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Global Ship Lease (Global Ship Lease) Debt-to-EBITDA : 1.85 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Global Ship Lease Debt-to-EBITDA?

Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

Global Ship Lease's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $193.3 Mil. Global Ship Lease's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $619.2 Mil. Global Ship Lease's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $438.6 Mil. Global Ship Lease's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 1.85.

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt. According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.

The historical rank and industry rank for Global Ship Lease's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

GSL' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.83   Med: 5.29   Max: 34.36
Current: 1.83

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Global Ship Lease was 34.36. The lowest was 1.83. And the median was 5.29.

GSL's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
50.3% of 829 companies
in the Business Services industry
Industry Median: 1.84 vs GSL: 1.83

Global Ship Lease Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Global Ship Lease's Debt-to-EBITDA can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Global Ship Lease Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Global Ship Lease Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 5.58 5.00 3.54 2.08 1.84

Global Ship Lease Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.68 2.13 2.06 1.81 1.85

Competitive Comparison of Global Ship Lease's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Rental & Leasing Services subindustry, Global Ship Lease's Debt-to-EBITDA, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-EBITDA data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Global Ship Lease's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, Global Ship Lease's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Global Ship Lease's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.



Global Ship Lease Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

Global Ship Lease's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(193.253 + 619.175) / 441.499
=1.84

Global Ship Lease's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(193.253 + 619.175) / 438.588
=1.85

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

In the calculation of annual Debt-to-EBITDA, the EBITDA of the last fiscal year is used. In calculating the annualized quarterly data, the EBITDA data used here is four times the quarterly (Dec. 2023) EBITDA data.


Global Ship Lease  (NYSE:GSL) Debt-to-EBITDA Explanation

In the calculation of Debt-to-EBITDA, we use the total of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divided by EBITDA. In some calculations, Total Liabilities is used to for calculation.


Be Aware

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt.

According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.


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Global Ship Lease (Global Ship Lease) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
25 Wilton Road, London, GBR, SW1V 1LW
Global Ship Lease Inc operates in the container shipping industry. The company owns and charters out containerships under long-term, fixed-rate charters to container liner companies. The majority of the company's revenues are derived from charters to MAERSK. Its fleet consisted of more than 60 containerships.
Executives
Integrated Core Strategies (us) Llc 10 percent owner C/O MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC, 399 PARK AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10022
Nisswa Acquisition Master Fund Ltd. 10 percent owner C/O MAPLES CORPORATE SVCS LIMITED, PO BOX 309, UGLAND HOUSE, GRAND CAYMAN E9 KY1-1104
Israel A Englander other: May be deemed a group member. C/O MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC, 399 PARK AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10022
Millenco, L.l.c. 10 percent owner C/O MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC, 666 FIFTH AVENUE, 8TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10103
Millennium Management Llc other: May be deemed a group member. 399 PARK AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10022
Integrated Holding Group, L.p. other: May be deemed a group member. C/O MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC, 666 FIFTH AVENUE, 8TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10103-0899
Millennium International Management Lp other: May be deemed a group member. 399 PARK AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10022
Cognizant Holdings, Ltd. other: May be deemed a group member. C/O MILLENNIUM INTERNATIONAL MGMT. LP, 666 FIFTH AVENUE, 8TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10103
Millennium Group Management Llc other: May be deemed a group member. C/O MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC, 399 PARK AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10022