Global Ship Lease Inc (GSL)

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INDUSTRIALS • MARINE SHIPPING • NYSE

$41.98

-1.17 (-2.71%)

Market Cap: $1.55B

Last updated: Oct 16, 2026 at 5:00 PM ET

Earnings

Performance (10Y)

Beat Rate

91%(30/33)

Avg Surprise

+73.84%

Streak

2 Q

Upcoming Estimates

Period ending Sep 30, 2026

EPS Consensus$2.42

Range$2.32 - $2.53

2 analysts

EPS RevisionsNo revisions (7d)

30d

EPS Estimate DriftChange to current

90d ago$2.50-3.2%

60d ago$2.44-0.8%

30d ago$2.44-0.8%

7d ago$2.44-0.8%

Current$2.42

Revenue Consensus

$189M

Range$189M - $190M

2 analysts

Period ending Dec 31, 2026

EPS Consensus$2.63

Range$2.37 - $2.88

3 analysts

Revenue Consensus

$199M

Range$189M - $209M

3 analysts

Period	Reported	Est.	Range	Surprise	B/M	Analysts	Revisions	YoY
Dec 31, 2026Dec 26EST	-	$2.63	$2.37 - $2.88	-	-	3	-	-
Sep 30, 2026Sep 26EST	-	$2.42	$2.32 - $2.53	-	-	2	0 2 30d	-
Jun 30, 2026Jun 26 Reported Aug 5, 2026Reported Aug 5	$2.48	$2.34	$2.34 - $2.51	+5.98%	Beat	2	1 1 30d	-7.1%
Mar 31, 2026Mar 26 Reported May 22, 2026Reported May 22	$2.56	$2.40	$2.40 - $2.41	+6.67%	Beat	2	No revisions (30d)	-3.4%
Dec 31, 2025Dec 25 Reported Mar 4, 2026Reported Mar 4	$2.32	$2.41	$2.41 - $2.41	-3.73%	Miss	1	1 1 30d	-9.0%
Sep 30, 2025Sep 25 Reported Nov 10, 2025Reported Nov 10	$2.62	$2.37	$2.20 - $2.63	+10.55%	Beat	3	1 0 30d	+6.9%
Jun 30, 2025Jun 25 Reported Aug 5, 2025Reported Aug 5	$2.67	$2.31	$2.14 - $2.63	+15.58%	Beat	3	1 1 30d	+8.5%
Mar 31, 2025Mar 25 Reported May 19, 2025Reported May 19	$2.65	$2.27	$2.18 - $2.45	+16.74%	Beat	3	No revisions (30d)	+4.7%
Dec 31, 2024Dec 24 Reported Mar 5, 2025Reported Mar 5	$2.55	$2.39	$2.33 - $2.43	+6.69%	Beat	3	0 1 30d	+2.4%
Sep 30, 2024Sep 24 Reported Nov 11, 2024Reported Nov 11	$2.45	$2.41	$2.26 - $2.49	+1.66%	Beat	3	0 1 30d	+5.2%
Jun 30, 2024Jun 24 Reported Aug 5, 2024Reported Aug 5	$2.46	$2.29	$2.22 - $2.33	+7.42%	Beat	3	No revisions (30d)	+17.7%
Mar 31, 2024Mar 24 Reported May 16, 2024Reported May 16	$2.53	$2.30	$2.13 - $2.38	+10.00%	Beat	3	1 0 30d	+19.3%
Dec 31, 2023Dec 23 Reported Mar 4, 2024Reported Mar 4	$2.49	$2.35	$2.33 - $2.37	+5.96%	Beat	3	No revisions (30d)	+16.4%
Sep 30, 2023Sep 23 Reported Nov 9, 2023Reported Nov 9	$2.33	$2.15	$2.07 - $2.29	+8.37%	Beat	3	0 1 30d	-2.1%
Jun 30, 2023Jun 23 Reported Aug 3, 2023Reported Aug 3	$2.09	$2.05	$2.04 - $2.13	+1.95%	Beat	3	0 1 30d	+13.0%
Mar 31, 2023Mar 23 Reported May 10, 2023Reported May 10	$2.12	$1.92	$1.90 - $2.26	+10.42%	Beat	3	No revisions (30d)	+11.0%
Dec 31, 2022Dec 22 Reported Mar 1, 2023Reported Mar 1	$2.14	$1.68	$1.54 - $1.89	+27.38%	Beat	3	0 2 30d	+16.3%
