Global Ship Lease (GSL) Times Interest Earned (2009 - 2026)
Global Ship Lease's Times Interest Earned was 9.94 in the quarter ended Jun 30, 2026, up 3.5% from 9.60 a year earlier but down 4.7% from the prior quarter.
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Global Ship Lease (GSL) Times Interest Earned (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
On a trailing twelve-month basis, Global Ship Lease's Times Interest Earned was 10.63 through Jun 30, 2026, up 3.6% year-over-year; for the year ended Dec 31, 2025, it came in at 11.16, up 19.8% from the prior year.
- Times Interest Earned has now increased for four consecutive years.
- In earlier years, Times Interest Earned was 9.31 in the year ended Dec 31, 2024 (+21.6%), 7.66 in the year ended Dec 31, 2023 (+62.9%), 4.70 in the year ended Dec 31, 2022 (+37.0%) and 3.43 in the year ended Dec 31, 2021.
- Quarterly Times Interest Earned has moved between 2.79 (the quarter ended Jun 30, 2022) and 13.02 (the quarter ended Mar 31, 2025) over five years.
- Compared with a year earlier, Times Interest Earned was higher in five of the last eight quarters, with growth averaging 16.0%.
- The best year-over-year quarter for Times Interest Earned over five years was the quarter ended Mar 31, 2022 (growth of 272.9%); the worst was the quarter ended Mar 31, 2026 (a decline of 19.9%).
- Per Business Quant data, GSL's Times Interest Earned in the three quarters before the quarter ended Jun 30, 2026 was 10.43 (quarter ended Mar 31, 2026), 11.79 (quarter ended Dec 31, 2025) and 10.40 (quarter ended Sep 30, 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Times Interest Earned (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Union Pacific | 161.62 Bn | 156.15 Bn | - | 8.83 |
| 2 | Csx | 86.16 Bn | 82.37 Bn | - | 7.14 |
| 3 | Canadian Pacific Kansas City | 74.78 Bn | 74.50 Bn | - | - |
| 4 | United Parcel Service | 70.01 Bn | 46.94 Bn | - | 3.42 |
| 5 | Norfolk Southern | 69.45 Bn | 64.09 Bn | - | 5.71 |
| 6 | Fedex | 67.46 Bn | 33.40 Bn | - | - |
| 7 | Delta Air Lines | 54.88 Bn | 37.06 Bn | - | - |
| 8 | Old Dominion Freight Line | 36.07 Bn | 35.33 Bn | - | 6,122.38 |
| 9 | Ryanair Holdings | 28.71 Bn | 12.72 Bn | 3.13 Bn | 38.62 |
| 10 | Global Ship Lease | 303.62 Mn | 303.62 Mn | - | 9.94 |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 9.94 |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 10.43 |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 11.79 |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 10.40 |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 9.60 |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 13.02 |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 12.32 |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 7.35 |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 9.49 |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 9.29 |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 7.04 |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 8.11 |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 7.80 |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 7.66 |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 8.18 |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 6.30 |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 2.79 |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 4.47 |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 5.51 |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 5.29 |
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Global Ship Lease Times Interest Earned API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=times-interest-earned&ticker=GSL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "times-interest-earned", "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=times-interest-earned&ticker=GSL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();