Danaos (DAC) Operating Margin (2009 - 2026)
Danaos (DAC) reported Operating Margin of 48.38% for the quarter ended Jun 30, 2026, up 0.49 percentage points from 47.89% a year earlier but down 0.97 percentage points from the prior quarter.
Danaos (DAC) Operating Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the twelve months ended Jun 30, 2026, Danaos' Operating Margin came in at 81.27%, up 32.11 percentage points year-over-year; for the year ended Dec 31, 2025, it came in at 47.85%, down 5.49 percentage points from the prior year.
- Operating Margin has declined for three consecutive years, though with a five-year change of +4.63 percentage points (years ended Dec 2020 to Dec 2025).
- By year, Operating Margin came in at 53.34% in the year ended Dec 31, 2024 (-6.31 pp), 59.64% in the year ended Dec 31, 2023 (-6.14 pp), 65.78% in the year ended Dec 31, 2022 (+13.82 pp) and 51.96% in the year ended Dec 31, 2021 (+8.74 pp).
- Five-year quarterly Operating Margin spans a low of 47.47% in the quarter ended Mar 31, 2025 and a high of 114.71% in the quarter ended Sep 30, 2025.
- Year over year, Operating Margin has now increased in each of the last four quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +12.35 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The high point for year-over-year Operating Margin in five years was the quarter ended Sep 30, 2025 (a gain of 63.31 percentage points); the low point was the quarter ended Dec 31, 2023 (a drop of 22.48 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, the three quarters before the quarter ended Jun 30, 2026 came in at 49.35% (quarter ended Mar 31, 2026), 112.85% (quarter ended Dec 31, 2025) and 114.71% (quarter ended Sep 30, 2025).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Operating Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Union Pacific | 162.83 Bn | 157.35 Bn | - | 40.25% |
| 2 | Csx | 86.94 Bn | 83.15 Bn | - | 38.27% |
| 3 | Canadian Pacific Kansas City | 76.07 Bn | 75.78 Bn | - | 35.35% |
| 4 | United Parcel Service | 70.39 Bn | 47.31 Bn | - | 4.07% |
| 5 | Norfolk Southern | 70.35 Bn | 64.99 Bn | - | 32.44% |
| 6 | Fedex | 68.01 Bn | 33.95 Bn | - | 6.20% |
| 7 | Delta Air Lines | 55.83 Bn | 38.01 Bn | - | 9.43% |
| 8 | Old Dominion Freight Line | 36.82 Bn | 36.08 Bn | - | 29.94% |
| 9 | Ryanair Holdings | 28.96 Bn | 12.97 Bn | 3.13 Bn | 13.12% |
| 10 | Danaos | 2.83 Bn | -1.04 Bn | 256.54 Mn | 48.38% |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 48.38% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 49.35% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 112.85% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 114.71% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 47.89% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 47.47% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 49.88% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 51.40% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 56.83% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 55.41% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 52.93% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 61.28% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 61.13% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 63.42% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 75.41% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 63.89% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 62.49% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 60.93% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 53.77% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 57.30% |
Danaos Operating Margin API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=operating-margin&ticker=DAC&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "operating-margin", "ticker": "DAC", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=operating-margin&ticker=DAC&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();