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Global Ship Lease (GSL) Competitors

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$24.73 +0.08 (+0.32%)
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GSL vs. HAFN, RXO, DKL, CMBT, DHT, ZIM, INSW, SBLK, GEL, and DESP

Should 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 (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.

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

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
HafniaOutperform Votes
4
100.00%
Underperform Votes
No Votes
Global Ship LeaseOutperform Votes
161
61.92%
Underperform Votes
99
38.08%

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.

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%

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

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 Ratio
Hafnia$2.87B0.91$793.28M$1.513.39
Global Ship Lease$705.53M1.25$304.50M$9.732.55

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.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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GSL vs. The Competition

MetricGlobal Ship LeaseDeep sea foreign transportation of freight IndustryTransportation SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$878.91M$785.82M$287.84B$19.40B
Dividend Yield8.20%5.70%3.92%3.92%
P/E Ratio2.755.8914.0334.97
Price / Sales1.251.23283.7234.60
Price / Cash1.924.0411.5417.51
Price / Book0.740.641.944.70
Net Income$304.50M$99.79M$516.25M$1.02B
7 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

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GSL
Global Ship Lease
3.945 of 5 stars
$24.73
+0.3%
$28.00
+13.2%
-1.5%$876.60M$705.53M2.747Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Increase
Analyst Downgrade
News Coverage
Positive News
HAFN
Hafnia
3.9826 of 5 stars
$4.93
+4.4%
$6.50
+31.8%
-39.0%$2.50B$2.87B2.905,040Earnings Report
News Coverage
Gap Down
RXO
RXO
2.8687 of 5 stars
$14.33
-2.9%
$22.40
+56.4%
-19.5%$2.35B$4.55B-6.768,590Positive News
DKL
Delek Logistics Partners
0.9426 of 5 stars
$38.43
-3.3%
$44.25
+15.1%
+4.0%$2.06B$940.64M13.632,020
CMBT
Euronav
N/A$9.56
-1.8%
N/AN/A$1.86B$940.25M1.613,150Upcoming Earnings
DHT
DHT
4.1729 of 5 stars
$11.24
+3.0%
$12.74
+13.3%
-7.0%$1.81B$571.77M10.0420
ZIM
ZIM Integrated Shipping Services
1.7596 of 5 stars
$15.00
-2.7%
$13.06
-12.9%
-4.3%$1.81B$8.43B1.265,930Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
News Coverage
INSW
International Seaways
4.3625 of 5 stars
$36.50
+4.6%
$57.50
+57.5%
-38.7%$1.80B$951.61M3.531,800Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Revision
SBLK
Star Bulk Carriers
4.2738 of 5 stars
$15.08
+0.3%
$22.05
+46.2%
-35.6%$1.77B$1.27B5.25180Earnings Report
News Coverage
GEL
Genesis Energy
1.1541 of 5 stars
$13.78
-2.0%
$16.50
+19.8%
+17.2%$1.69B$2.97B-11.112,110Earnings Report
Analyst Upgrade
DESP
Despegar.com
2.4081 of 5 stars
$19.45
+0.2%
$17.20
-11.5%
+60.8%$1.63B$774.06M-648.173,820News Coverage
Positive News
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