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Danaos (DAC) Competitors

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$85.36 -0.97 (-1.12%)
(As of 11/20/2024 ET)

DAC vs. ZIM, STNG, CDLR, DHT, CMRE, SBLK, NMM, SFL, NVGS, and LPG

Should you be buying Danaos stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Danaos include ZIM Integrated Shipping Services (ZIM), Scorpio Tankers (STNG), Cadeler A/S (CDLR), DHT (DHT), Costamare (CMRE), Star Bulk Carriers (SBLK), Navios Maritime Partners (NMM), SFL (SFL), Navigator (NVGS), and Dorian LPG (LPG). These companies are all part of the "deep sea foreign transportation of freight" industry.

Danaos vs.

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

ZIM Integrated Shipping Services currently has a consensus target price of $15.22, suggesting a potential downside of 43.65%. Danaos has a consensus target price of $105.00, suggesting a potential upside of 23.01%. Given Danaos' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Danaos is more favorable than ZIM Integrated Shipping Services.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
ZIM Integrated Shipping Services
4 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.20
Danaos
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

ZIM Integrated Shipping Services pays an annual dividend of $1.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Danaos pays an annual dividend of $3.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. ZIM Integrated Shipping Services pays out -7.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Danaos pays out 11.1% 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. ZIM Integrated Shipping Services is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

21.4% of ZIM Integrated Shipping Services shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.0% of Danaos shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of ZIM Integrated Shipping Services shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 41.0% of Danaos shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Danaos has lower revenue, but higher earnings than ZIM Integrated Shipping Services. ZIM Integrated Shipping Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Danaos, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
ZIM Integrated Shipping Services$5.16B0.63-$2.70B-$16.30-1.66
Danaos$973.58M1.70$576.30M$28.912.95

ZIM Integrated Shipping Services has a beta of 1.88, indicating that its stock price is 88% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Danaos has a beta of 1.47, indicating that its stock price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, ZIM Integrated Shipping Services had 11 more articles in the media than Danaos. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for ZIM Integrated Shipping Services and 3 mentions for Danaos. Danaos' average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat ZIM Integrated Shipping Services' score of 0.48 indicating that Danaos is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
ZIM Integrated Shipping Services
5 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Danaos
1 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Danaos received 172 more outperform votes than ZIM Integrated Shipping Services when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.06% of users gave Danaos an outperform vote while only 40.00% of users gave ZIM Integrated Shipping Services an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
ZIM Integrated Shipping ServicesOutperform Votes
36
40.00%
Underperform Votes
54
60.00%
DanaosOutperform Votes
208
56.06%
Underperform Votes
163
43.94%

Danaos has a net margin of 56.16% compared to ZIM Integrated Shipping Services' net margin of -32.81%. Danaos' return on equity of 16.68% beat ZIM Integrated Shipping Services' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
ZIM Integrated Shipping Services-32.81% 2.89% 0.86%
Danaos 56.16%16.68%13.57%

Summary

Danaos beats ZIM Integrated Shipping Services on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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DAC vs. The Competition

MetricDanaosDeep sea foreign transportation of freight IndustryTransportation SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.66B$758.55M$331.28B$19.85B
Dividend Yield3.73%7.21%4.47%3.52%
P/E Ratio2.954.7017.7242.73
Price / Sales1.701.6255.5719.27
Price / Cash2.495.059.0717.86
Price / Book0.580.812.215.52
Net Income$576.30M$91.81M$570.30M$986.45M
7 Day Performance-0.70%-1.48%-1.57%0.45%
1 Month Performance0.07%-9.41%-1.14%1.05%
1 Year Performance23.26%19.27%14.01%24.67%

Danaos Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
DAC
Danaos
3.947 of 5 stars
$85.36
-1.1%
$105.00
+23.0%
+24.0%$1.66B$973.58M2.951,718
ZIM
ZIM Integrated Shipping Services
0.8889 of 5 stars
$27.01
+0.9%
$15.22
-43.7%
+285.0%$3.22B$5.16B-1.664,778Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
News Coverage
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
STNG
Scorpio Tankers
4.1958 of 5 stars
$54.69
-1.8%
$76.40
+39.7%
-2.8%$2.81B$1.34B3.9230
CDLR
Cadeler A/S
2.3478 of 5 stars
$23.76
+0.6%
$37.00
+55.7%
N/A$2.08B$123.07M0.00570Upcoming Earnings
DHT
DHT
4.7488 of 5 stars
$10.54
-0.9%
$14.50
+37.6%
+3.2%$1.71B$583.76M10.541,212
CMRE
Costamare
1.8471 of 5 stars
$14.44
-0.4%
$13.50
-6.5%
+52.6%$1.70B$1.51B4.802,870Positive News
SBLK
Star Bulk Carriers
3.8506 of 5 stars
$18.97
-5.3%
$25.00
+31.8%
-0.5%$1.68B$949.27M6.41180Dividend Cut
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
High Trading Volume
NMM
Navios Maritime Partners
4.3495 of 5 stars
$52.64
+0.8%
$80.00
+52.0%
+128.8%$1.56B$1.31B3.99186
SFL
SFL
3.0055 of 5 stars
$10.65
-0.2%
$16.00
+50.3%
-4.9%$1.48B$752.29M9.5921
NVGS
Navigator
4.3808 of 5 stars
$16.06
-0.5%
$21.60
+34.5%
+9.1%$1.18B$550.74M14.21175
LPG
Dorian LPG
4.7421 of 5 stars
$25.69
-0.2%
$47.00
+83.0%
-39.9%$1.10B$560.72M4.35577

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This page (NYSE:DAC) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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