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Global Ship Lease GSL
$ 43.07 -1.31%
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Quarterly report 2025-Q4
added 05-12-2026

Global Ship Lease Financial Ratios 2025-2008 | GSL

Brief overview of Global Ship Lease's financial ratios

Current figures are compared with the company's own five-year history for 2012–2020.

Key multiples at the end of the period are P/E 5.13x (median 6.64x), EV/EBITDA 1.41x (median 1.95x), P/S 0.75x (median 0.45x). Multiples are on average 68.1% above their own medians. A substantial share of positive expectations may already be priced in.

The 1/P/E calculation produces a 19.5% earnings yield. It does not capture future growth or capital structure.

Returns on assets and capital are represented by ROE 23.1%, ROA 14.6%, ROCE 17%. Profitability forms a strong profile, with capital and assets producing substantial returns.

The cash conversion cycle lengthened from 1 days to 14.9 days, or 13.8 days. More cash is tied up in operations.

Valuation takeaway

Global Ship Lease combines strong efficiency with demanding valuation. The cushion depends on continued earnings growth.

Annual Financial Ratios Global Ship Lease

2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008

P/E

- - - - - 5.1 2.2 -0.8 -1.0 -1.4 -3.3 43.8 9.2 6.6 11.3 - - -

P/S

- - - - - 0.8 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 1.9 2.1 1.4 0.7 - - -

EV (Enterprise Value)

786 M 768 M 849 M 1.02 B - 942 M 896 M 883 M 422 M 482 M 551 M 670 M 733 M 723 M 683 M 628 M -30.8 M -26.4 M

EBITDA per Share

- - - - - 8.89 13.1 3.39 3.27 3.2 9.29 13.3 13.3 14.8 13 - - -

EV/EBITDA

1.4 1.6 2.0 2.3 - 5.2 4.9 30.9 15.8 19.1 7.6 6.9 6.9 5.9 6.3 6.8 -0.3 -

PEG

- - - - - -0.14 -0.02 0.03 -0.07 -0.01 0.01 -0.54 4.89 0.03 -0.03 - - -

P/B

- - - - - 0.5 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.3 - - -

P/CF

- - - - - 3.7 8.2 1.3 1.1 1.2 -2.1 46.7 4.0 2.5 1.4 - - -

ROE %

23.12 24.16 25.71 30.31 - 8.94 9.80 -18.13 -29.52 -19.79 -7.28 1.39 8.14 8.70 2.72 -1.22 12.94 -

ROA %

14.56 14.90 14.02 13.91 - 3.26 2.95 -4.65 -10.99 -8.39 -3.19 0.70 3.79 3.53 0.97 -0.40 - -

ROCE %

17.03 17.98 18.15 19.20 - 9.77 9.13 -0.90 -2.47 -2.84 2.26 5.96 6.49 7.46 5.74 5.69 18.84 -

Current Ratio

2.7 2.6 2.2 1.8 - 0.9 1.2 1.0 1.4 1.2 1.1 1.8 0.6 0.6 0.6 1.5 - -

DSO

14.9 4.4 2.3 1.0 1.0 5.2 8.7 6.4 4.6 2.2 5.2 5.9 18.1 37.2 34.6 - - -

DIO

- - - - - 14.3 21.1 41.4 6.2 4.4 4.4 4.1 - - - - - -

DPO

- - - - - 21.4 34.5 92.6 35.9 18.1 4.5 15.9 10.3 43.2 10.4 - - -

Operating Cycle

14.9 4.4 2.3 1.0 1.0 19.5 29.8 47.8 10.8 6.5 9.6 10.0 18.1 37.2 34.6 - - -

Cash Conversion Cycle

14.9 4.4 2.3 1.0 1.0 -1.9 -4.8 -44.8 -25.1 -11.5 5.1 -5.9 7.8 -6.1 24.1 - - -

All numbers in USD currency

Quarterly Financial Ratios Global Ship Lease

2025-Q4 2025-Q2 2024-Q4 2024-Q2 2023-Q4 2023-Q2 2022-Q4 2022-Q3 2022-Q2 2022-Q1 2021-Q4 2021-Q3 2021-Q2 2021-Q1 2020-Q4 2020-Q3 2020-Q2 2020-Q1 2019-Q4 2019-Q3 2019-Q2 2019-Q1 2018-Q4 2018-Q3 2018-Q2 2018-Q1 2017-Q4 2017-Q3 2017-Q2 2017-Q1 2016-Q4 2016-Q3 2016-Q2 2016-Q1 2015-Q4 2015-Q3 2015-Q2 2015-Q1 2014-Q4 2014-Q3 2014-Q2 2014-Q1 2013-Q4 2013-Q3 2013-Q2 2013-Q1 2012-Q4 2012-Q3 2012-Q2 2012-Q1 2011-Q4 2011-Q3 2011-Q2 2011-Q1 2010-Q4 2009-Q4 2008-Q4

ROE %

74.12 76.71 77.60 58.84 46.35 23.82 9.61 9.61 9.61 9.61 9.61 9.61 9.97 7.29 6.26 6.26 9.44 8.11 7.75 7.75 9.68 5.73 2.55 2.55 15.49 1.94 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -1.22 12.94 -

ROA %

45.90 45.37 44.04 31.35 24.22 10.94 3.99 3.99 3.99 3.99 3.99 3.99 3.59 1.38 1.38 1.38 1.04 - - - 0.74 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -0.40 - -

ROCE %

54.61 55.72 54.91 42.63 51.62 8.94 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5.69 18.84 -

Current Ratio

2.7 2.6 2.6 2.5 2.2 2.0 - - - - 1.6 - 1.7 - 1.6 - 1.5 - 1.4 - 1.4 - 1.3 - - - 1.6 - - - 1.7 - - - 1.8 - - - 2.0 - - - 1.9 - - - 1.7 - - - 1.6 - - - 1.5 - -

DSO

4.7 4.9 1.6 2.1 0.5 0.4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

All numbers in USD currency

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