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How Global Ship Lease, Inc. stacks up
GSL · against 790 other Industrials companies of similar size
Profitability
96/ 100
Near the top of its peers.
Ranked #26 of 791 · scores higher than 96% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score85 peers with a profitability score of 90–100, including GSL · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 96?
Weighted metrics compared with all Industrials companies.Mainly thanks to its operating margin, return on assets and return on invested capital, which are stronger than most Industrials peers.
- a higher return on invested capital: stronger than 79% of peers. Return on invested capital: 15.5% vs peer median 7.1%
- a higher return on assets: stronger than 98% of peers. Return on assets: 14.6% vs peer median 3.1%
- a wider operating margin: stronger than 100% of peers. Operating margin: 56.8% vs peer median 7.7%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = GSL, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | GSL | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 761 reported | 15.5% | 7.4% | 77% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 792 reported | 56.8% | 7.9% | 99% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 748 reported | 14.6% | 3.3% | 98% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 743 reported | 21.3% | 8.2% | 90% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 795 reported | 68.0% | 25.4% | 97% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around GSLScores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score