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DAC vs. GXO, SNDR, GBTG, VRRM, CUK, PAGP, RXO, HAFN, OMAB, and CAAP

Should you be buying Danaos stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Danaos include GXO Logistics (GXO), Schneider National (SNDR), Global Business Travel Group (GBTG), Verra Mobility (VRRM), Carnival Co. & (CUK), Plains GP (PAGP), RXO (RXO), Hafnia (HAFN), Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte (OMAB), and Corporación América Airports (CAAP). These companies are all part of the "transportation" industry.

Danaos vs.

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

90.7% of GXO Logistics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.0% of Danaos shares are held by institutional investors. 2.2% of GXO Logistics shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 41.0% of Danaos shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, GXO Logistics had 14 more articles in the media than Danaos. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for GXO Logistics and 1 mentions for Danaos. Danaos' average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat GXO Logistics' score of 0.29 indicating that Danaos is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
GXO Logistics
6 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Danaos
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
GXO Logistics$9.78B0.54$229M$0.9048.86
Danaos$973.58M1.55$576.30M$28.912.68

GXO Logistics has a beta of 1.6, indicating that its stock price is 60% 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.

Danaos has a net margin of 56.16% compared to GXO Logistics' net margin of 0.97%. Danaos' return on equity of 16.68% beat GXO Logistics' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
GXO Logistics0.97% 10.03% 2.84%
Danaos 56.16%16.68%13.57%

Danaos received 145 more outperform votes than GXO Logistics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.06% of users gave Danaos an outperform vote while only 48.46% of users gave GXO Logistics an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
GXO LogisticsOutperform Votes
63
48.46%
Underperform Votes
67
51.54%
DanaosOutperform Votes
208
56.06%
Underperform Votes
163
43.94%

GXO Logistics currently has a consensus price target of $65.38, suggesting a potential upside of 48.68%. Danaos has a consensus price target of $105.00, suggesting a potential upside of 35.41%. Given GXO Logistics' higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe GXO Logistics is more favorable than Danaos.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
GXO Logistics
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.77
Danaos
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Summary

Danaos beats GXO Logistics on 11 of the 18 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$1.51B$808.69M$322.69B$19.94B
Dividend Yield4.35%6.59%4.13%3.71%
P/E Ratio2.685.6418.3041.41
Price / Sales1.551.7065.7416.25
Price / Cash2.274.3912.2019.84
Price / Book0.520.772.215.76
Net Income$576.30M$91.81M$573.08M$993.25M
7 Day Performance-1.15%-1.20%0.41%3.12%
1 Month Performance1.49%11.27%5.57%4.75%
1 Year Performance2.59%7.17%7.70%18.83%

Danaos Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
DAC
Danaos
4.2783 of 5 stars
$77.54
-0.5%
$105.00
+35.4%
+2.6%$1.51B$973.58M2.681,718Positive News
GXO
GXO Logistics
4.2353 of 5 stars
$42.86
0.0%
$66.33
+54.8%
-21.1%$5.12B$11.05B47.62131,000Short Interest ↑
SNDR
Schneider National
4.4208 of 5 stars
$28.93
+2.4%
$29.08
+0.5%
+21.1%$5.07B$5.32B46.6617,300
GBTG
Global Business Travel Group
1.0876 of 5 stars
$8.76
+2.0%
$9.88
+12.7%
+61.2%$4.12B$2.38B-24.3319,000
VRRM
Verra Mobility
1.2905 of 5 stars
$24.71
+0.8%
$27.33
+10.6%
+12.6%$4.07B$868.72M41.181,788
CUK
Carnival Co. &
0.7573 of 5 stars
$21.56
-1.6%
N/A+48.4%$4.05B$25.02B19.25106,000Gap Down
PAGP
Plains GP
2.5497 of 5 stars
$20.12
+0.5%
$20.11
0.0%
+30.4%$3.97B$50.37B23.674,100
RXO
RXO
1.7309 of 5 stars
$24.50
+0.9%
$26.77
+9.3%
+12.9%$3.94B$3.86B-12.378,432Analyst Forecast
HAFN
Hafnia
4.001 of 5 stars
$6.07
+2.5%
$8.25
+35.9%
N/A$3.08B$3.04B3.575,040News Coverage
Gap Down
OMAB
Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte
1.6076 of 5 stars
$71.60
+0.4%
$80.83
+12.9%
+4.0%$3.05B$14.67B12.631,100
CAAP
Corporación América Airports
2.7035 of 5 stars
$18.55
-1.4%
$21.50
+15.9%
+14.8%$3.03B$1.50B8.596,100News Coverage
Gap Down

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This page (NYSE:DAC) was last updated on 1/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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