Global Ship Lease (GSL) Competitors

Hafnia (NYSE:HAFN) and Global Ship Lease (NYSE:GSL) are both transportation companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.

Does the media refer more to HAFN or GSL?

In the previous week, Hafnia had 3 more articles in the media than Global Ship Lease. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Hafnia and 7 mentions for Global Ship Lease. Global Ship Lease's average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat Hafnia's score of 0.65 indicating that Global Ship Lease is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Hafnia	1 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Global Ship Lease	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer HAFN or GSL?

Global Ship Lease received 157 more outperform votes than Hafnia when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Hafnia an outperform vote while only 61.92% of users gave Global Ship Lease an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Hafnia	Outperform Votes 4 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes
Global Ship Lease	Outperform Votes 161 61.92%	Underperform Votes 99 38.08%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of HAFN or GSL?

50.1% of Global Ship Lease shares are held by institutional investors. 7.4% of Global Ship Lease shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is HAFN or GSL more profitable?

Hafnia has a net margin of 53.44% compared to Global Ship Lease's net margin of 46.38%. Hafnia's return on equity of 36.90% beat Global Ship Lease's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Hafnia	53.44%	36.90%	22.38%
Global Ship Lease	46.38%	27.88%	16.36%

Do analysts prefer HAFN or GSL?

Hafnia presently has a consensus target price of $6.50, suggesting a potential upside of 26.83%. Global Ship Lease has a consensus target price of $28.00, suggesting a potential upside of 12.93%. Given Hafnia's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Hafnia is more favorable than Global Ship Lease.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Hafnia	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.50
Global Ship Lease	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.50

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, HAFN or GSL?

Hafnia has higher revenue and earnings than Global Ship Lease. Global Ship Lease is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hafnia, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Hafnia	$2.87B	0.91	$793.28M	$1.51	3.39
Global Ship Lease	$705.53M	1.25	$304.50M	$9.73	2.55

Is HAFN or GSL a better dividend stock?

Hafnia pays an annual dividend of $0.11 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Global Ship Lease pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.3%. Hafnia pays out 7.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Global Ship Lease pays out 18.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Global Ship Lease has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Global Ship Lease is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Summary

Hafnia beats Global Ship Lease on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.