setup: No clear chart pattern; technical signals are mixed. Prior stop was $133.22. Score 6.2/10, moderate confidence.
Take-profit target: $163.21 (-1.5% upside). Prior stop was $133.22. Stop-loss: $133.22.
Analyst target reached - limited upside remaining; Near 52-week high (2.3% away); Consecutive earnings misses (2).
Danaos Corporation trades at a P/E of 4.7 (forward 5.7). TrendMatrix value score: 9.9/10. Verdict: Sell.
7 analysts cover DAC with a consensus score of 4.0/5. Average price target: $165.
What does Danaos Corporation do?Danaos Corporation, through its subsidiaries, owns and operates containerships and drybulk vessels in Australia,...
Danaos Corporation, through its subsidiaries, owns and operates containerships and drybulk vessels in Australia, Europe, and the United States. It operates in two segments, Container Vessels and Drybulk Vessels. The company provides seaborne transportation services by operating vessels in the containership and drybulk sectors of the shipping industry. As of December 31, 2025, it had a fleet of 75 containerships aggregating 477,230 TEUs; 27 container vessels under construction containerships aggregating 173,314 TEUs; 10 Capesize bulk carriers aggregating 1,755,000 DWT; and 2 dry bulk vessels under construction aggregating 422,000 DWT. The company was formerly known as Danaos Holdings Limited and changed its name to Danaos Corporation in October 2005. Danaos Corporation was founded in 1963 and is based in Piraeus, Greece.