Global Ship Lease (GSL) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $30.91 +0.23 (+0.76%) Closing price 09/4/2025 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$30.98 +0.07 (+0.22%) As of 06:50 AM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Short Interest Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock Global Ship Lease Short Interest DataGlobal Ship Lease (GSL) has a short interest of 751,700 shares, representing 2.32% of the float (the number of shares available for trading by the public). This marks a -7.25% decrease in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 2.1, indicating that it would take 2.1 days of the average trading volume of 327,588 shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest751,700 sharesPrevious Short Interest810,500 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month-7.25%Dollar Volume Sold Short$22.78 millionShort Interest Ratio2.1 Days to CoverLast Record DateAugust 15, 2025Outstanding Shares35,450,000 sharesFloat Size32,390,000 sharesShort Percent of Float2.32%Today's Trading Volume260,263 sharesAverage Trading Volume327,588 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average79% Short Selling Global Ship Lease? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for Global Ship Lease and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. 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Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartGSL Short Interest Over TimeGSL Days to Cover Over TimeGSL Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time Global Ship Lease Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 8/15/2025751,700 shares $22.78 million -7.3%2.3%2.1 $30.30 7/31/2025810,500 shares $23.10 million -12.1%2.5%2.1 $28.50 7/15/2025922,000 shares $25.18 million +8.7%2.9%2.6 $27.31 6/30/2025848,600 shares $22.32 million -10.2%2.6%2.2 $26.30 6/15/2025944,900 shares $25.01 million -2.1%2.9%2.3 $26.47 5/31/2025965,400 shares $23.97 million +1.9%3.0%2.4 $24.83 5/15/2025947,600 shares $23.43 million -5.2%2.9%2.1 $24.73 4/30/20251,000,000 shares $21.54 million -5.7%3.0%2.5 $21.54 4/15/20251,060,000 shares $21.55 million +19.4%3.2%2.6 $20.33 3/31/2025887,500 shares $20.26 million +8.4%2.7%2.2 $22.82 Get the Latest News and Ratings for GSL and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for Global Ship Lease and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 3/15/2025818,700 shares $19.01 million -7.9%2.5%2.3 $23.22 2/28/2025889,200 shares $19.38 million +26.9%2.7%2.5 $21.80 2/15/2025700,700 shares $15.85 million +4.8%2.2%2 $22.63 1/31/2025668,500 shares $14.44 million -26.9%2.1%1.9 $21.60 1/15/2025913,900 shares $20.22 million -0.7%2.8%2.5 $22.13 12/31/2024920,100 shares $20.09 million -9.8%2.8%2.6 $21.83 12/15/20241,020,000 shares $22.17 million -1.0%3.1%2.9 $21.74 11/30/20241,030,000 shares $22.10 million -3.7%3.2%2.9 $21.46 11/15/20241,070,000 shares $25.30 million -24.1%3.3%3.1 $23.65 10/31/20241,410,000 shares $33.64 million -0.7%4.3%4.2 $23.86 10/15/20241,420,000 shares $34.52 million -12.4%4.4%3.9 $24.31 9/30/20241,620,000 shares $43.17 million -5.8%5.0%4 $26.65 9/15/20241,720,000 shares $41.40 million +4.2%5.3%4 $24.07 8/31/20241,650,000 shares $41.38 million +0.6%5.1%3.5 $25.08 8/15/20241,640,000 shares $44.23 million -4.7%5.0%3 $26.97 7/31/20241,720,000 shares $45.43 million -9.0%5.3%2.7 $26.41 7/15/20241,890,000 shares $49.25 million -16.4%5.8%2.8 $26.06 6/30/20242,260,000 shares $65.07 million -1.7%7.0%3.2 $28.79 6/15/20242,300,000 shares $64.56 million +32.2%7.1%3.1 $28.07 5/31/20241,740,000 shares $52.03 million +28.9%5.4%2.3 $29.90 5/15/20241,350,000 shares $33.55 million +15.4%4.1%1.7 $24.85 4/30/20241,170,000 shares $26.63 million -8.6%3.6%1.6 $22.76 4/15/20241,280,000 shares $27.38 million +12.3%3.9%1.8 $21.39 3/31/20241,140,000 shares $23.14 million -0.9%3.5%1.8 $20.30 3/15/20241,150,000 shares $22.93 million +6.5%3.5%1.9 $19.94 2/29/20241,080,000 shares $21.98 million -4.4%3.3%1.9 $20.35 2/15/20241,130,000 shares $22.88 million -32.7%3.5%2.3 $20.25 1/31/20241,680,000 shares $35.99 million -6.2%5.2%3.2 $21.42 1/15/20241,790,000 shares $36.53 million +7.2%5.5%3.4 $20.41 12/31/20231,670,000 shares $33.10 million -6.7%5.2%3 $19.82 12/15/20231,790,000 shares $34.28 million -1.1%5.5%3.1 $19.15 11/30/20231,810,000 shares $33.36 million -5.7%5.6%3.1 $18.43 11/15/20231,920,000 shares $34.43 million +12.3%5.9%3.2 $17.93 10/31/20231,710,000 shares $30.06 million +6.2%5.3%3 $17.58 10/15/20231,610,000 shares $29.19 million -1.2%5.0%2.9 $18.13 9/30/20231,630,000 shares $29.89 million -6.3%5.0%2.9 $18.34 9/15/20231,740,000 shares $30.97 million +5.5%5.4%3.3 $17.80 8/31/20231,650,000 shares $31.81 million -4.1%5.1%3.2 $19.28 8/15/20231,720,000 shares $34.35 million +1.8%5.3%3.4 $19.97 7/31/20231,690,000 shares $36.28 million -6.1%5.2%3.2 $21.47 7/15/20231,800,000 shares $36.11 million +7.1%5.4%3.2 $20.06 6/30/20231,680,000 shares $32.59 million -45.6%5.1%2.8 $19.40 6/15/20233,090,000 shares $59.33 million +2.3%9.3%5.3 $19.20 5/31/20233,020,000 shares $52.00 million +2.4%9.1%5 $17.22 5/15/20232,950,000 shares $56.76 million -1.3%8.9%4.5 $19.24 4/30/20232,990,000 shares $57.23 million -0.7%9.0%4.7 $19.14 4/15/20233,010,000 shares $61.49 million -3.2%9.1%5.1 $20.43 3/31/20233,110,000 shares $58.28 million +7.6%9.4%5.5 $18.74 3/15/20232,890,000 shares $55.08 million -9.7%8.7%5.2 $19.06 2/28/20233,200,000 shares $62.02 million +7.0%9.4%5.7 $19.38 2/15/20232,990,000 shares $55.73 million +2.8%8.8%6.3 $18.64 1/31/20232,910,000 shares $53.92 million -4.6%8.5%5.7 $18.53 1/15/20233,050,000 shares $53.99 million +5.2%9.0%6.1 $17.70 12/30/20222,900,000 shares $48.29 million +15.5%8.5%5.7 $16.65 12/15/20222,510,000 shares $43.40 million -4.2%7.5%4.8 $17.29 11/30/20222,620,000 shares $45.48 million +13.4%7.8%4.8 $17.36 11/15/20222,310,000 shares $42.60 million -9.1%6.9%3.7 $18.44 10/31/20222,540,000 shares $43.43 million +5.8%7.6%4.1 $17.10 10/15/20222,400,000 shares $41.54 million +8.1%7.0%3.5 $17.31 9/30/20222,220,000 shares $35.03 million -6.3%6.5%3.1 $15.78 9/15/20222,370,000 shares $44.08 million +12.9%7.2%3.1 $18.60 8/31/20222,100,000 shares $38.98 million -5.4%6.4%2.5 $18.56 8/15/20222,220,000 shares $43.00 million -16.2%6.7%2.7 $19.37 7/31/20222,650,000 shares $49.61 million -3.6%8.0%3 $18.72 7/15/20222,750,000 shares $43.20 million +19.1%N/A3 $15.71 6/30/20222,310,000 shares $38.16 million +11.1%N/A2.2 $16.52 6/15/20222,080,000 shares $41.27 million +10.1%N/A1.8 $19.84 5/31/20221,890,000 shares $41.13 million +11.8%5.9%1.6 $21.76 5/15/20221,690,000 shares $36.62 million -2.3%5.3%1.3 $21.67 4/30/20221,730,000 shares $38.48 million -11.7%5.4%1.4 $22.24 4/15/20221,960,000 shares $48.61 million +28.1%6.1%1.5 $24.80 3/31/20221,530,000 shares $43.59 million +0.7%4.8%1.3 $28.49 3/15/20221,520,000 shares $41.68 million +0.7%5.1%1.6 $27.42 2/28/20221,510,000 shares $38.96 million +0.7%5.1%1.7 $25.80 2/15/20221,500,000 shares $39.81 million -4.5%5.1%1.9 $26.54 1/31/20221,570,000 shares $42.11 million +26.6%5.3%2.1 $26.82 1/15/20221,240,000 shares $30.37 million +133.9%4.2%2 $24.49 