Danaos Ownership | Who Owns Danaos?

Danaos Ownership Summary

Danaos is owned by 10.68% institutional investors, 53.50% insiders, and 35.82% retail investors. Acadian asset management is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 2.79% of DAC shares. Acadian Emerging Markets Small-Cap Comp is the top mutual fund, with 0.80% of its assets in Danaos shares.

DAC Ownership Benchmark

Type	Name	% Inst	% Insiders	% Retail
Stock	Danaos	10.68%	53.50%	35.82%
Sector	Industrials Stocks	47.66%	12.56%	39.78%
Industry	Marine Shipping Stocks	13.63%	30.51%	55.87%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Acadian asset management	513.51K	2.79%	$48.33M
Rbf capital	418.01K	2.28%	$37.54M
Ion asset management	394.35K	2.15%	$35.42M
No street gp lp	250.00K	1.36%	$22.45M
Gordian capital singapore pte	176.00K	0.91%	$1.90M
Arrowstreet capital, limited partnership	161.24K	0.88%	$14.48M
Morgan stanley	159.43K	0.87%	$15.02M
Jpmorgan chase	111.75K	0.61%	$10.52M
Goldman sachs group	106.09K	0.58%	$9.99M
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	65.73K	0.36%	$6.19M

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
Ion asset management	394.35K	3.89%	$35.42M
Hi-line capital management	60.18K	1.89%	$5.67M
Rbf capital	418.01K	1.67%	$37.54M
No street gp lp	250.00K	1.48%	$22.45M
Hartree partners, lp	45.15K	1.39%	$4.05M
Gordian capital singapore pte	176.00K	1.08%	$1.90M
Dgs capital management	23.95K	0.48%	$1.92M
Chesapeake capital corp /il/	5.69K	0.46%	$455.28K
Advisory research	38.73K	0.46%	$3.48M
Corsair capital management	14.00K	0.21%	$1.26M

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Gordian capital singapore pte	176.00K	1.08%	176.00K
Acadian asset management	513.51K	0.08%	123.73K
Hartree partners, lp	45.15K	1.39%	45.15K
Goldman sachs group	106.09K	0.00%	38.96K
Aqr capital management	31.82K	0.00%	31.82K

Top Sellers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Ion asset management	394.35K	3.89%	-259.96K
Arrowstreet capital, limited partnership	161.24K	0.01%	-121.42K
Commonwealth equity services	-	-	-70.89K
Foundry partners	-	-	-69.99K
Truemark investments	-	-	-65.48K

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
Hartree partners, lp	45.15K	1.39%	45.15K	$4.05M
Aqr capital management	31.82K	0.00%	31.82K	$2.55M
Dynamic technology lab private	9.09K	0.14%	9.09K	$817.00M
Shikiar asset management	6.40K	0.15%	6.40K	$603.00K
Quadrature capital	5.67K	0.01%	5.67K	$508.11K

Sold Out

Holder	Change
Fmr	-1.00
Newsquare capital	-2.00
Private trust co na	-4.00
Gamma investing	-5.00
Financial gravity asset management	-5.00

Institutional Ownership Trends

Date	Holdings	Change %	Shares	Change %	Ownership	Change %	Increased Position	Change %	Decreased Position	Change %
Dec 31, 2025	109	-16.15%	1,955,070	-42.54%	10	3.10%	59	-16.90%	32	6.67%
Sep 30, 2025	33	-72.03%	321,555	-90.46%	1	0.52%	18	-68.97%	5	-86.49%
Jun 30, 2025	114	-2.56%	3,328,630	1.92%	18	6.35%	55	7.84%	38	-2.56%
Mar 31, 2025	117	-11.36%	3,266,808	-9.46%	16	4.86%	51	-21.54%	39	-4.88%
Dec 31, 2024	130	-7.14%	3,602,828	-3.46%	18	5.00%	63	-3.08%	41	-2.38%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Change
Acadian Emerging Markets Small-Cap Comp	155.43K	0.80%	43.94K
Pabrai Wagons ETF	58.18K	0.32%	58.18K
Hi-Line Capital Intrinsic Value Equity	55.34K	0.30%	27.05K
TrueShares Active Yield ETF	52.77K	0.28%	-17.46K
Invesco FTSE RAFI US 1500 Small-Mid ETF	38.51K	0.20%	-
Acadian Emerg Mkts Eq II A USD Acc	27.22K	0.15%	14.37K
Arrowstreet Intl Eq ACWI ex US CIT M	21.44K	0.12%	-
Lazard US Small Cap Equity WW Dist EUR	21.17K	0.12%	-5.57K
RAM (Lux) Sys Emg Mkts Equities B USD	19.00K	0.10%	-14.11K
Invesco RAFI US 1500 Small-Mid ETF	18.57K	0.10%	-

Insider Transactions Trends

Date	Buy	Sell
2026 Q1	-	-
2023 Q2	5	-

DAC Ownership FAQ

Who Owns Danaos?

Danaos shareholders are primarily institutional investors at 10.68%, followed by 53.50% insiders and 35.82% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in Danaos's industry, Marine Shipping Stocks, is 13.63%, which Danaos falls below.

Who owns the most shares of Danaos?

Danaos’s largest shareholders are Acadian asset management (513.51K shares, 2.79%), Rbf capital (418.02K shares, 2.28%), and Ion asset management (394.34K shares, 2.15%). Together, they hold 7.21% of Danaos’s total shares outstanding.

Does Blackrock own Danaos?

BlackRock is not among the top 10 institutional shareholders of Danaos.

Who is Danaos’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested?

Ion asset management is Danaos’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested, with 3.89% of its assets in 394.34K Danaos shares, valued at 35.42M$.

Who is the top mutual fund holder of Danaos shares?

Acadian Emerging Markets Small-Cap Comp is the top mutual fund holder of Danaos shares, with 0.80% of its total shares outstanding invested in 155.43K Danaos shares.

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