Danaos Valuation

Is DAC undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

5/6

Valuation Score 5/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of DAC when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: DAC ($72.96) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($142.95)

Significantly Below Fair Value: DAC is trading below fair value by more than 20%.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for DAC?

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

DAC key valuation metrics and ratios. From Price to Earnings, Price to Sales and Price to Book to Price to Earnings Growth Ratio, Enterprise Value and EBITDA.
Key Statistics
Enterprise Value/Revenue1.5x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA2.1x
PEG Ratio-0.1x

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does DAC's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for DAC vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average7.4x
CMRE Costamare
3.7xn/aUS$1.3b
NMM Navios Maritime Partners
2.9x-8.4%US$1.3b
CPLP Capital Product Partners
20.4x46.5%US$930.2m
GSL Global Ship Lease
2.5x-25.9%US$748.8m
DAC Danaos
2.5x-23.7%US$1.4b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: DAC is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (2.5x) compared to the peer average (7.4x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does DAC's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Shipping Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a18.7%
n/an/an/a
No. of CompaniesPE048121620

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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: DAC is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (2.5x) compared to the US Shipping industry average (7.7x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is DAC's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

DAC PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio2.5x
Fair PE Ratio6.2x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: DAC is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (2.5x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (6.2x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst DAC forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$72.96
US$84.50
+15.8%
6.5%US$90.00US$79.00n/a2
Apr ’25US$72.45
US$84.50
+16.6%
6.5%US$90.00US$79.00n/a2
Mar ’25US$72.46
US$78.67
+8.6%
11.9%US$90.00US$67.00n/a3
Feb ’25US$75.65
US$78.00
+3.1%
12.1%US$90.00US$67.00n/a3
Jan ’25US$74.06
US$74.67
+0.8%
7.4%US$80.00US$67.00n/a3
Dec ’24US$71.48
US$74.67
+4.5%
7.4%US$80.00US$67.00n/a3
Nov ’24US$66.23
US$74.67
+12.7%
7.4%US$80.00US$67.00n/a3
Oct ’24US$66.22
US$74.67
+12.8%
7.4%US$80.00US$67.00n/a3
Sep ’24US$67.39
US$75.33
+11.8%
7.8%US$80.00US$67.00n/a3
Aug ’24US$69.51
US$75.33
+8.4%
7.8%US$80.00US$67.00n/a3
Jul ’24US$66.79
US$75.33
+12.8%
7.8%US$80.00US$67.00n/a3
Jun ’24US$59.61
US$73.50
+23.3%
8.8%US$80.00US$67.00n/a2
May ’24US$56.89
US$72.50
+27.4%
10.3%US$80.00US$65.00n/a2
Apr ’24US$54.62
US$72.50
+32.7%
10.3%US$80.00US$65.00US$72.452
Mar ’24US$58.94
US$90.00
+52.7%
28.3%US$125.00US$65.00US$72.463
Feb ’24US$61.29
US$90.00
+46.8%
28.3%US$125.00US$65.00US$75.653
Jan ’24US$52.66
US$90.00
+70.9%
28.3%US$125.00US$65.00US$74.063
Dec ’23US$55.08
US$90.00
+63.4%
28.3%US$125.00US$65.00US$71.483
Nov ’23US$59.52
US$96.67
+62.4%
20.8%US$125.00US$80.00US$66.233
Oct ’23US$55.68
US$103.33
+85.6%
16.0%US$125.00US$85.00US$66.223
Sep ’23US$67.66
US$103.33
+52.7%
16.0%US$125.00US$85.00US$67.393
Aug ’23US$73.49
US$116.25
+58.2%
8.8%US$125.00US$100.00US$69.514
Jul ’23US$61.91
US$121.67
+96.5%
3.9%US$125.00US$115.00US$66.793
Jun ’23US$85.20
US$122.50
+43.8%
3.5%US$125.00US$115.00US$59.614
May ’23US$81.74
US$122.50
+49.9%
3.5%US$125.00US$115.00US$56.894
Apr ’23US$104.34
US$122.50
+17.4%
3.5%US$125.00US$115.00US$54.624

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.


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