Danaos (DAC) Competitors

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

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

19.0% of Danaos shares are owned by institutional investors. 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.

Is SOBO or DAC a better dividend stock?

South Bow pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.6%. Danaos pays an annual dividend of $3.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. South Bow pays out 108.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Danaos pays out 13.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Is SOBO or DAC more profitable?

Danaos has a net margin of 49.81% compared to South Bow's net margin of 0.00%. Danaos' return on equity of 16.03% beat South Bow's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
South Bow	N/A	N/A	N/A
Danaos	49.81%	16.03%	12.99%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SOBO or DAC?

Danaos received 206 more outperform votes than South Bow when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.30% of users gave Danaos an outperform vote while only 26.67% of users gave South Bow an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
South Bow	Outperform Votes 4 26.67%	Underperform Votes 11 73.33%
Danaos	Outperform Votes 210 56.30%	Underperform Votes 163 43.70%

Does the media prefer SOBO or DAC?

In the previous week, South Bow had 8 more articles in the media than Danaos. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for South Bow and 0 mentions for Danaos. South Bow's average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat Danaos' score of 0.00 indicating that South Bow is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
South Bow	Positive
Danaos	Neutral

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, SOBO or DAC?

Danaos has lower revenue, but higher earnings than South Bow. Danaos is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than South Bow, 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
South Bow	$2.12B	2.59	$384.88M	$1.85	14.29
Danaos	$1.01B	1.53	$505.07M	$25.91	3.16

Do analysts prefer SOBO or DAC?

South Bow presently has a consensus target price of $25.67, suggesting a potential downside of 2.91%. Danaos has a consensus target price of $105.00, suggesting a potential upside of 28.36%. Given Danaos' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Danaos is more favorable than South Bow.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
South Bow	2 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25
Danaos	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Summary

Danaos beats South Bow on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.