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Global Ship Lease, Inc. (GSL)

Industrials | Marine Shipping | Athens, Greece | NYSE
44.52 USD -0.47 (-1.045%) ⇩ (Aug. 28, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 44.86 +0.34 (0.764%) ⇧ (Aug. 28, 2026, 8 p.m. EDT)

Short-term:★★★⯪☆Long-term:★★★★⯪Dividends:★★★⯪☆
Hot Take | Aug. 22, 2026, 1:42 a.m. EDT

Global Ship Lease presents a compelling dichotomy: a fundamentally robust business trading at a discount, currently overshadowed by short-term technical noise. The long-term case is exceptionally strong; the company boasts a fortress-like balance sheet with a 21% return on equity and generates substantial free cash flow, all while trading at a price-to-book ratio well below parity. The multi-year price trajectory confirms this quality, showing a massive 137% cumulative gain over the last nine years with no recent structural decline, validating the market's reassessment of its value. However, the short-term outlook is clouded by recent price weakness and a lackluster statistical forecast, which suggests the stock is currently stuck in a consolidation phase. Despite the 'strong buy' analyst consensus and the attractive 5.76% dividend yield—which is sustainable given the low payout ratio—the immediate path forward appears choppy. Investors should view the current dip as an accumulation opportunity for the long haul, ignoring the temporary technical headwinds that are keeping the short-term rating from reaching full conviction.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoARIMA ✓0.056272
AutoTheta0.057124
AutoETS0.059134
MSTL0.061323

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoARIMA

Forecast Reliability
Score 43%
H-stat 34.83
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.099
Excess Kurtosis -1.17
Attribute Value
Sector Industrials
Ex Dividend Date 2026-08-20
Last Dividend Date 2026-08-20
Debt to Equity Ratio 34.508
Revenue per Share 21.184
Market Cap 1,604,297,472
Trailing P/E 4.39
Forward P/E 5.02
Beta 0.86
Profit Margins 50.36%
Website https://www.globalshiplease.com

As of Aug. 22, 2026, 1:42 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning for a modest upside move in the near term, evidenced by significant new volume flowing into in-the-money calls at strikes 39 and 41 for the September expiration, while put activity remains negligible and concentrated deep out-of-the-money. Implied volatility is elevated on lower strikes, suggesting a floor is being tested, but the overwhelming open interest concentration sits at higher strikes (45-47), indicating a bullish bias for the coming months.


Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
1.43% 6.53% 7.20% 7.13%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-08-21 0.625 1.425964
2026-05-22 0.625 1.643872
2026-02-24 0.625 1.595202
2025-11-21 0.625 1.863447
2025-08-22 0.525 1.762928
2025-05-23 0.525 2.144608
2025-02-24 0.450 2.020656
2024-11-22 0.450 2.021563
2024-08-23 0.450 1.790688
2024-05-23 0.375 1.351351
2024-02-21 0.375 1.871257
2023-11-22 0.375 2.111486
2023-08-22 0.375 1.954143
2023-05-23 0.375 2.063841
2023-02-21 0.375 2.012883
2022-11-21 0.375 2.163878
2022-08-22 0.375 2.102018
2022-05-23 0.375 1.652710
2022-02-18 0.250 0.988142
2021-11-19 0.250 1.101322
2021-08-20 0.250 1.324153
2021-05-21 0.250 1.473188
2015-11-12 0.800 2.840909
2015-08-12 0.800 1.666667
2009-02-18 1.840 8.041958
2008-11-19 1.840 8.455882
2008-09-30 1.840 3.610675
Additional Data
dividendRate 2.5
dividendYield 5.56
exDividendDate 2026-08-21
trailingAnnualDividendRate 2.5
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.0555679
lastDividendValue 0.625
lastDividendDate 2026-08-21
dividendDate 2026-09-03