Sep 30, 2022Sep 22 Reported Nov 9, 2022Reported Nov 9	$2.38	$1.78	$1.74 - $2.01	+33.71%	Beat	3	0 2 30d	+36.8%
Jun 30, 2022Jun 22 Reported Aug 4, 2022Reported Aug 4	$1.85	$1.78	$1.62 - $1.80	+3.93%	Beat	3	No revisions (30d)	+180.3%
Mar 31, 2022Mar 22 Reported May 9, 2022Reported May 9	$1.91	$1.91	$1.77 - $2.04	+0.00%	Beat	2	No revisions (30d)	+478.8%
Dec 31, 2021Dec 21 Reported Mar 2, 2022Reported Mar 2	$1.84	$1.29	$1.15 - $1.37	+42.64%	Beat	3	No revisions (30d)	+187.5%
Sep 30, 2021Sep 21 Reported Nov 10, 2021Reported Nov 10	$1.74	$0.80	$0.58 - $1.25	+117.50%	Beat	3	1 0 30d	+123.1%
Jun 30, 2021Jun 21 Reported Aug 5, 2021Reported Aug 5	$0.66	$0.50	$0.50 - $0.51	+32.00%	Beat	3	No revisions (30d)	-13.2%
Mar 31, 2021Mar 21 Reported May 12, 2021Reported May 12	$0.33	$0.45	$0.34 - $0.56	-26.67%	Miss	3	No revisions (30d)	-44.1%
Dec 31, 2020Dec 20 Reported Mar 4, 2021Reported Mar 4	$0.64	$0.43	$0.36 - $0.55	+48.84%	Beat	3	No revisions (30d)	+146.2%
Sep 30, 2020Sep 20 Reported Nov 10, 2020Reported Nov 10	$0.78	$0.38	$0.37 - $0.39	+105.26%	Beat	2	1 0 30d	+81.4%
Jun 30, 2020Jun 20 Reported Aug 6, 2020Reported Aug 6	$0.76	$0.32	$0.32 - $0.32	+137.50%	Beat	1	No revisions (30d)	+100.0%
Mar 31, 2020Mar 20 Reported May 12, 2020Reported May 12	$0.59	$0.41	$0.41 - $0.41	+43.90%	Beat	1	No revisions (30d)	+34.1%
Dec 31, 2019Dec 19 Reported Mar 5, 2020Reported Mar 5	$0.26	$0.32	$0.32 - $0.42	-18.75%	Miss	2	No revisions (30d)	-94.0%
Sep 30, 2019Sep 19 Reported Nov 6, 2019Reported Nov 6	$0.43	$0.37	$0.37 - $0.37	+16.22%	Beat	2	No revisions (30d)	-32.8%
Jun 30, 2019Jun 19 Reported Aug 1, 2019Reported Aug 1	$0.38	$0.36	$0.36 - $0.36	+5.56%	Beat	1	No revisions (30d)	-40.6%
Mar 31, 2019Mar 19 Reported May 7, 2019Reported May 7	$0.44	$0.38	-	+15.79%	Beat	-	-	-38.9%
Dec 31, 2018Dec 18 Reported Mar 5, 2019Reported Mar 5	$4.32	$0.24	-	+1700.00%	Beat	-	-	+345.5%
Sep 30, 2018Sep 18 Reported Oct 29, 2018Reported Oct 29	$0.64	$0.56	-	+14.29%	Beat	-	-	+300.0%
Jun 30, 2018Jun 18 Reported Jul 30, 2018Reported Jul 30	$0.64	$0.48	-	+33.33%	Beat	-	-	+433.3%
Mar 31, 2018Mar 18 Reported Apr 30, 2018Reported Apr 30	$0.72	N/A	-	N/A	Beat	-	-	+500.0%
Dec 31, 2017Dec 17 Reported Mar 5, 2018Reported Mar 5	$-1.76	N/A	-	N/A	Beat	-	-	-270.9%
Sep 30, 2017Sep 17 Reported Nov 2, 2017Reported Nov 2	$0.16	N/A	-	N/A	Beat	-	-	-
Jun 30, 2017Jun 17 Reported Jul 31, 2017Reported Jul 31	$0.12	N/A	-	N/A	Beat	-	-	-
Mar 31, 2017Mar 17 Reported May 2, 2017Reported May 2	$0.12	$0.00	-	N/A	Beat	-	-	-
Dec 31, 2016Dec 16 Reported Mar 7, 2017Reported Mar 7	$1.03	N/A	-	N/A	Beat	-	-	-

