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CCL vs DAC

Side-by-side comparison of Carnival Corporation (CCL) and Danaos Corporation (DAC): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.

Summary

  • Both CCL and DAC operate in Marine Transportation (Consumer Discretionary), so they compete in similar markets.
  • CCL is the larger of the two at $36.17B, about 15.8x DAC ($2.29B).
  • Over the past year, CCL is down 10.7% and DAC is up 39.8% - DAC leads by 50.4 points.
  • CCL has hit the wire 12 times in the past 4 weeks while DAC has been quiet.
  • CCL has more recent analyst coverage (25 ratings vs 4 for DAC).
PerformanceCCL-10.66%DAC+39.77%
2025-07-18+0.00%2026-07-17
MetricCCLDAC
Company
Carnival Corporation
Danaos Corporation
Price
$26.40-1.69%
$125.71-3.91%
Market cap
$36.17B
$2.29B
1M return
-14.54%
-2.71%
1Y return
-10.66%
+39.77%
Sector
Consumer Discretionary
Consumer Discretionary
Industry
Marine Transportation
Marine Transportation
Exchange
NYSE
NYSE
IPO
1987
2006
News (4w)
12
0
Recent ratings
25
4
CCL

Carnival Corporation

Carnival Corporation & plc operates as a leisure travel company. Its ships visit approximately 700 ports under the Carnival Cruise Line, Princess Cruises, Holland America Line, P&O Cruises (Australia), Seabourn, Costa Cruises, AIDA Cruises, P&O Cruises (UK), and Cunard brand names. The company also provides port destinations and other services, as well as owns and operates hotels, lodges, glass-domed railcars, and motor coaches. It sells its cruises primarily through travel agents and tour operators. The company operates in the United States, Canada, Continental Europe, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Asia, and internationally. It operates 87 ships with 223,000 lower berths. The company was incorporated in 1972 and is headquartered in Miami, Florida.

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.

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