Global Ship Lease, Inc. is an independent owner of containerships with a diversified fleet of mid-sized and smaller containerships. The Company is focused on mid-size Post-Panamax and smaller containerships which tend to serve the non-Mainlane and intra-regional trades. The Company takes a partnership approach with its customers, providing flexible chartering solutions which enable them to free up capital and management resources to focus on other strategic priorities. As a containership owner, its business is both pro-cyclical - with chartered tonnage used as a growth platform by liner shipping companies, and counter-cyclical - with sale and lease-back structures used by liner companies as a balance sheet management tool. The Company's fleet of 69 vessels has an average age weighted by TEU capacity of 17.5 years. 39 ships are wide-beam Post-Panamax. Its vessels include CMA CGM Thalassa, Zim Norfolk, Zim Xiamen, Anthea Y, Sydney Express, Istanbul Express, GSL Effie and Newyorker.
High Profit Growth
The company's net income leads the industry, with the latest annual income totaling USD 766.45M.
High Dividend
The company is a high dividend payer, with the latest dividend payout ratio of 16.98%.
Overvalued
The company’s latest PB is 0.78, at a high 3-year percentile range.
Institutional Selling
The latest institutional holdings are 17.15M shares, decreasing 11.74% quarter-over-quarter.
Held by Donald G. Smith
Star Investor Donald G. Smith holds 1.57M shares of this stock.