Global Ship Lease (GSL) Competitors $24.73 +0.08 (+0.32%) As of 03:59 PM Eastern Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock GSL vs. HAFN, RXO, DKL, CMBT, DHT, ZIM, INSW, SBLK, GEL, and DESPShould you be buying Global Ship Lease stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Global Ship Lease include Hafnia (HAFN), RXO (RXO), Delek Logistics Partners (DKL), Euronav (CMBT), DHT (DHT), ZIM Integrated Shipping Services (ZIM), International Seaways (INSW), Star Bulk Carriers (SBLK), Genesis Energy (GEL), and Despegar.com (DESP). These companies are all part of the "transportation" industry. Global Ship Lease vs. Hafnia RXO Delek Logistics Partners Euronav DHT ZIM Integrated Shipping Services International Seaways Star Bulk Carriers Genesis Energy Despegar.com 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. CompanyUnderperformOutperformHafniaOutperform Votes4100.00% Underperform VotesNo VotesGlobal Ship LeaseOutperform Votes16161.92% Underperform Votes9938.08% 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 Hafnia53.44% 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) 3.50Global 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. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioHafnia$2.87B0.91$793.28M$1.513.39Global Ship Lease$705.53M1.25$304.50M$9.732.55 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. SummaryHafnia beats Global Ship Lease on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Global Ship Lease News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for GSL and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart GSL vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricGlobal Ship LeaseDeep sea foreign transportation of freight IndustryTransportation SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$878.91M$785.82M$287.84B$19.40BDividend Yield8.20%5.70%3.92%3.92%P/E Ratio2.755.8914.0334.97Price / Sales1.251.23283.7234.60Price / Cash1.924.0411.5417.51Price / Book0.740.641.944.70Net Income$304.50M$99.79M$516.25M$1.02B7 Day Performance13.05%1.19%3.95%2.48%1 Month Performance21.96%8.63%12.57%9.53%1 Year Performance-0.22%-29.95%-9.60%4.11% Global Ship Lease Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)GSLGlobal Ship Lease3.945 of 5 stars$24.73+0.3%$28.00+13.2%-1.5%$876.60M$705.53M2.747Upcoming EarningsDividend IncreaseAnalyst DowngradeNews CoveragePositive NewsHAFNHafnia3.9826 of 5 stars$4.93+4.4%$6.50+31.8%-39.0%$2.50B$2.87B2.905,040Earnings ReportNews CoverageGap DownRXORXO2.8687 of 5 stars$14.33-2.9%$22.40+56.4%-19.5%$2.35B$4.55B-6.768,590Positive NewsDKLDelek Logistics Partners0.9426 of 5 stars$38.43-3.3%$44.25+15.1%+4.0%$2.06B$940.64M13.632,020CMBTEuronavN/A$9.56-1.8%N/AN/A$1.86B$940.25M1.613,150Upcoming EarningsDHTDHT4.1729 of 5 stars$11.24+3.0%$12.74+13.3%-7.0%$1.81B$571.77M10.0420ZIMZIM Integrated Shipping Services1.7596 of 5 stars$15.00-2.7%$13.06-12.9%-4.3%$1.81B$8.43B1.265,930Upcoming EarningsAnalyst ForecastOptions VolumeNews CoverageINSWInternational Seaways4.3625 of 5 stars$36.50+4.6%$57.50+57.5%-38.7%$1.80B$951.61M3.531,800Earnings ReportDividend AnnouncementAnalyst RevisionSBLKStar Bulk Carriers4.2738 of 5 stars$15.08+0.3%$22.05+46.2%-35.6%$1.77B$1.27B5.25180Earnings ReportNews CoverageGELGenesis Energy1.1541 of 5 stars$13.78-2.0%$16.50+19.8%+17.2%$1.69B$2.97B-11.112,110Earnings ReportAnalyst UpgradeDESPDespegar.com2.4081 of 5 stars$19.45+0.2%$17.20-11.5%+60.8%$1.63B$774.06M-648.173,820News CoveragePositive NewsTrading Halted Related Companies and Tools Related Companies HAFN Competitors RXO Competitors DKL Competitors CMBT Competitors DHT Competitors ZIM Competitors INSW Competitors SBLK Competitors GEL Competitors DESP Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NYSE:GSL) was last updated on 5/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersTrump wipes out trillions overnight…Is there anybody more powerful than Donald Trump right now? 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