Danaos (DAC) closed at $158.34 on October 23, 2026, up 0.3% from the previous close, on volume of 117,063 shares (30-day average 158,993).
Data as of October 23, 2026.
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Danaos Corporation Reports Second Quarter and Half Year Results for the Period Ended June 30, 2026
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Danaos Corp is an international owner of containerships. It provides international seaborne transportation services by operating vessels in the containership sector of the shipping industry. The company's customers include HMM, MSC, Yang Ming, Hapag Lloyd, ZIM, Maersk, COSCO, OOCL, ONE, PIL, Sealead, Niledutch, Samudera, OSC, and Arkas. Geographically, the company operates in Australia, Asia, Europe, and America, with maximum revenue from the Australia-Asia region. It has two reporting segments: Container vessels and Drybulk vessels segment. It generates the majority of its revenue from Container vessels.
Danaos trades on the NYSE stock market under the symbol DAC.
As of October 23, 2026, DAC stock price climbed to $158.34 with 117,063 million shares trading.
DAC has a beta of 0.42, meaning it tends to be less sensitive to market movements. DAC has a correlation of 0.04 to the broad based SPY ETF.
DAC has a market cap of $2.88 billion. This is considered a Mid Cap stock.
Last quarter Danaos reported $274 million in Revenue and $7.29 earnings per share. This beat revenue expectation by $19 million and exceeded earnings estimates by $.88.
In the last 3 years, DAC traded as high as $172.76 and as low as $62.37.
The top ETF exchange traded funds that DAC belongs to (by Net Assets): WAGN, BOAT, AADR, SEA, HULL.
DAC has outperformed the market in the last year with a return of +92.5%, while the SPY ETF gained +14.3%. In the last 3 month period, DAC beat the market returning +19.6%, while SPY returned +3.2%. However, in the most recent 2 weeks DAC has underperformed the stock market by returning -2.8%, while SPY returned -2.4%.
DAC support price is $154.86 and resistance is $160.76 (based on 1 day standard deviation move). This means that using the most recent 20 day stock volatility and applying a one standard deviation move around the stock's closing price, stastically there is a 67% probability that DAC shares will trade within this expected range on the day.