Global Ship Lease, Inc. (GSL)
Industrials · NYQ
Price as at 17 Aug 2026, 22:47 UTC. Quotes are delayed.
Fundamentals
Valuation and ratings
Global Ship Lease, Inc. trades at USD43.38, which is 104% below the USD88.35 our fair value estimate puts on the business. On that measure alone it screens as undervalued, though a valuation model is an argument rather than a measurement, and the market is frequently right about why something is cheap.
Our moat model scores it 75 out of 100, which is a wide moat. A moat is a structural reason competitors cannot take the profits away, and it matters more to a long holding period than any single quarter's numbers do.
It changes hands at 3.8 times earnings. Be careful reading that in isolation: for a cyclical business a low P/E arrives at the top of the cycle, when profits are peaking and about to fall, which is exactly when the shares look cheapest and are not.
GSL dividend history
Dividends per share by year
| Year | Total per share | Payments |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 (year to date) | USD1.88 | 3 |
| 2025 | USD2.13 | 4 |
| 2024 | USD1.65 | 4 |
| 2023 | USD1.50 | 4 |
| 2022 | USD1.38 | 4 |
| 2021 | USD0.750 | 3 |
| 2015 | USD1.60 | 2 |
| 2009 | USD1.84 | 1 |
| 2008 | USD3.68 | 2 |
Split-adjusted amounts in the listing currency, grouped by the calendar year of the ex-dividend date, from the filed record. Growth and streak figures compare complete years only.
GSL earnings and analyst estimates
Recommendation mix, 3 published ratings
Estimates are the published analyst consensus and move often. An earnings date is scheduled, not certain, and a share tends to reprice most violently on the day itself.
About Global Ship Lease, Inc.
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.
Company profile, industry and headcount are as reported by our data provider and can lag a company's own filings by a reporting period. The annual report is the authority.
GSL passes 6 of our 30 screens today
Each screen prints the exact criteria it used, and the circumstances in which it is wrong.
Common questions
Is Global Ship Lease, Inc. (GSL) undervalued?
Against our fair value estimate of USD88.35, GSL at USD43.38 is 104% below fair value. That is one model's answer, not a recommendation. It is built from normalized earning power with growth capped deliberately low, which understates companies whose value is mostly future growth.
What is GSL's P/E ratio?
GSL trades at 3.8 times earnings. A low P/E is not automatically cheap: on a cyclical company it is usually a warning that earnings are at a peak.
Does Global Ship Lease, Inc. (GSL) pay a dividend?
Yes. Global Ship Lease, Inc. yields 6.23% at the current share price. It has paid USD2.50 per share over the trailing twelve months. It has paid a dividend in each of the last 5 complete calendar years. A dividend is declared by the board and can be cut at any time; a yield is a fact about the current price, not a promise.
Where does SteadyShares get its GSL data?
Fundamentals for GSL come from company filings and exchange data, as listed on NYQ; institutional ownership comes from SEC 13F filings. The share price shown was last refreshed on 17 Aug 2026, 22:47 UTC and is delayed. Our data quality score for this company is 100/100, which is the share of the inputs behind our scores that were actually available rather than assumed. Metrics we do not hold are left out of the page rather than estimated.
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Data from company filings, exchange quotes and SEC EDGAR 13F disclosures. Quotes are delayed. Metrics we do not have are left out rather than estimated. Educational information, not financial advice.