Global Ship Lease, Inc.
GSL NYSE· Deep Sea Foreign Transportation Of Freight
Last close · Oct 30, 2026
$41.74
KIRA · Stoqly’s AI analyst, in plain words
- Global Ship Lease, Inc. had $766M of revenue in fiscal 2025, up 7.8% on the year before. Over five years, revenue changed +22.1% a year on average.
- Its operating margin was 56.8%, up 3.5 pts: of every 100 in sales, about 57 is left after running the business.
- Global Ship Lease, Inc. made $416M of net profit in fiscal 2025.
- Global Ship Lease, Inc. returned $76.1M to shareholders in fiscal 2025.
- Global Ship Lease, Inc. owes $415M more than it holds in cash, about 0.7 years of operating profit.
Market cap
—
P/E
—
Revenue
$766M
Net income
$416M
Free cash flow
—
Operating margin
56.8%
Global Ship Lease, Inc. in 30 seconds · fiscal 2025
Are sales growing?
+7.8%
Yes. Sales grew 7.8% last year.
Does it make a profit?
54.3%
Yes. It keeps 54.3% of every sale as profit.
Is debt under control?
0.7x
Yes. It could repay its debt with 0.7 years of operating profit.
How healthy are the accounts?
5 / 7
Mixed. It passes 5 of 7 health tests.
What Global Ship Lease, Inc. does
No business description yet.
- Fiscal year ends
- December 31, 2025
- Latest annual report
- 20-F · Mar 16, 2026
- Legal name
- Global Ship Lease, Inc.
- CIK
- 0001430725
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Results and finances
The last 5 fiscal years. Amounts in USD. Compiled by stoqly.net.
| Fiscal year | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sales and profit | |||||
| Revenue | $448M | $646M | $675M | $711M | $766M |
| Revenue growth | 58.4% | 44.1% | 4.5% | 5.4% | 7.8% |
| Operating margin | 53.0% | 54.9% | 50.9% | 53.3% | 56.8% |
| Net income | $171M | $293M | $305M | $354M | $416M |
| Net margin | 38.3% | 45.4% | 45.1% | 49.7% | 54.3% |
| Cash | |||||
| Cash from operations | $248M | $327M | $375M | $430M | $528M |
| Capital expenditure | — | — | — | $6.9M | — |
| Free cash flow | — | — | — | $423M | — |
| FCF margin | — | — | — | 59.5% | — |
| Dividends paid | $27.9M | $50.5M | $53.2M | $58.4M | $76.1M |
| Debt and strength | |||||
| Cash and short-term investments | $67.3M | $120M | $139M | $141M | $274M |
| Debt incl. finance leases | $1.1B | $950M | $823M | $684M | $689M |
| Shareholders' equity | $713M | $966M | $1.2B | $1.5B | $1.8B |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 3.4x | 1.9x | 1.6x | 1.1x | 0.7x |
| Current ratio | 0.6x | 0.9x | 1.1x | 1.1x | 2.0x |
| Interest coverage | 41.2x | 16.5x | — | — | — |
| Returns and quality | |||||
| Return on capital | 13.7% | 19.7% | 18.3% | 18.9% | 19.6% |
| Return on equity | 29.1% | 34.9% | 28.3% | 26.7% | 25.5% |
| Return on tangible equity | 22.9% | 29.3% | 24.9% | 23.5% | 22.6% |
| Piotroski F-score | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 |
| Altman Z'' | 1.1 | 2.3 | 3.1 | 3.9 | 4.8 |
Insiders bought, 12 months
$0.0M
0 insiders
Insiders sold, 12 months
$5.4M
5 insiders
Of sales under plans
0%
$0.0M
How to read these numbers
- Revenue:
- Total sales reported in the income statement.
- Operating margin:
- Operating income as a share of revenue.
- Net income:
- Profit after all expenses, interest and tax.
- Free cash flow:
- Cash from operations minus capital spending.
- Net debt / EBITDA:
- Years of EBITDA needed to pay off net debt. Below zero means more cash than debt.
- Return on capital:
- After-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.
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Charts and comparison
Ten years at a glance, and how it stacks up against similar companies.
Revenue
Net income
Margins, % of revenue
Cash vs debt (incl. leases)
Free cash flow
Dividends and buybacks
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At $41.74 a share, the company is worth —.
Compiled and analysed by stoqly.net from SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (CIK 0001430725). Latest version: stoqly.net/companies/gsl. Data updated November 1, 2026. For information only — not investment advice. Check the original filings before relying on any figure.