12/31/2021530,100 shares $12.14 million -8.9%1.8%0.9 $22.91 12/15/2021581,700 shares $12.23 million -26.0%2.0%0.9 $21.02 11/30/2021786,300 shares $17.84 million -4.9%2.7%1.1 $22.69 11/15/2021826,900 shares $20.45 million -31.7%2.8%1 $24.73 10/29/20211,210,000 shares $28.17 million +1.7%4.1%1.6 $23.28 10/15/20211,190,000 shares $26.22 million +32.3%4.0%1.6 $22.03 9/30/2021899,400 shares $21.32 million +27.6%3.0%1.2 $23.71 9/15/2021704,700 shares $17.77 million +36.0%2.4%0.9 $25.22 8/31/2021518,200 shares $10.46 million -10.9%1.9%0.7 $20.18 8/13/2021581,800 shares $11.21 million +43.6%2.2%0.9 $19.26 7/30/2021405,100 shares $7.02 million +46.3%1.5%0.6 $17.32 7/15/2021277,000 shares $4.69 million -35.5%1.1%0.5 $16.93 6/30/2021429,700 shares $8.41 million +146.0%1.9%0.7 $19.57 6/15/2021174,700 shares $3.53 million +106.3%0.8%0.3 $20.21 5/28/202184,700 shares $1.42 million -43.6%0.4%0.2 $16.74 5/14/2021150,100 shares $2.27 million +13.5%N/A0.3 $15.10 4/30/2021132,200 shares $1.83 million -7.7%N/A0.3 $13.85 4/15/2021143,200 shares $1.92 million -3.2%N/A0.3 $13.42 3/31/2021147,900 shares $2.13 million +107.7%N/A0.3 $14.42 3/15/202171,200 shares $1.08 million -25.2%N/A0.1 $15.14 2/26/202195,200 shares $1.43 million +325.0%N/A0.2 $14.98 2/12/202122,400 shares $288.51 thousand -59.1%N/A0.1 $12.88 1/29/202154,700 shares $642.73 thousand -27.9%N/A0.2 $11.75 1/15/202175,900 shares $1.30 million +699.0%N/A0.3 $17.14 12/31/20209,500 shares $111.25 thousand +137.5%0.1%0.1 $11.71 12/15/20204,000 shares $42.40 thousand -40.3%0.0%0.1 $10.60 11/30/20206,700 shares $63.32 thousand -13.0%0.1%0.1 $9.45 11/15/20207,700 shares $59.83 thousand -33.6%0.1%0.1 $7.77 10/30/202011,600 shares $78.30 thousand -56.6%0.1%0.2 $6.75 10/15/202026,700 shares $192.51 thousand +178.1%0.3%0.6 $7.21 9/30/20209,600 shares $66.24 thousand -2.0%0.1%0.2 $6.90 9/15/20209,800 shares $56.35 thousand -22.2%0.1%0.2 $5.75 GSL Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is Global Ship Lease's current short interest? Short interest is the volume of Global Ship Lease shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of August 15th, traders have sold 751,700 shares of GSL short. 2.32% of Global Ship Lease's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Global Ship Lease's current short interest. What is a good short interest ratio for Global Ship Lease? The short interest ratio, also known as the "days to cover ratio", is calculated by dividing the number of shares of a stock sold short divided by its average trading volume. A short interest ratio ranging between 1 and 4 generally indicates strong positive sentiment about a stock and a lack of short sellers. A short interest ratio of 10 or greater indicates strong pessimism about a stock. GSL shares currently have a short interest ratio of 2.0. Learn More on Global Ship Lease's short interest ratio. Which institutional investors are shorting Global Ship Lease? As of the most recent reporting period, the following institutional investors, funds, and major shareholders have reported short positions of Global Ship Lease: Group One Trading LLC, Walleye Capital LLC, and Walleye Trading LLC. These positions are disclosed in Form 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. What is a good short interest percentage for Global Ship Lease? Companies that have a short interest as a percentage of float below 10% indicates positive investor sentiment and few short sellers. Stocks with a short interest percentage above 10% is considered high, suggesting some investors are pessimistic about the stock. Companies with a short interest percentage of 20% or more indicates widespread negative sentiment. 