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 0.49022853
Address1 9 Irodou Attikou Street
Address2 Kifisia
All Time High 64.4
All Time Low 2.61
Ask 46.0
Ask Size 200
Average Daily Volume10 Day 324,390
Average Daily Volume3 Month 321,408
Average Volume 321,408
Average Volume10Days 324,390
Beta 0.855
Bid 44.0
Bid Size 1,100
Book Value 54.022
City Athens
Country Greece
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 44.52
Current Ratio 2.127
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,786,665,600
Day High 45.29
Day Low 44.34
Debt To Equity 34.508
Display Name Global Ship Lease
Dividend Date 1,788,393,600
Dividend Rate 2.5
Dividend Yield 5.56
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,786,026,600
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,786,026,600
Earnings Growth -0.053
Earnings Quarterly Growth -0.039
Earnings Timestamp 1,785,933,000
Earnings Timestamp End 1,794,227,400
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,794,227,400
Ebitda 458,039,008
Ebitda Margins 0.60208
Enterprise To Ebitda 3.829
Enterprise To Revenue 2.306
Enterprise Value 1,754,058,496
Eps Current Year 9.88667
Eps Forward 8.86333
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 10.14
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,787,270,400
Exchange NYQ
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 41.4284
Fifty Day Average Change 3.0916023
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.074625194
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 49.022854
Fifty Two Week High 45.45
Fifty Two Week High Change -0.9300003
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.020462053
Fifty Two Week Low 27.28
Fifty Two Week Low Change 17.24
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.6319648
Fifty Two Week Range 27.28 - 45.45
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,218,807,000,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 6.37
Float Shares 30,916,240
Forward Eps 8.86333
Forward P E 5.022943
Free Cashflow 129,334,872
Full Exchange Name NYSE
Full Time Employees 7
Fullday Change -0.470001
Fullday Change Percent -1.04468
Fullday Price 44.86
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Gross Margins 0.68027
Gross Profits 517,521,984
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.112229995
Held Percent Institutions 0.47507998
Implied Shares Outstanding 36,035,434
Industry Marine Shipping
Industry Disp Marine Shipping
Industry Key marine-shipping
Is Earnings Date Estimate 0
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,787,270,400
Last Dividend Value 0.625
Last Fiscal Year End 1,767,139,200
Last Split Date 1,553,472,000
Last Split Factor 1:8
Long Business Summary Global Ship Lease, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in owning and chartering out containerships under fixed-rate charters to container liner companies worldwide. As of March 12, 2026, it owned 71 mid-sized and smaller containerships, ranging from 2,207 to 11,040 (TEU), with an aggregate capacity of 423,003 TEU. Global Ship Lease, Inc. was founded in 2007 and is based in Athens, Greece.
Long Name Global Ship Lease, Inc.
Market us_market
Market Cap 1,604,297,472
Market State CLOSED
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_27194602
Most Recent Quarter 1,782,777,600
Net Income To Common 373,592,992
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 1,621,234,175
Number Of Analyst Opinions 3
Open 44.57
Operating Cashflow 512,871,008
Operating Margins 0.48821998
Payout Ratio 0.2341
Peg Ratio 0.87
Phone 30 210 62 33 670
Post Market Change 0.34000015
Post Market Change Percent 0.76370203
Post Market Price 44.86
Post Market Time 1,787,961,600
Previous Close 44.99
Price Eps Current Year 4.5030327
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 0.8241087
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 2.108809
Profit Margins 0.50361
Quick Ratio 1.827
Quote Source Name Delayed Quote
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key none
Region US
Regular Market Change -0.470001
Regular Market Change Percent -1.04468
Regular Market Day High 45.29
Regular Market Day Low 44.34
Regular Market Day Range 44.34 - 45.29
Regular Market Open 44.57
Regular Market Previous Close 44.99
Regular Market Price 44.52
Regular Market Time 1,787,947,202
Regular Market Volume 241,352
Return On Assets 0.08404
Return On Equity 0.21346001
Revenue Growth 0.02
Revenue Per Share 21.184
Sand P52 Week Change 0.20504117
Sector Industrials
Sector Disp Industrials
Sector Key industrials
Shares Outstanding 36,035,434
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.0179
Shares Short 646,253
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,784,073,600
Shares Short Prior Month 685,078
Short Name Global Ship Lease Inc New
Short Percent Of Float 0.0197
Short Ratio 1.81
Source Interval 15
Symbol GSL
Target High Price 52.0
Target Low Price 50.0
Target Mean Price 51.0
Target Median Price 51.0
Total Cash 522,003,008
Total Cash Per Share 14.486
Total Debt 671,763,968
Total Revenue 760,760,000
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 2.5
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0555679
Trailing Eps 10.14
Trailing P E 4.3905325
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 38.48285
Two Hundred Day Average Change 6.0371513
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.15687901
Type Disp Equity
Volume 241,352
Website https://www.globalshiplease.com
Zip 14,561