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Global Ship Lease, Inc. GSL

17 fiscal years on record · USD · FY2025 reported
SEC FILINGS ONLY
Revenue · FY2025
$766.5M
▲ 7.8% vs FY2024
EPS · FY25
Dividend / sh · FY25
Payout · FY25
18%
ROE · FY25
25.5%
Net margin · FY25
54.3%
Dividend coverage
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Result
USD 766.5M
Revenue, FY2025 · full 17-year series below
Revenue Net income
0.20.40.60.80.80.42009201220152018202120242025
0.20.40.60.80.80.42016201920222025

54 cents of every revenue dollar became profit this year.

Per share
Diluted EPS, FY2025
EPS Dividend
48122009201220152018202120242025
48122016201920222025

The company pays no cash dividend.

Profitability
25.5%
Return on equity, FY2025
ROE
1020304025.5%2009201220152018202120242025
1020304025.5%2016201920222025
Operating margin56.8%
Net margin54.3%
Return on assets15.9%

Each USD of equity produced 26 cents of profit this year.

Returned to shareholders
USD 76.1M
returned in FY2025 · dividends + net buybacks
Dividends paidUSD 76.1M
Net buybacks
Share of profit18.3%
Consecutive raises

USD 76.1M in dividends — 18% of the year's profit went back to shareholders.

Growth
+22.1% a year
revenue, compounded over five years
CAGR
3 yrs
5 yrs
10 yrs
15 yrs
Revenue
+5.9%
+22.1%
+16.6%
Net income
+12.4%
+58.6%
Returned to shareholders
+14.6%

Compound annual rates per period — left blank where the series crosses a loss.

Share base
Shares outstanding, FY2025
0.040.042009201220152018202120242025
0.040.042016201920222025
Change, 5 years
Change, 10 years

A share split breaks the comparison across the period, so we leave it out.

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Balance sheet
USD 2.9B
total assets, end of FY2025
Total assetsUSD 2.9B
EquityUSD 1.8B
CashUSD 273.9M
Gross debtUSD 689.1M
Net debtUSD 415.3M
Current ratio2.04×

Net debt stands at 23% of equity.

History
17 fiscal years
Every figure from documents filed with the SEC · USD
Metric
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
Revenue $B
0.8
0.7
0.7
0.6
0.4
0.3
0.3
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.2
·
·
·
Operating income $B
0.4
0.4
0.3
0.4
0.2
0.1
0.1
−0.0
−0.0
−0.0
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.1
0.0
0.1
0.1
EBITDA $B
0.6
0.5
0.4
0.4
0.3
0.2
0.2
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
Income tax $B
0.0
0.0
0.0
−0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Net income $B
0.4
0.4
0.3
0.3
0.2
0.0
0.0
−0.1
−0.1
−0.1
−0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
−0.0
0.0
EPS, diluted $
·
9.67
8.21
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
0.91
Dividend / sh $
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
·
·
Payout %
18
17
17
17
16
0
0
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
29
ROE %
25.5
26.7
28.3
34.9
29.1
9.5
11.0
−20.2
−25.6
−17.9
−6.9
1.5
8.5
9.1
2.8
−1.2
12.9
Shares out B
·
0.04
0.04
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·

Slide the table for earlier years · "·" marks figures not disclosed in the filing for that year.

How we verifyAUDITED
32 of 32
checks passed before publication
EPS recomputationBalance-sheet identityGross profitBalance-sheet liquidity

Every figure was compared against the original statement: 0 failures and 0 presentation gaps.

What we don’t show

We’d rather say what’s missing than fill the gap with an estimate.

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