DACDanaos Corporation
What is the market doing?
No clear lean: nothing decisive, though in an uptrend.
In an uptrend, above its rising 50- and 200-day averages. Price is +24% vs its 200-day average.
Moderately shorted, settled Sep 30, 2026, more than a week of normal trading to cover, a crowded exit.
Where this answer is blind. Insider selling is often routine (taxes, diversification); only cluster buying is a strong tell.
How DAC is trading
Danaos Corporation is +87% over the past year while the S&P 500 is +16%: 71 points ahead of the market.
1-year return · S&P 500 +16%
- vs 200-day average
- +24%
vs 200-day average · a clear uptrend
- RSI (14)
- 35
RSI (14) · neutral
- Below its 52-week high
- 7.0%
Below its 52-week high
Details›
- Last close2026-10-23
- $158.28
- 1 monthS&P 500 −0.94%
- +2.4%
- 1 yearS&P 500 +16%
- +87%
- 5 yearsS&P 500 +86%
- +164%
- vs 50-day average$156.35
- +1.2%
- 52-week high
- $170.29
- 52-week low
- $84.65
- Annualised volatility
- 26%
| Year | Return |
|---|---|
| 2026 (year to date) | +71% |
| 2025 | +20% |
| 2024 | +12% |
| 2023 | +48% |
| 2022 | −27% |
| 2021 | +256% |
| 2020 | +133% |
| 2019 | −13% |
| 2018 | −48% |
| 2017 | −45% |
| Month | Years | Positive | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 10 | 6 of 10 | +3.7% |
| Feb | 10 | 5 of 10 | +7.7% |
| Mar | 10 | 3 of 10 | −5.4% |
| Apr | 10 | 6 of 10 | +1.3% |
| May | 10 | 8 of 10 | +5.8% |
| Jun | 10 | 5 of 10 | +2.0% |
| Jul | 11 | 7 of 11 | +7.5% |
| Aug | 11 | 4 of 11 | +0.85% |
| Sep | 11 | 4 of 11 | −0.63% |
| Oct | 11 | 7 of 11 | +1.6% |
| Nov | 10 | 5 of 10 | +4.7% |
| Dec | 10 | 5 of 10 | +5.4% |
End-of-day closes from IEX; the S&P 500 comparison uses SPY over the same window. Prices are a reference point, not a basis for trading decisions.
Where the price stands
Its trend against the 50-day and 200-day averages, and the levels it keeps coming back to.
What it has returned
With dividends, year by year, month by month, and by calendar month on average.