profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Global Ship Lease
$43.05-0.74% today
+26.3% in 1 year
1-year low $33.151-year high $46.40
Trading in the middle of its range for the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2022 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay $3.73 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Global Ship Lease sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $604 million in 2022 to $753 million in 2025, with $416 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Global Ship Lease handed back 24% of the cash it generated last year.
$86M
Free cash flow 2025$359M
Bought back its own shares$332,000
Paid as dividends$86M
Cash vs. debt$274M vs. $689M
Global Ship Lease vs. similar companies
Global Ship Lease grows in the middle of these 5 and is the cheapest for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Global Ship Lease | 3.7× · Cheap | ||
 Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone | 34.2× · Expensive | ||
 A.P. Møller - Mærsk | 16.0× · Fair price | ||
 Cosco Shipping | 7.1× · Cheap | ||
 Hapag-Lloyd | 24.8× · Fair price |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Global Ship Lease's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 604 | 667 | 706 | 753 | |
| 335 | 372 | 391 | 397 | |
| 316 | 354 | 374 | 375 | |
| 449 | 441 | 494 | 577 | |
| 293 | 305 | 354 | 416 | |
| 7.87 | 8.33 | 9.74 | 11.40 | |
| 55.4% | 55.8% | 55.4% | 52.8% | |
| 52.3% | 53.1% | 53.0% | 49.9% | |
| 48.5% | 45.7% | 50.1% | 55.3% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 2,106 | 2,172 | 2,373 | 2,861 |
| Cash | 120 | 139 | 141 | 274 |
| Total debt | 934 | 812 | 684 | 689 |
| Total liabilities | 1,140 | 987 | 910 | 1,060 |
| 966 | 1,184 | 1,463 | 1,801 | |
| 36 | 35 | 35 | 36 | |
| 15.3% | 13.8% | 14.5% | 14.4% | |
| 30.3% | 25.7% | 24.2% | 23.1% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 327 | 375 | 430 | 528 | |
| 9 | 152 | 242 | 169 | |
| 318 | 223 | 188 | 359 | |
| Dividends paid | 60 | 63 | 68 | 86 |
| 20 | 22 | 5 | 0 | |
| 10 | 10 | 9 | 14 |
Valuation
- 3.7×
- 4.4×
- 0.28
- 0.8×
- 2.1×
- 4.3×
- 3.4×
- 23.2%
- 26.8%
- 5.5%
Profitability
- 52.8%
- 49.9%
- 55.3%
- 73.3%
- 15.4%
- 14.5%
- 24.8%
- 14.6%
- 16.3%
- –
Growth
- +7.6%
- +13.1%
- +91.5%
- –
- +0.4%
Financial health
- 0.7×
- 0.38
- 24.1%
- 10.7×
- 2.04
- 2.00
- 0.27
How it ranks in Industrials
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Top 14%of 982
Top 1%of 991
Top 1%of 875
Top 45%of 988
Top 3%of 988
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $45.00
- Range
- $45.00 – $45.00
- 1 analysts
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 4, 2026 | 2.32 | 2.31 | +0.4% |
| Nov 10, 2025 | 2.62 | 2.27 | +15.4% |
| Aug 5, 2025 | 2.67 | 2.15 | +24.2% |
| May 19, 2025 | 2.65 | 2.27 | +16.7% |
| Mar 5, 2025 | 2.55 | 2.30 | +10.9% |
| Nov 11, 2024 | 2.45 | 2.41 | +1.7% |
| Aug 5, 2024 | 2.46 | 2.29 | +7.4% |
| May 16, 2024 | 2.53 | 2.27 | +11.5% |
5.5%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$55a year at today's yield, before tax
–per share
Raised4 yearsin a row, in our data
Paid per share, each year
$1.60 in 2015 → $2.13 in 2025
How safe it looks
20.6% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 23.8%
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Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
7/7Passes 7 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
80Pass
Benjamin Graham
95Pass
Philip Fisher
80Pass
Peter Lynch
77Pass
Joel Greenblatt
75Pass
Charlie Munger
79Pass
Terry Smith
71Pass
Questions about Global Ship Lease
Is Global Ship Lease a good stock to buy?
A strong, very profitable business, and the price looks low. 7 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Global Ship Lease AI analysis
What does Global Ship Lease do?
Global Ship Lease, Inc. owns and charters containerships of various sizes under fixed-rate charters to container shipping companies. As of March 10, 2022, it owned 65 mid-sized and smaller containerships with an aggregate capacity of 342,348 twenty-foot equivalent units. It is in Marine Shipping.
Does Global Ship Lease pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 5.5% a year, about 21% of its yearly profit. In 2025 it paid out $85.6 million in dividends.
Is Global Ship Lease stock halal?
No. Global Ship Lease does not pass our halal screen: its debt is 44% of its market value, at or above the 33% limit. How we check
How has Global Ship Lease stock done over the past year?
Up 26.3% over the past twelve months, to $43.05. It traded between $33.15 and $46.40 and is 7.2% below its high.
Who are Global Ship Lease's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone, A.P. Møller - Mærsk, Cosco Shipping and Hapag-Lloyd. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Global Ship Lease's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.