Global Ship Lease (GSL) EBITDA Margin (2009 - 2026)
Global Ship Lease's EBITDA Margin was 64.76% in the quarter ended Jun 30, 2026, down 4.79 percentage points from 69.55% a year earlier and down 1.64 percentage points from the prior quarter.
Global Ship Lease (GSL) EBITDA Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
On a trailing twelve-month basis, Global Ship Lease's EBITDA Margin was 67.70% through Jun 30, 2026, down 4.87 percentage points year-over-year; for the year ended Dec 31, 2025, it was 73.64%, up 4.65 percentage points from the prior year.
- EBITDA Margin shows a four-year change of +5.00 percentage points (years ended Dec 2021 to Dec 2025).
- In earlier years, EBITDA Margin was 68.98% in the year ended Dec 31, 2024 (+3.08 pp), 65.91% in the year ended Dec 31, 2023 (-3.46 pp), 69.37% in the year ended Dec 31, 2022 (+0.73 pp) and 68.63% in the year ended Dec 31, 2021.
- The figure for the quarter ended Jun 30, 2026 marks the lowest quarterly EBITDA Margin since the quarter ended Dec 31, 2023.
- Compared with a year earlier, EBITDA Margin was higher in five of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +0.93 percentage points.
- The best year-over-year quarter for EBITDA Margin over five years was the quarter ended Sep 30, 2022 (a gain of 21.87 percentage points); the worst was the quarter ended Dec 31, 2022 (a drop of 19.66 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, GSL's EBITDA Margin in the three quarters before the quarter ended Jun 30, 2026 was 66.40% (quarter ended Mar 31, 2026), 72.00% (quarter ended Dec 31, 2025) and 67.79% (quarter ended Sep 30, 2025).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | EBITDA Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Union Pacific | 171.69 Bn | 166.22 Bn | - | 49.55% |
| 2 | Csx | 89.74 Bn | 85.95 Bn | - | 48.72% |
| 3 | United Parcel Service | 84.99 Bn | 61.88 Bn | - | 8.36% |
| 4 | Canadian Pacific Kansas City | 78.40 Bn | 77.42 Bn | - | 47.81% |
| 5 | Norfolk Southern | 73.59 Bn | 68.24 Bn | - | 42.77% |
| 6 | Fedex | 70.93 Bn | 36.87 Bn | - | 10.71% |
| 7 | Delta Air Lines | 51.78 Bn | 33.97 Bn | - | 10.54% |
| 8 | Old Dominion Freight Line | 39.37 Bn | 38.63 Bn | - | 35.84% |
| 9 | United Airlines Holdings | 33.93 Bn | -22.44 Bn | - | 10.51% |
| 10 | Global Ship Lease | 1.50 Bn | 141.17 Mn | - | 61.52% |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 61.52% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 63.24% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 70.12% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 66.05% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 71.28% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 81.68% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 66.95% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 68.50% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 70.87% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 67.41% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 57.65% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 67.55% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 72.22% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 65.54% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 59.89% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 67.58% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 93.65% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 60.09% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 55.07% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 52.88% |
Global Ship Lease EBITDA Margin API
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Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=ebitda-margin&ticker=GSL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "ebitda-margin", "ticker": "GSL", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=ebitda-margin&ticker=GSL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();