Global Ship Lease, Inc. (GSL)

NYSE: GSL · Deep Sea Foreign Transportation of Freight · filing with the SEC since 2008

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Grade6.7

◀ Past 6.1● Present 7.2▶ Future 6.7

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The grade of Global Ship Lease, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense

Headline grade

6.7/10

◀ Past6.130% of the headline

● Present7.240% of the headline

▶ Future6.730% of the headline

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

Of the nine metrics, 7 read as filed from the record and 2 are SI estimates, each with its reasoning, its confidence and what would change it on its card.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

6.1/1030% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Surviving crises

as filed

6.1/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2017.

weight 33% of this tense · 61st percentile among 44 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Global Ship 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

7.2/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+18.5% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 7 of 10.

weight 45% of this tense · 72nd percentile among 42 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Global Ship Lease, Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $167 million in fiscal 2016 to $766 million in fiscal 2025, up 18.5% a year; it rose in 7 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 6% from fiscal 2016 to fiscal 2018; net income was positive in 7 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

revenue growth over the filed span18.5%top 30% of its family
the share of years revenue rosetop 19% of its family
the share of filed years with a profittop 46% of its family
the deepest fall from a revenue peak5.8%top 18% of its family

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

Shareholder treatment

SI estimate

4.0/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

SI estimate 4.0/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).

weight 22% of this tense · 40th percentile among 44 sector filers · read for its shareholders

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate: Read from one part only, the cash returned against operating cash flow, which ranks in the bottom 40% of 44 in its family; fewer than two of the parts can be read: the share count over the years, and the cash returned against a positive operating cash flow or net income.
What the record cannot read: Fewer than two of the parts can be read: the share count over the years, and the cash returned against a positive operating cash flow or net income.
How it was reasoned: one part: cash returned against operating cash flow, the one part on file, ranked among 44 in its family.
Confidence: 35 of 100
What would change it: A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

From the record

SI estimate, not a filed reading: Global Ship Lease, Inc.'s shareholder treatment is put at 4.0 of 10 with a confidence of 35 of 100, because read from one part only, the cash returned against operating cash flow, which ranks in the bottom 40% of 44 in its family; fewer than two of the parts can be read: the share count over the years, and the cash returned against a positive operating cash flow or net income. A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

7.2/1040% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Financial health

as filed

7.9/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 23%: 23¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 37%: owes 37¢ per asset dollar.

weight 33% of this tense · 79th percentile among 43 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Global Ship Lease, Inc. earned about 23 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 37 cents per dollar of assets (the filed statements).

What it rests on

what it owes per dollar of assetstop 34% of its family
return on equitytop 8% of its family

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

Industry position

as filed

7.4/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 26% of 43 in its family; net margin 54.3%.

weight 45% of this tense · 74th percentile among 43 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Global Ship Lease, Inc.'s standing among 43 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $766 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 27% by size; a net margin of 54.3% ranks in the top 10%; revenue growth of 5.9% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 39% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

revenue against the family$766Mtop 27% of its family
net margin54.3%top 10% of its family
three-year revenue growth5.9%top 39% of its family

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

Leadership

SI estimate

5.8/10

What are the people in charge doing?

SI estimate 5.8/10, confidence 20 of 100 (family median).

weight 22% of this tense · 50th percentile among 8 sector filers · read for its shareholders

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate: It files no Form 8-K (a foreign issuer reports on Form 6-K), so officer and director changes cannot be read there; the record of its people begins on 2026-03-16 (a listing, a merger or a first filing under the rules) and its chief executive and most of the people in charge have filed since then, so the record shows a floor of 8 months and cannot see past it; a floor under five years is not read as years in charge, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 8 members with one.
What the record cannot read: It files no Form 8-K (a foreign issuer reports on Form 6-K), so officer and director changes cannot be read there; the record of its people begins on 2026-03-16 (a listing, a merger or a first filing under the rules) and its chief executive and most of the people in charge have filed since then, so the record shows a floor of 8 months and cannot see past it; a floor under five years is not read as years in charge.
How it was reasoned: family median, 8 readings behind it.
Confidence: 20 of 100
What would change it: Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

From the record

SI estimate, not a filed reading: Global Ship Lease, Inc.'s leadership is put at 5.8 of 10 with a confidence of 20 of 100, because it files no Form 8-K (a foreign issuer reports on Form 6-K), so officer and director changes cannot be read there; the record of its people begins on 2026-03-16 (a listing, a merger or a first filing under the rules) and its chief executive and most of the people in charge have filed since then, so the record shows a floor of 8 months and cannot see past it; a floor under five years is not read as years in charge, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 8 members with one. Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

6.7/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed

7.4/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 26% of 42 in its family for room to expand.

weight 22% of this tense · 74th percentile among 42 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Global Ship Lease, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $274 million against debt of $542 million leaves -9.4% of its assets as net cash, top 49% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 68.9% of revenue (top 4%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

cash less debt against assets-9.4%top 49% of its family
cash from operations less capital spending against revenue68.9%top 4% of its family

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

Growth drivers

as filed

5.8/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 42% of 41 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 45% of this tense · 58th percentile among 41 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Global Ship Lease, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 5.9% a year over the last three filed years against 18.5% over all 10, slowing (bottom 43% of its family); the newest year grew 7.8% (top 27%) (its annual reports). Global Ship Lease, Inc. tags no split of its revenue by line in the annual report on file, so growth by line cannot be read here; research and capital spending are on the trend.

What it rests on

three-year growth against the whole span-12.6 points a yearbottom 43% of its family
the newest year's revenue growth7.8%top 27% 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

7.5/10

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

top 26% of 39 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 74th percentile among 39 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Global Ship Lease, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $766 million in fiscal 2025 came in 2.7% above the $746 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 36% of its family); net income of $416 million against a prior three-year average of $317 million (top 24%); a net margin of 54.3% against 46.7% before (top 17%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

revenue against the prior three years' pace2.7%top 36% of its family
net income against the prior three years' average+31%top 24% of its family
net margin against its prior average+7.6 pointstop 17% 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 GSL · research, not advice