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GSL

Global Ship Lease, Inc.

Industrials · $1.6B market cap

Verdict

Share price

$45.79

close of Oct 3, 2026

Fair value

$30.36

Sticker Price

Payback Price

$12.15

buy price

Overpriced

GSL is Overpriced: at $45.79 it trades 51% above its fair value of $30.36. Its buy price (Payback Price) is $12.15, 73% below today's price. Business quality is mixed: 2 of 5 key numbers clear the 10% bar.

How we valued it

Free Cash Flow. Sales grew 8% a year over the last 3 years, below the 15% we look for in a fast grower, so we value it on its free cash flow instead of an earnings forecast.

Business quality

2 of 5 clear the 10% bar. What are the Big Five?

Earnings per share growth18.3% a year✓
Equity per share growth-4.0% a year✗
Sales growth8.1% a year✗
Free cash flow growth8.9% a year✗
Return on invested capital15.9%✓

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Insider activity

Since Jul 14, 2026: no open-market purchases and 4 sales worth $3.7M. Why purchases matter

Sales

Psaropoulos Anastasios

Chief Financial Officer · 2026-08-27

Sold

$2.2M

Lister Thomas Arthur

Chief Executive Officer · 2026-08-26

Sold

$1.3M

Psaropoulos Anastasios

Chief Financial Officer · 2026-08-26

Sold

$75K

Neugeborn Yoram

director · 2026-07-14

Sold

$123K

About Global Ship Lease, Inc.

Global Ship Lease, Inc. is a company that focuses on acquiring and then leasing out a varied collection of container vessels. These ships are provided to different container shipping firms through pre-arranged, fixed-price contracts. By March 10, 2022, its holdings included 65 mid-sized and smaller containerships, which together possessed an impressive carrying capacity of 342,348 twenty-foot equivalent units…

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Fair value and Payback Price are estimates from the company's reported financials, not investment advice. Prices as of the close of Oct 3, 2026. How the Payback Price works