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Dampskibsselskabet NORDEN A/SDNORD.COCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

Denmark · DKK·Industrials›Marine Shipping

Owns and charters dry bulk carriers and product tankers for global commodity shipping.

Momentum neutral 48
Mkt cap
$1.46B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
59%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$3.26M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
9.6×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
-0.2 pp
WACC 5.0%
Hurdle
n/a
no reverse DCF
Next earnings
96 days
10 Feb 2027
Close · DKKDKK 356.80
1D-1.8%
1W-3.9%
1M-9.6%
3M+14.0%
6M+15.2%
YTD+41.6%
1Y+41.5%
ATR %4.0%
52w lowhigh13.7% off high

What Dampskibsselskabet NORDEN A/S does

Owns and charters dry bulk carriers and product tankers for global commodity shipping.

Mixes ships it owns with ships it rents in on short or long terms, and earns by matching them to cargo contracts at rates above its costs, besides gains from selling vessels when prices are high. Founded in 1871, it is Danish.

Products and services

  • Dry bulk carrier shipping
  • Product tanker shipping
  • Asset-light chartering/trading

Customers

  • Commodity traders, industrial shippers

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Transportation
  • Shipping
  • Dry bulk + tanker…

What could go right

  • Dry bulk/tanker freight-rate upcycles
  • Flexible owned + chartered fleet model

What could go wrong

  • Highly cyclical freight rates
  • Global trade volume sensitivity

Moat: none (scale). Operates in a cyclical, commoditized shipping market with limited structural pricing power.

Headquarters: Hellerup, Denmark · Founded: 1871

Named competitors

Dampskibsselskabet NORDEN A/S at a glance

Size Dampskibsselskabet NORDEN A/S (DNORD.CO) is a Denmark Industrials company (Marine Shipping) with a market value of $1.46B, the 39th largest of 59 Denmark companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at DKK 356.80 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares gained 15.2%, against -2.9% for the median peer and +8.8% for the Denmark market (cap-weighted) — 3rd highest of 20 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 7.3% over the last twelve months (peer median +5.5%); the operating margin is 3.2% (peer median 16.5%).

Valuation It trades at 9.6× forward earnings against a peer median of 8.7× (8th most expensive of 18).

Capital Return on invested capital runs 0.2 points below its cost of capital (5.0% WACC).

Next results Next results expected around 10 Feb 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

10012011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026DNORD.CO 115Peer median 97
Six months, rebased to 100: Dampskibsselskabet NORDEN A/S against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Dampskibsselskabet NORDEN A/S financials

Reported figures in DKK; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
RevenueDKK 24.4BDKK 20.7BDKK 27.9BDKK 25.4BDKK 37.6B
Revenue growth—-26%+9%-32%—
Gross profitDKK 1.41BDKK 1.12BDKK 1.22BDKK 3.06BDKK 6.29B
EBITDADKK 2.62BDKK 2.42BDKK 2.87BDKK 4.56BDKK 8.01B
Net incomeDKK 1.13BDKK 796MDKK 1.12BDKK 2.76BDKK 5.26B
Free cash flow-DKK 904M-DKK 1.84B-DKK 551MDKK 2.93BDKK 6.91B
Capital expenditureDKK 3.40BDKK 4.17BDKK 3.25BDKK 1.57BDKK 2.32B
Total debtDKK 5.52BDKK 4.86BDKK 3.82BDKK 4.06BDKK 5.68B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Dampskibsselskabet NORDEN A/S competitor charts

The default views of Competitor Analysis ▸ Charts, drawn from the same data. Open them in the cockpit to change the axes, pin companies and read every value.

Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-20%0%+20%+40%-20%0%+20%GSL9302CMRESOMA9110601022DFDSMPCC2606CCEC38770286702020DNORD.CO6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Dampskibsselskabet NORDEN A/S is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

0%+100%+200%0×50×100×150×GSL9302CMRESOMAMPCC2020DNORD.CORevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Dampskibsselskabet NORDEN A/S is the large dot.

Dampskibsselskabet NORDEN A/S competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (DNORD.CO vs SBLK vs TRMD-A.CO)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq g
Dampskibsselskabet NORDEN A/S DNORD.CO$1.46B+15%+7%3%9.6×n/a
Star Bulk Carriers SBLK$2.99B0%+6%28%5.7×-0.1%
TORM TRMD-A.CO$3.87B+8%+41%41%3.5×-17.3%

How Dampskibsselskabet NORDEN A/S compares with its peers

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.

