Danaos (DAC) Competitors

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

Is DAC or DINO more profitable?

Danaos has a net margin of 49.81% compared to HF Sinclair's net margin of 0.62%. Danaos' return on equity of 16.03% beat HF Sinclair's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Danaos	49.81%	16.03%	12.99%
HF Sinclair	0.62%	1.98%	1.13%

Does the media prefer DAC or DINO?

In the previous week, HF Sinclair had 12 more articles in the media than Danaos. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for HF Sinclair and 5 mentions for Danaos. HF Sinclair's average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat Danaos' score of 0.84 indicating that HF Sinclair is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Danaos	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
HF Sinclair	12 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend DAC or DINO?

Danaos currently has a consensus target price of $105.00, indicating a potential upside of 35.96%. HF Sinclair has a consensus target price of $45.70, indicating a potential upside of 63.56%. Given HF Sinclair's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe HF Sinclair is more favorable than Danaos.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Danaos	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
HF Sinclair	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.42

Which has higher earnings & valuation, DAC or DINO?

HF Sinclair has higher revenue and earnings than Danaos. Danaos is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than HF Sinclair, 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
Danaos	$1.01B	1.45	$505.07M	$25.91	2.98
HF Sinclair	$28.58B	0.18	$1.59B	$0.82	34.07

Is DAC or DINO a better dividend stock?

Danaos pays an annual dividend of $3.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. HF Sinclair pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.2%. Danaos pays out 13.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. HF Sinclair pays out 243.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in DAC or DINO?

Danaos received 172 more outperform votes than HF Sinclair when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.30% of users gave Danaos an outperform vote while only 33.33% of users gave HF Sinclair an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Danaos	Outperform Votes 210 56.30%	Underperform Votes 163 43.70%
HF Sinclair	Outperform Votes 38 33.33%	Underperform Votes 76 66.67%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of DAC or DINO?

19.0% of Danaos shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.3% of HF Sinclair shares are owned by institutional investors. 41.0% of Danaos shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of HF Sinclair shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, DAC or DINO?

Danaos has a beta of 1.32, meaning that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HF Sinclair has a beta of 1, meaning that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.

Summary

Danaos beats HF Sinclair on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.