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Danaos DAC

US equityMarket cap rank #2481Marine ShippingRed Sea Shipping Crisis
$165.82 +$0.67 (+0.41%)
Pre-market · Oct 6, 7:00 am ET · After hours $168.00 +1.31%
Open$166.18
Prev close$165.15
Day range$163.23 – $167.77
Volume148.6K
Market cap$3.02B
P/E (TTM)5.6
Dividend yield2.14%

Ownership & positioning

Who holds it, who is betting against it, and where the big money is moving

Institutional ownership22.1%-0.38 pts vs. prior quarter
Institutions holding158-1 vs. prior quarter
Insider trades (recent)0 buys / 7 sellsNet selling
Short interest6.06% of floatDays to cover 9.4 · as of 15 Sep 2026
Short-sale volume share18.7%5-day average of daily volume

Short-sale volume as % of daily volume

12%17%21%26%Sep '26Sep '26Oct '26

Large-order net flow, last 20 sessions

Net of large-order buying minus selling, in USD. Over this window: −$139.8K (12 inflow days, 8 outflow days).

The five largest holders on file together own 62.5% of shares outstanding.

Largest holders

  • John Coustas52.40%
  • Acadian Asset Management LLC3.80%
  • RBF Capital LLC2.30%
  • Ion Asset Management Ltd.2.26%
  • BlackRock1.75%
  • No Street GP LP1.37%
  • Iraklis Prokopakis1.07%
  • Arrowstreet Capital, Limited Partnership0.84%

By investor type

  • Individual/Insider53.80%
  • Mutual Fund10.80%
  • Hedge Fund7.59%
  • Public Company2.45%
  • Private Company0.84%
  • Government Pension Fund0.28%
  • Family Office/Trust0.10%
  • Sovereign Wealth Fund0.01%

Reported short interest has risen from 2.87% to 6.06% of float over the last 6 biweekly reports (30 Jun 2026 to 15 Sep 2026).

Short interest, by report

Report dateShares short% of floatDays to cover
15 Sep 2026 1,103,565 6.1% 9.4
31 Aug 2026 917,256 5.0% 8.2
14 Aug 2026 706,407 3.9% 5.3
31 Jul 2026 628,774 3.5% 5.2
15 Jul 2026 537,413 3.0% 6.3
30 Jun 2026 522,896 2.9% 5.5

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