B. Riley Predicts Global Ship Lease’s Q2 Earnings (NYSE:GSL)

Global Ship Lease, Inc. (NYSE:GSL) – Stock analysts at B. Riley issued their Q2 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for Global Ship Lease in a research report issued on Wednesday, March 5th. B. Riley analyst L. Burke anticipates that the shipping company will post earnings per share of $2.40 for the quarter. The consensus estimate for Global Ship Lease’s current full-year earnings is $9.74 per share. B. Riley also issued estimates for Global Ship Lease’s Q3 2025 earnings at $2.47 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $2.63 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $10.49 EPS.

Global Ship Lease (NYSE:GSL) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, March 5th. The shipping company reported $2.55 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.30 by $0.25. Global Ship Lease had a net margin of 46.38% and a return on equity of 27.88%. The company had revenue of $182.43 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $170.71 million.

A number of other brokerages have also recently weighed in on GSL. Clarkson Capital cut Global Ship Lease from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and set a $27.00 price target for the company. in a research report on Thursday, November 14th. StockNews.com downgraded shares of Global Ship Lease from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Friday. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a $29.00 price target on shares of Global Ship Lease in a report on Wednesday, March 5th.

Global Ship Lease Price Performance

Shares of NYSE:GSL opened at $23.43 on Monday. The firm has a market capitalization of $863.68 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 2.59 and a beta of 1.47. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.38, a current ratio of 1.64 and a quick ratio of 1.58. The business’s 50 day simple moving average is $22.03 and its 200-day simple moving average is $23.14. Global Ship Lease has a 12 month low of $19.22 and a 12 month high of $30.32.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Global Ship Lease

A number of institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of GSL. CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC grew its stake in Global Ship Lease by 6,856.5% in the 4th quarter. CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC now owns 1,600 shares of the shipping company’s stock worth $36,000 after acquiring an additional 1,577 shares during the period. SBI Securities Co. Ltd. acquired a new stake in shares of Global Ship Lease during the fourth quarter worth $37,000. Steward Partners Investment Advisory LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Global Ship Lease in the fourth quarter valued at $46,000. R Squared Ltd acquired a new position in Global Ship Lease in the fourth quarter valued at $50,000. Finally, WealthCollab LLC lifted its position in Global Ship Lease by 64.1% during the fourth quarter. WealthCollab LLC now owns 2,615 shares of the shipping company’s stock worth $57,000 after buying an additional 1,021 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 50.08% of the company’s stock.

Global Ship Lease Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, March 6th. Shareholders of record on Monday, February 24th were paid a dividend of $0.45 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, February 24th. This represents a $1.80 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 7.68%. Global Ship Lease’s dividend payout ratio is currently 18.50%.

About Global Ship Lease

Global Ship Lease, Inc, together with its subsidiaries, engages in owning and chartering of containerships under fixed-rate charters to container shipping companies worldwide. As of March 11, 2024, it owned 68 mid-sized and smaller containerships, ranging from 2,207 to 11,040 twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU), with an aggregate capacity of 375,406 TEU.