Global Ship Lease (GSL) FCF Margin (2009 - 2026)
Global Ship Lease (GSL) reported FCF Margin of 63.59% for the quarter ended Jun 30, 2026, up 1.44 percentage points from 62.15% a year earlier and up 23.06 percentage points from the prior quarter.
Global Ship Lease (GSL) FCF Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the twelve months ended Jun 30, 2026, Global Ship Lease's FCF Margin came in at 65.72%, up 5.38 percentage points year-over-year; for the year ended Dec 31, 2025, it was 53.07%, up 21.48 percentage points from the prior year.
- FCF Margin has a four-year change of +101.24 percentage points (years ended Dec 2021 to Dec 2025).
- By year, FCF Margin came in at 31.59% in the year ended Dec 31, 2024 (-5.71 pp), 37.30% in the year ended Dec 31, 2023 (-12.58 pp), 49.88% in the year ended Dec 31, 2022 (+98.05 pp) and -48.17% in the year ended Dec 31, 2021.
- Five-year quarterly FCF Margin spans a low of 32.35% in the quarter ended Sep 30, 2021 and a high of 104.46% in the quarter ended Dec 31, 2021.
- Year over year, FCF Margin gained in four of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +4.84 percentage points.
- The high point for year-over-year FCF Margin in five years was the quarter ended Dec 31, 2025 (a gain of 43.48 percentage points); the low point was the quarter ended Dec 31, 2022 (a drop of 50.79 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, the three quarters before the quarter ended Jun 30, 2026 came in at 40.53% (quarter ended Mar 31, 2026), 101.49% (quarter ended Dec 31, 2025) and 58.37% (quarter ended Sep 30, 2025).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | FCF Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Union Pacific | 170.40 Bn | 164.93 Bn | - | 32.09% |
| 2 | Csx | 88.99 Bn | 85.20 Bn | - | 19.09% |
| 3 | United Parcel Service | 84.80 Bn | 61.70 Bn | - | 0.73% |
| 4 | Canadian Pacific Kansas City | 77.72 Bn | 76.74 Bn | - | 23.25% |
| 5 | Norfolk Southern | 73.19 Bn | 67.83 Bn | - | 17.75% |
| 6 | Fedex | 70.62 Bn | 36.57 Bn | - | 7.16% |
| 7 | Delta Air Lines | 50.78 Bn | 32.97 Bn | - | 1.49% |
| 8 | Old Dominion Freight Line | 39.15 Bn | 38.41 Bn | - | 12.59% |
| 9 | United Airlines Holdings | 33.13 Bn | -23.25 Bn | - | 1.51% |
| 10 | Global Ship Lease | 1.50 Bn | 140.10 Mn | - | 126.59% |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 126.59% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 40.56% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 132.92% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 58.59% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 63.16% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 86.06% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 170.66% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 70.48% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 52.35% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 56.95% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 60.52% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 50.51% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | -25.62% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 56.48% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 54.24% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 67.28% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 51.91% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 37.32% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 127.91% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 270.02% |
Global Ship Lease FCF Margin API
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params = {"slug": "fcf-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=fcf-margin&ticker=GSL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();