Dampskibsselskabet NORDEN A/S against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureDNORD.COPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-9.6%-5.4%9th lowest of 21
6-month return+15.2%-2.9%3rd highest of 20
Distance from 52-week high-13.7%-16.0%8th highest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+7.3%+5.5%9th highest of 20
Operating margin3.2%16.5%2nd lowest of 20
Forward P/E9.6×8.7×8th most expensive of 18
ROIC minus cost of capital-0.2 pp+2.2 pp6th lowest of 19
EV / EBITDA5.0×5.9×5th cheapest of 17
Net debt / EBITDA1.3×1.4×8th least indebted of 17

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq gDelivered g
Dampskibsselskabet NORDEN A/S DNORD.CODenmark$1.46B+15%+7%3%9.6×n/an/a
Global Ship Lease GSLUnited States$1.41B-8%+6%48%4.1×-15.2%+22.1%
MITSUI-SOKO 9302.TJapan$1.52B-22%+6%7%17.8×-1.6%+3.4%
Costamare CMREUnited States$1.54B-28%-42%44%5.2×-6.9%+13.0%
Solstad Maritime SOMA.OLNorway$1.36B-6%+17%40%5.5×-2.5%+22.7%
NS United Kaiun Kaisha,Ltd 9110.TJapan$1.58B+39%+11%11%n/a-5.0%+10.7%
Ningbo Ocean Shipping 601022.SSChina$1.58B-7%+13%11%n/an/an/a
Dfds A/s DFDS.CODenmark$1.33B+8%+3%3%17.0×4.6%+17.2%
Rizhao Port 600017.SSChina$1.26B-7%+3%13%17.1×n/an/a
MPC Container Ships MPCC.OLNorway$1.26B0%-15%37%7.8×-13.3%+27.1%
U-Ming Marine Transport 2606.TWTaiwan$1.70B+6%+13%29%8.7×-3.8%+12.8%
Capital Clean Energy Carriers CCECUnited States$1.24B+3%+5%50%8.1×n/an/a
Stolt-Nielsen SNI.OLNorway$1.82B+4%-5%11%8.8×-4.5%+9.5%
Volare Shipping VLCC.OLNorway$1.17Bn/an/an/an/an/an/a
CSSC (Hong Kong) Shipping 3877.HKHong Kong$1.85B-4%-10%60%7.2×-3.2%+14.9%
Sumitomo Warehouse 9303.TJapan$1.87B+4%+2%6%16.3×11.3%+0.4%
Genco Shipping & Trading GNKUnited States$1.13B0%+26%17%10.2×n/an/a
Clarkson CKN.LUnited Kingdom$1.90B-5%+15%14%13.9×5.2%+12.0%
PanOcean 028670.KSSouth Korea$1.91B-12%+24%9%5.0×n/an/a
2020 Bulkers 2020.OLNorway$1.10B+20%+256%92%170.2×9.2%+7.3%
d'Amico International Shipping DIS.MIItaly$1.09B-3%-15%36%8.0×-7.3%+2.3%

Questions

Who are Dampskibsselskabet NORDEN A/S's main competitors?
Named competitors: Golden Ocean Group (private or unlisted), Star Bulk Carriers (SBLK), TORM (TRMD-A.CO). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Global Ship Lease (GSL), MITSUI-SOKO (9302.T), Costamare (CMRE), Solstad Maritime (SOMA.OL), NS United Kaiun Kaisha,Ltd (9110.T), Ningbo Ocean Shipping (601022.SS).
Is Dampskibsselskabet NORDEN A/S expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 9.6× against a peer median of 8.7×, 8th most expensive of 18 in its peer set.
How has Dampskibsselskabet NORDEN A/S stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned +15.2% against -2.9% for the median peer; over one year +41.5%.

How these numbers are made. Returns are close-to-close in local currency. Revenue growth and margins are trailing twelve months. Req g is the revenue growth that today's enterprise value requires for seven years at the company's own cost of capital; Delivered g is what it actually grew; the gap is the hurdle (honest precision about ±8 points, so read the ranking more than the decimal). No fair values, price targets or analyst ratings are shown, by design. Method and validation.