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How Danaos Corporation stacks up
DAC · against 608 other Industrials companies of similar size
Profitability
92/ 100
Near the top of its peers.
Ranked #51 of 609 · scores higher than 91% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score71 peers with a profitability score of 90–100, including DAC · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 92?
Weighted metrics compared with all Industrials companies.Mainly thanks to its operating margin, return on assets and return on invested capital, which are stronger than most Industrials peers.
- a higher return on invested capital: stronger than 63% of peers. Return on invested capital: 10.1% vs peer median 7.1%
- a higher return on assets: stronger than 92% of peers. Return on assets: 9.7% vs peer median 3.1%
- a wider operating margin: stronger than 99% of peers. Operating margin: 47.8% vs peer median 7.7%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = DAC, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | DAC | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 585 reported | 10.1% | 9.0% | 55% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 613 reported | 47.8% | 8.8% | 99% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 572 reported | 9.7% | 3.9% | 92% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 567 reported | 14.1% | 10.0% | 70% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 616 reported | 70.8% | 27.8% | 99% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around DAC| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 14.9B CNY (≈$2.1B) | 100 | 73 | |
| 1 | 13.8B HKD (≈$1.8B) | 100 | 89 | |
| 1 | 32.0B CNY (≈$4.5B) | 100 | 73 | |
| 1 | 13.4B CNY (≈$1.9B) | 100 | 82 | |
| 5 | 74.1B TWD (≈$2.3B) | 99 | 60 | |
| 51 | 512.5B JPY (≈$3.5B) | 92 | 70 | |
| 51 | 1.8B USD | 92 | 77 | |
| 51 | 1.4B CHF (≈$1.7B) | 92 | 64 | |
| 51 | 5.6B USD | 92 | 66 | |
| 51 | 2.8B USD | 92 | 81 | |
| 51 | 180.1B INR (≈$2.2B) | 92 | 69 | |
| 51 | 1.9B USD | 92 | 69 | |
| 51 | 51.1B SEK (≈$5.1B) | 92 | 57 | |
| 59 | 28.4B CNY (≈$4.0B) | 91 | 67 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score