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DAC vs NCLH

Side-by-side comparison of Danaos Corporation (DAC) and Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. (NCLH): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.

Summary

  • Both DAC and NCLH operate in Marine Transportation (Consumer Discretionary), so they compete in similar markets.
  • NCLH is the larger of the two at $8.52B, about 3.6x DAC ($2.35B).
  • Over the past year, DAC is up 50.1% and NCLH is down 5.3% - DAC leads by 55.4 points.
  • NCLH has hit the wire 8 times in the past 4 weeks while DAC has been quiet.
  • NCLH has more recent analyst coverage (25 ratings vs 4 for DAC).
PerformanceDAC+50.07%NCLH-5.28%
2025-06-09+0.00%2026-06-08
MetricDACNCLH
Company
Danaos Corporation
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd.
Price
$129.24+0.03%
$18.55-0.96%
Market cap
$2.35B
$8.52B
1M return
-2.09%
+7.63%
1Y return
+50.07%
-5.28%
Industry
Marine Transportation
Marine Transportation
Exchange
NYSE
NYSE
IPO
2006
News (4w)
0
8
Recent ratings
4
25
DAC

Danaos Corporation

Danaos Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, owns and operates containerships in Australia, Asia, Europe, and the United States. The company offers seaborne transportation services, such as chartering its vessels to liner companies. As of February 28, 2021, it had a fleet of 65 containerships aggregating 403,793 twenty foot equivalent units in capacity. The company was formerly known as Danaos Holdings Limited and changed its name to Danaos Corporation in October 2005. Danaos Corporation was founded in 1972 and is based in Piraeus, Greece.

NCLH

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd.

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a cruise company in the North America, Europe, the Asia-Pacific, and internationally. The company operates the Norwegian Cruise Line, Oceania Cruises, and Regent Seven Seas Cruises brands. It offers itineraries ranging from three days to a 180-days calling on various locations, including destinations in Scandinavia, Russia, the Mediterranean, the Greek Isles, Alaska, Canada and New England, India and the rest of Asia, Tahiti and the South Pacific, Australia and New Zealand, Africa, South America, the Panama Canal, and the Caribbean. As of December 31, 2020, the company had 28 ships with approximately 59,150 berths. It distributes its products through retail/travel advisor and onboard cruise sales channels, as well as meetings, incentives, and charters. The company was founded in 1966 and is based in Miami, Florida.

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