Company Analysis

Global Net Lease, Inc. (GNL)

NYSE: GNL · Real Estate Investment Trusts · New York, NY · filing with the SEC since 2011
Grade4.3
◀ Past 5.9● Present 3.8▶ Future 3.7

The grade of Global Net Lease, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
4.3/10
◀ Past5.925% of the headline
● Present3.845% of the headline
▶ Future3.730% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

5.9/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
7.0/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2017.

weight 45% of this tense · 70th percentile among 174 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Global Net Lease, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show no warning events in the scan: no bankruptcy or receivership notice, no debt default notice, no exchange listing notice, no restatement warning, no auditor change, no material cyber incident and no late-report notice (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
5.0/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+9.8% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 7 of 10.

weight 33% of this tense · 50th percentile among 156 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Global Net Lease, Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $214 million in fiscal 2016 to $495 million in fiscal 2025, up 9.8% a year; it rose in 7 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 13% from fiscal 2024 to fiscal 2025; net income was positive in 7 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span9.8%top 33% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 49% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profitbottom 32% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak13.1%top 50% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
4.8/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count grew 29.1% a year. 100% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 0 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 48th percentile among 156 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Global Net Lease, Inc.'s diluted share count grew about 29.1% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 100% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 0 sales and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-10-19 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearsbottom 5% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 9% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

3.8/1045% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
5.1/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE -14%: lost 14¢ per shareholder dollar. Leverage 62%: owes 62¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 51st percentile among 171 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Global Net Lease, Inc. lost about 14 cents for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 62 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 3.1% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 50% of its family
  • return on equitybottom 8% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 6% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
4.0/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

bottom 40% of 157 in its family; net margin -45.5%.

weight 33% of this tense · 40th percentile among 157 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Global Net Lease, Inc.'s standing among 157 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $495 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 46% by size; a net margin of -45.5% ranks in the bottom 6%; revenue growth of 9.3% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 32% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$495Mbottom 46% of its family
  • net margin-45.5%bottom 6% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth9.3%top 32% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
1.1/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 11% of 160 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2023.

weight 22% of this tense · 11th percentile among 160 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Global Net Lease, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Weil, Edward M Jr. (CEO, President, as filed), filing under that title since 2023-09-14, 3.2 years (bottom 24% of its family); the 12 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 3.2 years (bottom 5%); 14 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 12 people in charge now (bottom 4%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge14 in three years among 12 peoplebottom 4% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed3.2 yearsbottom 5% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record3.2 yearsbottom 24% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

3.7/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
7.7/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 23% of 146 in its family for room to expand.

weight 22% of this tense · 77th percentile among 146 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Global Net Lease, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $194 million against no long-term debt tagged leaves 4.5% of its assets as net cash, top 9% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 45% of revenue (top 37%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets4.5%top 9% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue45.0%top 37% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
5.1/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 49% of 153 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 51st percentile among 153 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Global Net Lease, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 9.3% a year over the last three filed years against 9.8% over all 10, slowing (top 43% of its family); the newest year grew -13.1% (bottom 7%); capital spending grew 136% a year (top 13%) (its annual reports). Global Net Lease, Inc. reported 3 lines of business in fiscal 2025: Industrial and Distribution at $226 million (46%), Office at $137 million (28%), Single Tenant Retail at $133 million (27%); 0 of 3 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-0.4 points a yeartop 43% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth-13.1%bottom 7% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending136.0%top 13% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
0.8/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

bottom 8% of 150 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 45% of this tense · 8th percentile among 150 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Global Net Lease, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $495 million in fiscal 2025 came in 29.1% below the $699 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 4% of its family); net income of $225 million against a prior three-year average of $110 million (bottom 12%); a net margin of -45.5% against -22.5% before (bottom 10%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-29.1%bottom 4% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average-104%bottom 12% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average-23.0 pointsbottom 10% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton GNL · research, not advice