Danaos (DAC) Competitors

Frontline (NYSE:FRO) and Danaos (NYSE:DAC) are both transportation companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, risk and community ranking.

Is FRO or DAC a better dividend stock?

Frontline pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.2%. Danaos pays an annual dividend of $3.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Frontline pays out 55.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Danaos pays out 11.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in FRO or DAC?

22.7% of Frontline shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.0% of Danaos shares are owned by institutional investors. 48.1% of Frontline shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 41.0% of Danaos shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts prefer FRO or DAC?

Frontline presently has a consensus price target of $24.36, suggesting a potential upside of 82.03%. Danaos has a consensus price target of $105.00, suggesting a potential upside of 37.43%. Given Frontline's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Frontline is more favorable than Danaos.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Frontline	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.86
Danaos	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is FRO or DAC more profitable?

Danaos has a net margin of 56.16% compared to Frontline's net margin of 25.64%. Frontline's return on equity of 19.25% beat Danaos' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Frontline	25.64%	19.25%	7.19%
Danaos	56.16%	16.68%	13.57%

Does the media refer more to FRO or DAC?

In the previous week, Frontline had 8 more articles in the media than Danaos. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Frontline and 2 mentions for Danaos. Danaos' average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat Frontline's score of 0.28 indicating that Danaos is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Frontline	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Danaos	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has higher earnings & valuation, FRO or DAC?

Frontline has higher revenue and earnings than Danaos. Danaos is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Frontline, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Frontline	$2.04B	1.46	$656.41M	$2.45	5.46
Danaos	$1.01B	1.48	$576.30M	$28.91	2.64

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in FRO or DAC?

Frontline received 272 more outperform votes than Danaos when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.39% of users gave Frontline an outperform vote while only 56.06% of users gave Danaos an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Frontline	Outperform Votes 480 58.39%	Underperform Votes 342 41.61%
Danaos	Outperform Votes 208 56.06%	Underperform Votes 163 43.94%

Summary

Frontline beats Danaos on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.