2.32% of Global Ship Lease's floating shares are currently sold short. Is Global Ship Lease's short interest increasing or decreasing? Global Ship Lease saw a decline in short interest in August. As of August 15th, there was short interest totaling 751,700 shares, a decline of 7.3% from the previous total of 810,500 shares. Changes in short volume can be used to identify positive and negative investor sentiment. Investors that short sell a stock are betting that its price will decline in the future. An increase in short sale volume suggests bearish (negative) sentiment among investors. A decrease on short sale volume suggests bullish (positive) sentiment. What is Global Ship Lease's float size? Global Ship Lease currently has issued a total of 35,450,000 shares. Some of Global Ship Lease's outstanding shares are available for trading, while others are subject to various restrictions. The public float, also referred to as floating shares or "the float", are shares that publicly owned, unrestricted and available to trade on the open market. Global Ship Lease currently has a public float of 32,390,000 shares. How does Global Ship Lease's short interest compare to its competitors? 2.32% of Global Ship Lease's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "transportation" compare to Global Ship Lease: Costamare Inc. (2.91%), Danaos Corporation (4.80%), Genco Shipping & Trading Limited (9.26%), Navios Maritime Partners LP (1.53%), Safe Bulkers, Inc (2.59%), VERRA MOBILITY CORP (1.42%), Global Business Travel Group, Inc. (2.94%), Corporacion America Airports S.A. (5.22%), Hafnia Limited (1.93%), RXO INC (4.66%), Which stocks are the most shorted right now? As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Lucid Group, Inc. ($8.00 billion), Spotify Technology ($5.48 billion), AppLovin Corporation ($5.11 billion), Reddit Inc. ($5.02 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($3.99 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($3.89 billion), Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. ($3.18 billion), Seagate Technology Holdings PLC ($2.59 billion), ResMed Inc. ($2.55 billion), and Rocket Lab Corporation ($2.52 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short Global Ship Lease stock? Short selling GSL is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Global Ship Lease as its price is falling. GSL shares are trading up $0.23 today. To short a stock, an investor borrows shares, sells them and buys the shares back on the public market later to return it to the lender. Short sellers are betting that a stock will decline in price. If the stock does drop after selling, the short seller buys it back at a lower price and returns it to the lender. The difference between the sell price and the buy price is the trader's profit. How does a short squeeze work against Global Ship Lease? A short squeeze for Global Ship Lease occurs when it has a large amount of short interest and its stock appreciates in price. This forces short sellers to cover their short interest positions by buying actual shares of GSL, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is Global Ship Lease's short interest reported? Short interest is typically published by a stock exchange once per month. However, NASDAQ publishes a report for U.S. stocks, including GSL, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is August, 15 2025. 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