Dividends

Dividend Metrics

Forward Yield5.96%

Forward Annual Dividend$2.50

Payout Ratio23.51%

FrequencyQuarterly

Pay MonthsMar, Jun, Sep, Dec

Growth

3Y CAGR+15.62%

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Key Metrics

Valuation
P/E Ratio	4.21	EV/EBITDA	3.32x
Price/FCF	5.20x	FCF Yield	19.22%
Profitability
Profit Margin	50.40%	Operating Margin	48.80%
ROE	21.30%	ROIC	12.68%
Financial Health
Debt/Equity	0.35x	Interest Coverage	11.28x
Current Ratio	2.13x	Quick Ratio	2.06x
Trading Statistics
Beta	0.95	Avg Volume	328.53K
52-Week High	$46.57	52-Week Low	$26.07

Technical Indicators Dashboard

Moving Averages

SMA 10$44.75

SMA 20$44.70

SMA 50$44.23

SMA 200$39.53

EMA 10$44.24

EMA 20$44.54

EMA 50$43.97

EMA 200$39.37

MACD

Line: -0.19Signal: 0.14Hist: -0.32

ADX

ADX: 14.4+DI: 13.2-DI: 28.1

Aroon & PSAR

Aroon Up20.0

Aroon Down100.0

PSAR$46.12

Bollinger Bands

Upper Band$46.70

Lower Band$42.70

%B Position894%(Upper)

Band Width-0.18

RSI (14-Day)

Neutral

34.8

Momentum Oscillators

Stoch %K30.5

Stoch %D47.2

Williams %R-95.9

ROC (10d)-7.6%

Momentum-3.46

CCI (20d)-241.3

MFI (14d)33.8

Volatility Measures

ATR (14d)$1.23(2.9%)

StdDev (20d)1.00

Hist Vol26.4%(Moderate)

Volume Flow

VWAP$42.26

OBV15.2M

AD Line-438.5M

CMF (20d)-0.096

Volume Metrics

Avg Vol (20d)336.3K

Vol Ratio1.2x

VWMA (20d)$44.59

Pivot Points

R3$47.62

R2$46.38

R1$44.77

Pivot Point$43.53

S1$41.92

S2$40.68

S3$39.07

Advanced Oscillators

TSI-4.75

Ultimate Osc38.0

KST0.75

Financial Data

Quarter	Jun 2026	Mar 2026	Dec 2025	Sep 2025	Jun 2025	Mar 2025	Dec 2024	Sep 2024	Jun 2024	Mar 2024	Dec 2023	Sep 2023
Total Revenue	$192.26M	$198.08M	$190.95M	$192.67M	$188.54M	$187.76M	$181.43M	$172.55M	$173.50M	$179.56M	$177.38M	$173.01M
Cost of Revenue	$97.65M	$91.81M	$93.57M	$89.71M	$85.91M	$86.33M	$82.33M	$77.97M	$77.11M	$77.37M	$76.74M	$76.13M
Gross Profit	$94.62M	$106.27M	$97.38M	$102.96M	$102.63M	$101.43M	$99.10M	$94.57M	$96.39M	$102.19M	$100.64M	$96.89M

Operating Expenses	$7.17M	$8.85M	$9.66M	$3.75M	$865,000	$-27,067,000	$3.09M	$2.38M	$2.55M	$5.09M	$21.78M	$2.73M
R&D	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
SG&A	$7.17M	$8.85M	$9.66M	$3.75M	$4.07M	$4.61M	$4.09M	$3.90M	$4.05M	$5.09M	$4.47M	$4.25M
Operating Income	$87.44M	$97.42M	$87.72M	$99.22M	$101.76M	$128.50M	$96.01M	$92.19M	$93.84M	$97.10M	$78.85M	$94.16M

Interest Income	$5.61M	$5.67M	$5.89M	$5.43M	$4.68M	$3.19M	$4.20M	$4.71M	$4.14M	$3.68M	$2.88M	$2.50M
Interest Expense	$9.44M	$9.34M	$8.96M	$9.54M	$10.60M	$9.87M	$7.79M	$12.54M	$9.89M	$10.45M	$11.20M	$11.62M
Income Before Tax	$91.68M	$93.83M	$102.61M	$95.02M	$95.44M	$123.39M	$92.56M	$81.15M	$88.03M	$91.89M	$67.49M	$85.07M
Income Tax Expense	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$1,000	$24.23M	$443,000	$12.83M

