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Global Ship Lease, Inc. GSL

NYSE · stock · Deep Sea Foreign Transportation of Freight · website · IPO 2008-08-14 · LEI

Global Ship Lease, Inc. statistics & valuation

Market cap$1.4B
P / E3.3×
P / S1.8×
P / B0.8×
Dividend yield5.60%
Net margin54.3%
Return on equity23.1%
Net debt$267.7M
Net debt / EBITDA0.5×
Enterprise value USD$1.6B
EV / EBITDA2.9×
Earnings yield EBIT/EV26.8%
Return on capital17%

Market cap as of 2026-06-29. Multiples are price-derived and refreshed daily; everything else from the latest financial reports.

Profitability & efficiency

Net margin (%)
-39.00% -46.60% -36.50% 15.30% 14.70% 38.30% 45.40% 45.10% 49.70% 54.30% 2016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Gross margin (%)
2016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Operating margin (%)
-12.40% -9.60% -6.50% 42.70% 37.00% 53.00% 54.90% 50.90% 53.30% 56.80% 2016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Return on equity (%)
-19.80% -29.50% -18.10% 9.80% 8.90% 24.10% 30.30% 25.70% 24.20% 23.10% 2016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Shares outstanding
36.5M 36.0M 35.2M 35.4M 35.9M 2016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Net debt ($)
$325.2M $795.2M $774.8M $701.2M $1.02B $829.4M $684.5M $397.4M $267.7M 2016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Share buybacks ($)
2016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Return on assets (%)
-8.40% -11.00% -4.70% 2.90% 3.30% 8.60% 13.90% 14.00% 14.90% 14.60% 2016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Free cash flow margin (%)
43.00% 42.00% 23.10% 2016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Debt / equity (×)
1.58× 2.77× 2.25× 1.68× 1.52× 0.98× 0.70× 0.37× 0.30× 2016201720182019202020212022202320242025
EPS ($)
2016201720182019202020212022202320242025

Margins and returns computed from annual filings. Falling shares outstanding = buybacks; rising = dilution. Net debt = debt − cash (negative = net cash).

Key ratios (by fiscal year)

RatioFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020FY2019FY2018FY2017FY2016
Operating margin56.8%53.3%50.9%54.9%53.0%37.0%42.7%-6.5%-9.6%-12.4%
Net margin54.3%49.7%45.1%45.4%38.3%14.7%15.3%-36.5%-46.6%-39.0%
FCF margin———————23.1%42.0%43.0%
Return on assets14.6%14.9%14.0%13.9%8.6%3.3%2.9%-4.7%-11.0%-8.4%
Return on equity23.1%24.2%25.7%30.3%24.1%8.9%9.8%-18.1%-29.5%-19.8%
Debt / equity0.30×0.37×0.70×0.98×1.52×1.68×2.25×2.77×1.58×—
Current ratio2.041.141.050.910.590.881.251.041.401.17

Computed from company filings · US · as of 2025-12-31. Facts plus Stocktoria's own computed scores — not investment advice.