Danaos Corp vs Zim Integrated Shipping Services Ltd

Danaos Corp (DAC) is undervalued and Zim Integrated Shipping Services Ltd (ZIM) is overvalued.

Against our estimates of intrinsic value, DAC trades at the wider discount: a margin of safety of +76%, against -39% for ZIM.

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

Zim Integrated Shipping Services Ltd (ZIM)

Discounting its cash flows at 7.5% (average of 3 methods) values the shares at $21.89; the price of $30.51 is 39% above that value, and 82% of that value comes from beyond year five.

Leak Score 0/100 on 2 of 12 signals

MetricDACZIM
VerdictUndervaluedOvervalued
Price$156.00$30.51
Intrinsic value$656.04$21.89
Margin of safety+76%-39%
Leak Score100/100 (3/12)0/100 (2/12)
Market cap$2.8B$3.7B
Revenue growth, 5 years17.7%11.6%
Operating margin48.4%5.7%
Net margin51.3%2.1%
Return on equity14.1%3.6%
Debt to equity0.301.37
P/E5.3x26.6x
Forward P/E5.7x
P/B0.7x0.9x
Dividend yield2.3%7.8%

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