Danaos Corp vs Navios Maritime Partners LP

Danaos Corp (DAC) is undervalued and Navios Maritime Partners LP (NMM) is undervalued.

Against our estimates of intrinsic value, NMM trades at the wider discount: a margin of safety of +80%, against +76% for DAC.

Values as of the 22 Sept 2026 close.

Danaos Corp (DAC)

Discounting its cash flows at 8.3% (average of 3 methods) values the shares at $656.04; the price of $156.00 is 76% below that value, and 79% of that value comes from beyond year five.

Leak Score 100/100 on 3 of 12 signals

Navios Maritime Partners LP (NMM)

Discounting its cash flows at 7.8% (average of 3 methods) values the shares at $431.38; the price of $88.11 is 80% below that value, and 82% of that value comes from beyond year five.

Leak Score 68/100 on 3 of 12 signals

MetricDACNMM
VerdictUndervaluedUndervalued
Price$156.00$88.11
Intrinsic value$656.04$431.38
Margin of safety+76%+80%
Leak Score100/100 (3/12)68/100 (3/12)
Market cap$2.8B$2.5B
Revenue growth, 5 years17.7%42.8%
Operating margin48.4%34.7%
Net margin51.3%29.6%
Return on equity14.1%13.2%
Debt to equity0.300.70
P/E5.3x5.8x
Forward P/E5.7x4.3x
P/B0.7x0.7x
Dividend yield2.3%0.3%

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