Global Ship Lease GSL
NYSE GSL
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Global Ship Lease (GSL) Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] (2009 - 2024)

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Global Ship Lease (GSL) reported Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] of 17.99% for the quarter ended Dec 31, 2024, up 3.13 percentage points from 14.86% a year earlier and up 0.38 percentage points from the prior quarter.

Analysis

Global Ship Lease (GSL) Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] (2009 - 2024) Analysis & Trends

For the year ended Dec 31, 2024, Global Ship Lease posted Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] of 15.92%, up 2.87 percentage points from the prior year.

  • Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] has a three-year change of +3.72 percentage points (years ended Dec 2021 to Dec 2024).
  • By year, Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] came in at 13.05% in the year ended Dec 31, 2023 and 12.19% in the year ended Dec 31, 2021.
  • The figure for the quarter ended Dec 31, 2024 ranks as the highest quarterly Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] since the quarter ended Jun 30, 2023.
  • Year over year, Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] gained in two of the last four quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +0.43 percentage points.
  • The high point for year-over-year Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] in five years was the quarter ended Sep 30, 2022 (a gain of 6.59 percentage points); the low point was the quarter ended Sep 30, 2023 (a drop of 0.77 percentage points).
Peer Set

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROIC (Qtr)
1 Union Pacific 165.28 Bn 159.81 Bn - 15.51%
2 Csx 87.86 Bn 84.08 Bn - 11.65%
3 Canadian Pacific Kansas City 75.56 Bn 75.27 Bn - 5.85%
4 Norfolk Southern 71.27 Bn 65.91 Bn - 9.62%
5 United Parcel Service 69.70 Bn 46.62 Bn - 12.85%
6 Fedex 68.71 Bn 34.65 Bn - 7.44%
7 Delta Air Lines 55.32 Bn 37.50 Bn - 11.82%
8 Old Dominion Freight Line 37.44 Bn 36.71 Bn - 24.14%
9 United Airlines Holdings 36.52 Bn -19.85 Bn - 9.15%
10 Global Ship Lease 314.90 Mn 314.90 Mn - -
Historic Data

Historic Data

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DateValue
Dec 31, 2024 17.99%
Sep 30, 2024 17.61%
Dec 31, 2023 14.86%
Sep 30, 2023 17.53%
Jun 30, 2023 18.42%
Dec 31, 2022 15.59%
Sep 30, 2022 18.30%
Dec 31, 2021 10.81%
Sep 30, 2021 11.71%
Sep 30, 2020 8.45%
Jun 30, 2020 8.43%
Dec 31, 2019 6.71%
Sep 30, 2019 6.12%
Jun 30, 2019 5.04%
Mar 31, 2019 3.05%
Dec 31, 2018 2.67%
Sep 30, 2018 4.64%
Jun 30, 2018 5.38%
Mar 31, 2018 4.62%
Dec 31, 2017 4.72%
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