Global Ship Lease, Inc.

GSL Industrials Marine Shipping

Global Ship Lease, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $766.5 million, up 7.79% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 3.56%, EPS fell 4.98%, free cash flow was flat and total debt fell 11.8%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Dividend growth for five consecutive years, revenue growth for five, operating cash flow growth for five.

41.32 0.68 −1.62%
Market cap
$1.5B
P/E
4.0×
Fwd P/E
3.9×
Dividend yield
6.05%
F-score
6/9
Altman Z
2.15
Beneish M
−0.02
Dividend safety
78/100

Insider Decisions trades per month

Total sells 5.43
Totals in millions of $.
Dec 25 Mar 26 Jun 26 Sep 26
Buy — — — — — — — — — — — —
Sell — — — — 1 1 — — 1 2 1 1
Insider Ownership 11.11%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 1,510.00
Revenue 780.38
Net Income 383.13
Free Cash Flow 512.87
Net Debt 98.44
Current Ratio 2.13 (at or above 1.5: strong)
Debt/Equity 0.35 (at or below 0.5: strong)
P/E ratio 3.97
Fwd P/E 3.88
P/S ratio 1.91
P/B ratio 0.76
Past 5Y EPS Growth 56.35% (at or above 15%: strong)
This Y EPS Growth (3.11%) (below 0%: weak)
Next Y EPS Growth (8.54%) (below 0%: weak)
Next Y revenue growth (0.25%) (below 0%: weak)
Next 5Y EPS Growth (6.80%) (below 0%: weak)

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Valuation vs history

P/E against its own 10 years 74.59%
10-year low 10-year high
P/S against its own 10 years 87.80%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 80.13%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 24.14%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/FCF against its own 10 years 8.93%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio 0.24
Annual Dividend Rate 2.50
Annual Dividend Yield 6.05%
total individual payouts
2028 Powerpack
2027 Powerpack
2026 2.50
0.63
0.63
0.63
2025 2.13
0.45
0.53
0.53
0.63
2024 1.65
0.38
0.38
0.45
0.45
2023 1.50
0.38
0.38
0.38
0.38
2022 1.38
0.25
0.38
0.38
0.38
2021 0.75
0.25
0.25
0.25
2020 Powerpack
2019 0.55
0.55
2017 Powerpack
predictions special payouts not included in total or ratios

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Cash 234 238 529 573
Receivables 5 13 50 51
Inventory 16 19 15 22
Other 1 0 0 1
296 301 627 668
2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Payables 18 26 62 72
ST’ Debt 193 145 148 155
Other 1 1 1 1
280 264 307 314

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales 16.61% 22.07% 5.88%
Cash Flow 23.83% 38.30% 17.28%
Earnings 0.00% 79.75% 12.82%
Book Value 16.33% 31.12% 23.06%

Revenue $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 198 199 — — —
’25 191 192 193 191 766
’24 180 175 174 182 711
’23 159 162 175 179 675
’22 154 154 173 165 646
’21 73 83 139 154 448
’20 71 71 71 70 283
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 80 126 — — —
’25 103 119 112 194 528
’24 101 105 118 106 430
’23 87 95 87 105 375
’22 56 87 116 69 327
’21 20 42 45 161 267
’20 25 13 46 20 104
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 80 126 — — —
’25 88 126 100 167 481
’24 97 105 114 (103) 212
’23 88 (28) 79 98 238
’22 54 86 114 68 322
’21 18 (38) (287) 123 (185)
’20 1 17 46 20 84
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

EPS $

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 2.54 2.48 — — —
’25 3.40 2.61 2.59 2.79 11.40
’24 2.54 2.43 2.22 2.54 9.74
’23 2.02 2.13 2.34 1.84 8.33
’22 1.93 1.50 2.44 2.01 7.74
’21 0.13 0.83 1.73 1.84 4.65
’20 0.02 0.76 0.82 0.35 1.22
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

1
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to December

Group Line 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Trend 2026e 2027e 2028e
Price, $
Price, $ Low 8.16 7.76 4.00 4.64 2.61 11.30 14.62 15.82 18.75 17.73

