Danaos (DAC) Return on Capital Employed (2009 - 2026)

Danaos' Return on Capital Employed history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 18.0% for Q1 2026.

• Quarterly Return on Capital Employed rose 568.0% year-over-year to 18.0% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 18.0% (up 568.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 11.53%, down 258.0% from the prior year.
• Return on Capital Employed was 18.0% for Q1 2026 at Danaos, up from 17.83% in the prior quarter.
• Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 20.19% in Q3 2022 and bottomed at 11.69% in Q2 2025.
• A 5-year average of 16.28% and a median of 16.88% in 2023 frame the typical range for Return on Capital Employed.
• Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Return on Capital Employed surged 1051 bps — and 2024, when it plunged 395 bps.
• Danaos' Return on Capital Employed stood at 18.16% in 2022, then retreated by 7 bps to 16.88% in 2023, then dropped by 22 bps to 13.1% in 2024, then surged by 36 bps to 17.83% in 2025, then rose by 1 bps to 18.0% in 2026.
• Business Quant data shows DAC's Return on Capital Employed at 18.0% in Q1 2026, 17.83% in Q4 2025, and 14.54% in Q3 2025.