Danaos (DAC) Profit After Tax (2009 - 2026)
Danaos (DAC) posted Profit After Tax of $151.82 million for the quarter ended Jun 30, 2026, up 16.0% from $130.9 million a year earlier.
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Danaos (DAC) Profit After Tax (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For the trailing twelve months through Jun 30, 2026, Profit After Tax at Danaos was $407.9 million, down 15.6% year-over-year; for the year ended Dec 31, 2025, it came in at $494.61 million, down 2.1% from the prior year.
- Annual Profit After Tax has declined for four consecutive years, though with a five-year compound annual growth rate of 26.4% (years ended Dec 2020 to Dec 2025).
- In prior years, Danaos' Profit After Tax was $505.07 million in the year ended Dec 31, 2024 (-12.4%), $576.3 million in the year ended Dec 31, 2023 (-3.3%), $595.71 million in the year ended Dec 31, 2022 (-44.0%) and $1.06 billion in the year ended Dec 31, 2021 (+593.3%).
- The figure for the quarter ended Jun 30, 2026 stands as the highest quarterly Profit After Tax since the quarter ended Mar 31, 2024.
- On a year-over-year basis, Profit After Tax increased in four of the last eight quarters, with growth averaging 6.3%.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Profit After Tax in the past five years was the quarter ended Sep 30, 2021, with growth of 240.1%; the weakest was the quarter ended Jun 30, 2022, with a decline of 96.6%.
- According to Business Quant data, Profit After Tax for the three prior quarters was $7.52 million (quarter ended Mar 31, 2026), $117.91 million (quarter ended Dec 31, 2025) and $130.65 million (quarter ended Sep 30, 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | PAT (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Union Pacific | 161.62 Bn | 156.15 Bn | - | 1.99 Bn |
| 2 | Csx | 86.16 Bn | 82.37 Bn | - | 1.00 Bn |
| 3 | Canadian Pacific Kansas City | 74.78 Bn | 74.50 Bn | - | 740.28 Mn |
| 4 | United Parcel Service | 70.01 Bn | 46.94 Bn | - | 604.00 Mn |
| 5 | Norfolk Southern | 69.45 Bn | 64.09 Bn | - | 734.00 Mn |
| 6 | Fedex | 67.46 Bn | 33.40 Bn | - | 1.60 Bn |
| 7 | Delta Air Lines | 54.88 Bn | 37.06 Bn | - | 1.60 Bn |
| 8 | Old Dominion Freight Line | 36.07 Bn | 35.33 Bn | - | 350.60 Mn |
| 9 | Ryanair Holdings | 28.71 Bn | 12.72 Bn | 3.13 Bn | 753.33 Mn |
| 10 | Danaos | 2.81 Bn | -1.05 Bn | 256.54 Mn | 151.82 Mn |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 151.82 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 7.52 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 117.91 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 130.65 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 130.90 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 115.15 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 114.45 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 123.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 148.01 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 177.20 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 41.91 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 133.16 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 147.02 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 179.04 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 152.72 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 74.34 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 12.75 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 355.90 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 169.59 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 225.42 Mn |
API Access
Danaos Profit After Tax API
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Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=profit-after-tax&ticker=DAC&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "profit-after-tax", "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=profit-after-tax&ticker=DAC&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();