Analyst estimates 2026–2028

Powerpack
High 36.00 15.52 12.24 9.25 12.08 26.51 30.02 21.83 30.32 37.22
People
People Employees 8 9 11 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
Revenue/emp, $m 20.82 17.70 14.28 37.30 40.40 63.99 92.24 96.40 101.58 109.49
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 167 159 157 261 283 448 646 675 711 766
Gross margin, % 72.56 72.59 67.63 62.92 59.70 67.99 70.79 69.95 69.79 69.53
EBT (65) (74) (57) 40 42 172 293 305 354 416
EBT margin, % (39.06) (46.60) (36.48) 15.26 14.71 38.30 45.36 45.19 49.73 54.34
Net income (65) (74) (57) 40 42 171 293 305 354 416
Depreciation 46 56 40 50 54 33 53 93 106 116
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue 27.84 0.17 21.11 22.02 15.99 12.75 17.64 19.06 20.13 21.46
Earnings (11.36) (0.08) (7.44) 1.48 1.23 4.65 7.74 8.33 9.74 11.40
Cash flow 11.89 0.07 6.42 7.87 5.90 7.61 8.95 10.59 12.18 14.80
Capex (0.04) 0.00 0.38 (6.96) (1.15) (12.86) (0.15) (3.87) (6.18) (1.32)
Free cash flow 11.85 0.07 6.80 0.92 4.76 (5.26) 8.80 6.72 6.00 13.47
Book value 54.98 0.27 42.52 34.27 26.28 20.29 26.40 33.45 41.44 50.44
Shares, m 6 926 7 12 18 35 37 35 35 36
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 0.00 0.00 0.00 3.33 6.09 5.06 2.11 2.38 2.24 3.08
P/S 0.45 54.87 0.23 0.40 0.74 1.80 0.94 1.04 1.08 1.63
P/B 0.23 34.73 0.12 0.26 0.45 1.13 0.63 0.59 0.53 0.69
EV/Sales 2.64 56.91 5.28 3.29 3.18 3.96 2.10 1.90 1.71 1.84
EV/FCF 6.20 136.19 16.43 79.60 10.68 (9.61) 4.21 5.38 5.75 2.93
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 71 67 48 93 104 267 327 375 430 528
Capex 0 0 3 (83) (20) (452) (5) (137) (218) (47)
Free cash flow 71 67 51 11 84 (185) 322 238 212 481
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital 8 22 3 32 (14) (101) (25) 15 37 320
Total debt 420 399 877 897 769 1,070 934 812 684 689
Net debt 366 325 793 755 688 970 748 578 447 160
Shareholders’ equity 329 252 316 406 465 713 966 1,184 1,463 1,801
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA (8.11) (10.65) (6.33) 1.36 1.65 9.99 13.82 13.79 15.14 15.55
ROIC (1.84) (1.66) (0.58) 6.00 5.68 8.82 12.91 12.17 12.41 13.86
ROE (18.78) (26.64) (21.28) 4.86 4.98 27.73 33.76 27.43 25.99 24.93
Negative figures in brackets.

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Fiscal years to Dec 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026

Charts ten years each

Global Ship Lease, Inc. vs peers in Marine Shipping (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
DAC Danaos Corporation $2.9B 5.3× 4.7× +4.66% (above 0%: growing) +16.81% (above 0%: growing) −81.11% (below 0%: shrinking) 72.84% 48.38% Compare
NMM Navios Maritime Partners LP $2.5B 5.7× 4.1× +25.22% (above 0%: growing) +147.01% (above 0%: growing) +252.84% (above 0%: growing) 65.58% 39.64% Compare
SFL SFL Corporation Ltd. $1.9B 25.8× 29.6× +4.25% (above 0%: growing) +2,400.00% (above 0%: growing) −18.32% (below 0%: shrinking) 63.23% 32.49% Compare
CMRE Costamare Inc. $1.7B 5.3× 6.3× −4.00% (below 0%: shrinking) −7.25% (below 0%: shrinking) −269.21% (below 0%: shrinking) 71.38% 46.73% Compare
GSL Global Ship Lease, Inc. $1.5B 4.0× 3.9× +3.56% (above 0%: growing) −4.98% (below 0%: shrinking) +0.47% (above 0%: growing) 68.06% 47.24%
CCEC Capital Clean Energy Carriers Corp. $1.2B 10.9× 12.9× +8.46% (above 0%: growing) −5.88% (below 0%: shrinking) −2,376.31% (below 0%: shrinking) 78.04% 50.63% Compare
GNK Genco Shipping & Trading Limited $1.1B 26.7× 10.6× +68.54% (above 0%: growing) n/m +2,327.68% (above 0%: growing) 47.95% 15.95% Compare
SB Safe Bulkers, Inc $912.9M 10.1× 8.6× +33.04% (above 0%: growing) n/m −35.33% (below 0%: shrinking) 65.78% 45.75% Compare
ASC Ardmore Shipping Corporation $775.4M 7.3× 5.1× +61.31% (above 0%: growing) +572.73% (above 0%: growing) +8,990.87% (above 0%: growing) 57.14% 42.84% Compare
Median of peers $1.5B 8.7× 7.4× +16.84% +81.91% −26.82% 65.68% 44.30%

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Global Ship Lease, Inc. (GSL) key facts

  • Strength: Global Ship Lease, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $766.5 million, up 7.79% from fiscal 2024.
  • Global Ship Lease, Inc. (GSL) is a Marine Shipping company in the Industrials sector, listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
  • As of October 16, 2026, GSL traded at $41.32, a market capitalization of $1.5 billion.
  • Global Ship Lease, Inc. pays an annual dividend of $2.50 per share, a yield of 6.05%, with a payout ratio of 24.0%.
  • Return on equity was 24.9% and debt-to-equity 0.35.
  • Its Piotroski F-score is 6 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 2.15 (grey zone) for fiscal 2025.

Source: company filings (standardised) and stockrow calculations.

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