Net Income	$91.68M	$93.83M	$102.61M	$95.02M	$95.44M	$123.39M	$92.56M	$81.15M	$88.03M	$91.89M	$67.05M	$85.07M

EBITDA	$128.88M	$136.64M	$142.71M	$131.90M	$136.36M	$159.84M	$126.57M	$117.13M	$122.46M	$124.87M	$103.08M	$119.15M
EBIT	$101.12M	$103.17M	$111.57M	$104.56M	$106.03M	$133.26M	$100.36M	$93.69M	$97.92M	$102.10M	$78.69M	$96.69M

* Some calculated fields are derived from available data when not provided by source

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Global ship lease CCO Georgios Giannopoulos sells $346,729 in shares

Georgios Giannopoulos, the Chief Compliance Officer of Global Ship Lease (NASDAQ:GSL), sold 7,692 Class A Common Shares for a total of $346,729 on October 13...

Investing.com•Oct 16, 2026 9:12 AM ET10/16/26•Somewhat-Bearish

Compliance chief sells Global Ship Lease (GSL) shares at an average $45.0767 each

Georgios Giannopoulos, Global Ship Lease's Chief Compliance Officer, sold 7,692 Class A Common Shares on October 13, 2026...

Stock Titan•Oct 15, 2026 8:42 AM ET10/15/26•Somewhat-Bearish

Global Ship Lease Announces Exercise of Newbuild Options

Global Ship Lease (NYSE:GSL) has announced the exercise of options to build two additional mid-size, ultra-high-reefer...

The Manila Times•Oct 6, 2026 8:04 AM ET10/6/26•Bullish

Director Ulrike Helfer sells 4,000 Global Ship Lease (GSL) shares at $44.8184 each.

Global Ship Lease director Ulrike Helfer sold 4,000 Class A common shares at $44.8184 per share on September 30, 2026...

Stock Titan•Oct 2, 2026 4:30 PM ET10/2/26•Somewhat-Bearish

Inventory turnover of Global Ship Lease, Inc. Class A – HAN:37H

This article provides the inventory turnover for Global Ship Lease, Inc. Class A (HAN:37H) listed on the Hannover Stock Exchange. It appears to be a financial data point from TradingView...

TradingView•Sep 29, 2026 6:31 PM ET9/29/26•Neutral

GSL Valuation and Fair Value

P/E: 4.2x
Forward P/E: 3.1x
EV/EBITDA: 3.3x
P/FCF: 5.2x
PEG: 0.9x
P/B: 0.8x

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GSL Profitability: Margins, ROIC and FCF

Gross margin: 51.8%
Operating margin: 48.8%
Net margin: 50.4%
ROIC: 12.7%
ROE: 21.3%
FCF margin: 37.6%
FCF yield: 19.2%

GSL Competitors

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Sector: Industrials

GSL Analyst Ratings

Consensus: Buy
Analysts: 3
Strong Buy: 0
Buy: 3
Hold: 0
Sell: 0
Strong Sell: 0

GSL Bull Case vs Bear Case

Bull case

GSL converts 37.6% of revenue into free cash flow.
GSL has a 50.4% net profit margin.
GSL beat EPS estimates in 87.5% of its last 8 reported quarters.

GSL Earnings: Beat Rate and Next Report

Beat rate: 7 of 8 quarters (87.5%)
Average surprise: 7.5%
EPS estimate (fiscal period ending Sep 30, 2026): $2.42
Estimate revisions (30 days, fiscal period ending Sep 30, 2026): 0 up, 2 down

GSL Dividend

Forward yield: 6.0%
Payout ratio: 23.5%
3Y DPS growth: 15.6%
Pay months: Mar, Jun, Sep, Dec

GSL dividend history

Frequently Asked Questions About GSL

What is GSL's current dividend yield?

Global Ship Lease Inc (GSL) has a forward dividend yield of 5.96%.

Does GSL pay dividends?

Yes, Global Ship Lease Inc pays dividends with a forward dividend yield of 5.96%.

What is GSL's P/E ratio?

Global Ship Lease Inc has a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 4.21.

What is GSL's market cap?

Global Ship Lease Inc (GSL) has a market capitalization of $1.55B with a current stock price of $41.98.

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