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Global Ship Lease (Global Ship Lease) Financial Strength : 6 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Global Ship Lease Financial Strength?

Global Ship Lease has the Financial Strength Rank of 6.

GuruFocus Financial Strength Rank measures how strong a company's financial situation is. It is based on these factors:

1. The debt burden that the company has as measured by its Interest Coverage (current year). The higher, the better.
2. Debt to revenue ratio. The lower, the better.
3. Altman Z-Score.

Global Ship Lease's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 8.59. Global Ship Lease's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 1.15. As of today, Global Ship Lease's Altman Z-Score is 1.64.


Competitive Comparison of Global Ship Lease's Financial Strength

For the Rental & Leasing Services subindustry, Global Ship Lease's Financial Strength, along with its competitors' market caps and Financial Strength 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 Financial Strength Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, Global Ship Lease's Financial Strength distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Global Ship Lease's Financial Strength falls into.



Global Ship Lease Financial Strength Calculation

GuruFocus Financial Strength Rank measures how strong a company's financial situation is. It is based on these factors

A company ranks high with financial strength is likely to withstand any business slowdowns and recessions.

1. The debt burden that the company has as measured by its Interest Coverage (current year). The higher, the better.

Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.

Interest Coverage is a ratio that determines how easily a company can pay interest expenses on outstanding debt. It is calculated by dividing a company's Operating Income (EBIT) by its Interest Expense:

Global Ship Lease's Interest Expense for the months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-11.2 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Dec. 2023 was $96.2 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $619.2 Mil.

Global Ship Lease's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is

Interest Coverage=-1*Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*96.167/-11.201
=8.59

The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

2. Debt to revenue ratio. The lower, the better.

Global Ship Lease's Debt to Revenue Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is

Debt to Revenue Ratio=Total Debt (Q: Dec. 2023 ) / Revenue
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / Revenue
=(193.253 + 619.175) / 709.508
=1.15

3. Altman Z-Score.

Z-Score model is an accurate forecaster of failure up to two years prior to distress. It can be considered the assessment of the distress of industrial corporations.

The zones of discrimination were as such:

When Z-Score is less than 1.81, it is in Distress Zones.
When Z-Score is greater than 2.99, it is in Safe Zones.
When Z-Score is between 1.81 and 2.99, it is in Grey Zones.

Global Ship Lease has a Z-score of 1.64, indicating it is in Distress Zones. This implies bankrupcy possibility in the next two years.

Warning Sign:

Altman Z-score of 1.64 is in distress zone. This implies bankruptcy possibility in the next two years.

* 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.


Global Ship Lease  (NYSE:GSL) Financial Strength Explanation

The maximum rank is 10. Companies with rank 7 or higher will be unlikely to fall into distressed situations. Companies with rank of 3 or less are likely in financial distress.

Global Ship Lease has the Financial Strength Rank of 6.


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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