Global Ship Lease (GSL) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Global Ship Lease, Inc. (NYSE:GSL) is a containership owner and charterer that provides maritime transportation capacity to liner companies. The company owns and manages a fleet of container vessels designed to transport manufactured goods, consumer products, industrial materials and other containerized cargo across international trade routes.

Global Ship Lease generally employs time-charter arrangements, under which its vessels are leased to container shipping companies for specified periods. Its customers operate services serving major global trade lanes and ports, giving the company exposure to maritime commerce across regions including Europe, Asia, the Americas and other international markets.

Global Ship Lease was established in 2007 and became a publicly traded company in 2008. The company expanded through vessel acquisitions, including its 2018 combination with Poseidon Containers. Global Ship Lease is incorporated in the Marshall Islands and has principal offices in London. George Youroukos serves as chief executive officer and executive chairman.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $41.79 to $43.01
• 50-Day Range: $40.74 to $46.49
• 52-Week Range: $27.81 to $46.57
• Volume: 396,194 shs
• Average Volume: 331,174 shs
• Market Capitalization: $1.51 billion
• P/E Ratio: 4.32
• Dividend Yield: 5.95%
• Price Target: $51.00
• Consensus Rating: Buy

Global Ship Lease Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Global Ship Lease scored higher than 97% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 26th out of 658 stocks in the industrials sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.8 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

Global Ship Lease has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on 1 strong buy rating, 3 buy ratings, 1 hold rating, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Global Ship Lease has a consensus price target of $51.00, representing about 21.5% upside from its current price of $41.98.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Global Ship Lease has only been the subject of 3 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 4.99%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Global Ship Lease are expected to grow by 4.99% in the coming year, from $9.62 to $10.10 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Global Ship Lease is 4.32, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 41.21.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Global Ship Lease is 4.32, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Industrials sector average P/E ratio of about 23.47.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Global Ship Lease has a P/B Ratio of 0.84. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 5.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

2.11% of the float of Global Ship Lease has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Global Ship Lease has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.15, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Global Ship Lease has recently decreased by 12.74%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 3.3 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Strong

Dividend Leadership

Global Ship Lease is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 5.79%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

Global Ship Lease has only been increasing its dividend for 2 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Global Ship Lease is 24.04%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Global Ship Lease will have a dividend payout ratio of 24.75% next year. This indicates that Global Ship Lease will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.6 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.20

News Sentiment

Global Ship Lease has a news sentiment score of 0.20. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.58 average news sentiment score of Industrials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 8 news articles for Global Ship Lease this week, compared to 2 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 3 people have searched for GSL on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of 0% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

15 people have added Global Ship Lease to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 1,400% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.6 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Global Ship Lease insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $4,104,852.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

7.40% of the stock of Global Ship Lease is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

50.08% of the stock of Global Ship Lease is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 8/05/2026
• Record date for 9/3 Dividend: 8/21/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 9/3 Dividend: 8/21/2026
• Dividend Payable: 9/03/2026
• Today: 10/15/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/09/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Industrials
• Industry: Marine Transportation
• Sub-Industry: Marine Transportation
• Current Symbol: NYSE:GSL
• CIK: 1430725
• Web: www.globalshiplease.com
• Phone: 442039980063
• Fax: 44-0-20-7869-8119
• Employees: 7
• Year Founded: 2007

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Global Ship Lease: $51.00
• High Price Target: $52.00
• Low Price Target: $50.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +21.5%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.00
• Research Coverage: 5 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $10.40
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 4.32
• Forward P/E Ratio: 4.36
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $416.45 million
• Net Margins: 49.10%
• Pretax Margin: 49.10%
• Return on Equity: 19.92%
• Return on Assets: 12.81%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.27
• Current Ratio: 2.13
• Quick Ratio: 2.06

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $766.45 million
• Price / Sales: 1.97
• Cash Flow: $13.33 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 3.15
• Book Value: $50.15 per share
• Price / Book: 0.84

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 35,910,000
• Free Float: 33,256,000
• Market Cap: $1.51 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.98