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$20.54 +0.37 (+1.84%)
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GSL vs. RXO, HAFN, DKL, CMBT, ZIM, GEL, SBLK, DHT, DESP, and INSW

Should you be buying Global Ship Lease stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Global Ship Lease include RXO (RXO), Hafnia (HAFN), Delek Logistics Partners (DKL), Euronav (CMBT), ZIM Integrated Shipping Services (ZIM), Genesis Energy (GEL), Star Bulk Carriers (SBLK), DHT (DHT), Despegar.com (DESP), and International Seaways (INSW). These companies are all part of the "transportation" industry.

Global Ship Lease vs.

RXO (NYSE:RXO) and Global Ship Lease (NYSE:GSL) are both transportation companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends and earnings.

Global Ship Lease has lower revenue, but higher earnings than RXO. RXO is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Global Ship Lease, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
RXO$4.55B0.48-$285M-$2.12-6.23
Global Ship Lease$705.53M1.03$304.50M$9.732.11

Global Ship Lease received 142 more outperform votes than RXO when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.16% of users gave Global Ship Lease an outperform vote while only 23.46% of users gave RXO an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
RXOOutperform Votes
19
23.46%
Underperform Votes
62
76.54%
Global Ship LeaseOutperform Votes
161
62.16%
Underperform Votes
98
37.84%

In the previous week, RXO had 7 more articles in the media than Global Ship Lease. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for RXO and 6 mentions for Global Ship Lease. Global Ship Lease's average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat RXO's score of 0.46 indicating that Global Ship Lease is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
RXO
6 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Global Ship Lease
4 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

RXO has a beta of 1.6, suggesting that its share price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Global Ship Lease has a beta of 1.21, suggesting that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.

92.7% of RXO shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.1% of Global Ship Lease shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of RXO shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 7.4% of Global Ship Lease shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Global Ship Lease has a net margin of 46.38% compared to RXO's net margin of -6.26%. Global Ship Lease's return on equity of 27.88% beat RXO's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
RXO-6.26% 1.53% 0.65%
Global Ship Lease 46.38%27.88%16.36%

RXO currently has a consensus price target of $22.73, suggesting a potential upside of 72.09%. Global Ship Lease has a consensus price target of $28.00, suggesting a potential upside of 36.31%. Given RXO's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe RXO is more favorable than Global Ship Lease.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
RXO
2 Sell rating(s)
12 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.06
Global Ship Lease
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.50

Summary

Global Ship Lease beats RXO on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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GSL vs. The Competition

MetricGlobal Ship LeaseDeep sea foreign transportation of freight IndustryTransportation SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$728.15M$688.83M$285.38B$18.42B
Dividend Yield9.51%6.31%4.23%4.20%
P/E Ratio2.275.4212.9831.10
Price / Sales1.031.11197.7426.58
Price / Cash1.924.0411.6917.54
Price / Book0.610.591.834.30
Net Income$304.50M$99.79M$544.29M$1.02B
7 Day Performance3.86%0.51%1.70%1.42%
1 Month Performance-11.30%-11.20%-7.93%-7.33%
1 Year Performance-3.08%-25.14%-10.75%2.26%

Global Ship Lease Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GSL
Global Ship Lease
3.9976 of 5 stars
$20.54
+1.8%
$28.00
+36.3%
-3.2%$728.15M$705.53M2.277Positive News
RXO
RXO
2.9115 of 5 stars
$14.01
+2.4%
$22.73
+62.3%
-31.3%$2.30B$4.55B-6.618,590
HAFN
Hafnia
4.0658 of 5 stars
$4.19
-0.5%
$6.50
+55.1%
-43.8%$2.12B$2.87B2.465,040
DKL
Delek Logistics Partners
1.6801 of 5 stars
$36.83
+2.1%
$44.25
+20.1%
-1.7%$1.98B$940.64M13.062,020Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
High Trading Volume
CMBT
Euronav
N/A$8.93
+2.4%
N/AN/A$1.74B$940.25M1.513,150
ZIM
ZIM Integrated Shipping Services
1.8332 of 5 stars
$14.23
+3.2%
$13.36
-6.1%
+34.6%$1.71B$8.43B1.195,930Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
GEL
Genesis Energy
2.1895 of 5 stars
$13.77
+5.7%
$16.50
+19.8%
+20.0%$1.69B$2.97B-11.102,110Dividend Announcement
Short Interest ↑
Positive News
SBLK
Star Bulk Carriers
4.0697 of 5 stars
$14.21
-0.2%
$22.05
+55.2%
-40.3%$1.67B$1.27B4.95180
DHT
DHT
3.9358 of 5 stars
$10.19
-3.9%
$12.68
+24.4%
-7.8%$1.64B$571.77M9.1020
DESP
Despegar.com
1.9826 of 5 stars
$19.07
flat
$17.20
-9.8%
+69.0%$1.59B$720.99M0.003,820Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
Positive News
INSW
International Seaways
4.5233 of 5 stars
$32.37
-2.6%
$57.50
+77.6%
-36.9%$1.59B$951.61M3.131,800News Coverage

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