DAC vs. CMRE, GSL, NMM, SB, GXO, SOBO, CUK, OMAB, GBTG, and SNDR
Should you be buying Danaos stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Danaos include Costamare (CMRE), Global Ship Lease (GSL), Navios Maritime Partners (NMM), Safe Bulkers (SB), GXO Logistics (GXO), South Bow (SOBO), Carnival (CUK), Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte (OMAB), Global Business Travel Group (GBTG), and Schneider National (SNDR). These companies are all part of the "transportation" industry.
Danaos vs. Its Competitors
Costamare (NYSE:CMRE) and Danaos (NYSE:DAC) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, risk, profitability and media sentiment.
Danaos has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Costamare. Danaos is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Costamare, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
58.1% of Costamare shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 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 stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Costamare has a beta of 1.38, meaning that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Danaos has a beta of 1.45, meaning that its share price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Danaos has a net margin of 44.62% compared to Costamare's net margin of 17.10%. Danaos' return on equity of 13.88% beat Costamare's return on equity.
In the previous week, Danaos had 5 more articles in the media than Costamare. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Danaos and 3 mentions for Costamare. Danaos' average media sentiment score of 0.12 beat Costamare's score of 0.00 indicating that Danaos is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Costamare pays an annual dividend of $0.46 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Danaos pays an annual dividend of $3.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Costamare pays out 19.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Danaos pays out 14.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Danaos has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years.
Costamare presently has a consensus price target of $13.00, indicating a potential upside of 15.80%. Danaos has a consensus price target of $105.00, indicating a potential upside of 24.00%. Given Danaos' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Danaos is more favorable than Costamare.
Summary
Danaos beats Costamare on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:DAC) was last updated on 10/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
