Global Ship Lease (GSL) Competitors

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

Do analysts rate ZIM or GSL?

ZIM Integrated Shipping Services currently has a consensus price target of $15.22, indicating a potential downside of 41.69%. Global Ship Lease has a consensus price target of $28.00, indicating a potential upside of 18.39%. Given Global Ship Lease's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Global Ship Lease is more favorable than ZIM Integrated Shipping Services.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ZIM Integrated Shipping Services	4 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.20
Global Ship Lease	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Do insiders & institutionals believe in ZIM or GSL?

21.4% of ZIM Integrated Shipping Services shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.1% of Global Ship Lease shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of ZIM Integrated Shipping Services shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 7.4% of Global Ship Lease shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is ZIM or GSL a better dividend stock?

ZIM Integrated Shipping Services pays an annual dividend of $0.23 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Global Ship Lease pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.6%. ZIM Integrated Shipping Services pays out -1.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Global Ship Lease pays out 19.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Is ZIM or GSL more profitable?

Global Ship Lease has a net margin of 46.38% compared to ZIM Integrated Shipping Services' net margin of -32.81%. Global Ship Lease's return on equity of 27.88% beat ZIM Integrated Shipping Services' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ZIM Integrated Shipping Services	-32.81%	2.89%	0.86%
Global Ship Lease	46.38%	27.88%	16.36%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ZIM or GSL?

Global Ship Lease received 121 more outperform votes than ZIM Integrated Shipping Services when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.57% of users gave Global Ship Lease an outperform vote while only 40.45% of users gave ZIM Integrated Shipping Services an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
ZIM Integrated Shipping Services	Outperform Votes 36 40.45%	Underperform Votes 53 59.55%
Global Ship Lease	Outperform Votes 157 61.57%	Underperform Votes 98 38.43%

Which has more volatility & risk, ZIM or GSL?

ZIM Integrated Shipping Services has a beta of 1.88, meaning that its share price is 88% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Global Ship Lease has a beta of 1.62, meaning that its share price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer ZIM or GSL?

In the previous week, Global Ship Lease had 22 more articles in the media than ZIM Integrated Shipping Services. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for Global Ship Lease and 8 mentions for ZIM Integrated Shipping Services. ZIM Integrated Shipping Services' average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat Global Ship Lease's score of 0.69 indicating that ZIM Integrated Shipping Services is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
ZIM Integrated Shipping Services	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Global Ship Lease	7 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has higher earnings and valuation, ZIM or GSL?

Global Ship Lease has lower revenue, but higher earnings than ZIM Integrated Shipping Services. ZIM Integrated Shipping Services 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
ZIM Integrated Shipping Services	$5.16B	0.61	-$2.70B	-$16.30	-1.60
Global Ship Lease	$701.94M	1.24	$304.50M	$9.03	2.62

Summary

Global Ship Lease beats ZIM Integrated Shipping Services on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.