How to buy Global Ship Lease shares in the UK

Global Ship Lease Inc (GSL) is a publicly traded marine shipping business based in the US. Global Ship Lease is listed on the NYSE and traded in US dollars.

How to buy shares in Global Ship Lease

Open a brokerage account. Choose from our top broker picks or compare brokers in depth. To trade US shares you'll need to complete a W8-BEN form – typically part of the sign-up process.
Fund your account. Add money to your account via bank transfer or debit card.
Search the platform by ticker symbol. GSL in this case.
Choose an order type. Place a market order (or limit order, if you want to try to hold out for a specific price) with your preferred number of shares or investment amount.
Submit the order. It's that simple.

The whole process can take as little as 15 minutes. You'll need a smartphone or computer, an internet connection, your passport or driving licence and a means of payment.

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Technical analysis

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Historical data

The gauge below shows real-time ratings that are based on 26 popular indicators such as moving averages, for specific time periods. It's not a recommendation but is simply technical analysis that can form part of your research.

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Historical closes compared with the last close of $35.66

1 week (2025-11-23)	3.15%
1 month (2025-11-02)	13.10%
3 months (2025-09-02)	16.23%
6 months (2025-06-02)	41.96%
1 year (2024-12-02)	63.43%
2 years (2023-11-30)	88.08%
3 years (2022-12-01)	111.51%
5 years (2020-12-01)	257.67%

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Is Global Ship Lease under- or over-valued?

Valuing a stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge value. Check out the Global Ship Lease P/E ratio, PEG ratio and EBITDA.

P/E ratio
Global Ship Lease EBITDA

Global Ship Lease's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 4x. In other words, Global Ship Lease's shares trade at around 4x recent earnings.

That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the United States stock markets on average as of March 2025 (25.37). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.

Global Ship Lease's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $479 million (£362.5 million).

The EBITDA is a measure of Global Ship Lease's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

Frequently asked questions

Dividend yield: 6.06% of stock value
Forward annual dividend yield: 7.12% of stock value
Dividend payout ratio: 20.37% of net profits

Global Ship Lease has recently paid out dividends equivalent to 6.06% of its share value annually.

Global Ship Lease has paid out, on average, around 20.37% of recent net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 7.12% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), shareholders could enjoy a 7.12% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Global Ship Lease's case, that would currently equate to about 2.125 per share.

While Global Ship Lease's payout ratio might seem low, this can signify that the company is investing more in its future growth.

Global Ship Lease's most recent dividend payout was on 3 December 2025. To be eligible for the latest dividend you would need to have been a shareholder at 20 November 2025 (the "ex-dividend date").
Global Ship Lease's shares were split on a 1:8 basis on 24 March 2019. So if you had owned 8 shares the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 1 share. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Global Ship Lease shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 700% higher share price could have impacted the market appetite for Global Ship Lease shares which in turn could have impacted Global Ship Lease's share price.
It's as easy to sell Global Ship Lease as it is to buy! Here's how to sell Global Ship Lease shares that you already own.
1. Open your investment app. If you've got one with desktop access, you can log in online
2. Go to your portfolio. This should be in the main menu
3. Find your shares. You may be able to search your portfolio
4. Choose how many you'd like to sell. You'll be able to review the price and see how much you'll receive
5. Sell your Global Ship Lease shares. Your investment platform will let you know when your shares are sold

Global Ship Lease financials

Revenue TTM	$747 million
Operating margin TTM	52.41%
Gross profit TTM	$519.8 million
Return on assets TTM	10.12%
Return on equity TTM	26.18%
Profit margin	54.4%
Book value	$48.00
Market capitalisation	$1.3 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

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