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GSL offers high yield income with $1.8B in contracted revenues and a well-covered dividend yield of 8.42%. GSL's strategic focus on mid-size and smaller container ships, including high-reefer vessels, positions it well in the market. Despite recent price declines, GSL's strong earnings, declining debt leverage, and low valuations make it a speculative Buy.

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Global Ship Lease: Undervalued In Current Market

GSL, SUN and GPRK made it to the Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) income stocks list on January 2, 2024.

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ATHENS, Greece, Sept. 10, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Global Ship Lease, Inc. (NYSE:GSL) (the “Company”), a containership charter owner, announced today that the Company's Board of Directors has declared a cash dividend of $0.546875 per depositary share, each representing a 1/100th interest in a share of its 8.75% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Shares (the “Series B Preferred Shares”) (NYSE:GSLPrB). The dividend represents payment for the period from July 1, 2024 to September 30, 2024 and will be paid on October 1, 2024 to all Series B Preferred Shareholders of record as of September 24, 2024.

Global Ship Lease has secured long-term fixed charter rates, providing income investors with dividend visibility, and has $1.8B in contracts covering 2.2 years. GSL's Q2 '24 results show strong financial performance with increases in net income, EBITDA, and EPS, alongside a decrease in interest expense. GSL's dividend yield is enhanced by a new supplemental dividend, and the company has improved its debt leverage and credit ratings significantly.

Newly established $300 million senior secured facility enables comprehensive refinancing to streamline outstanding debt, extend maturities, improve cost of debt, and increase number of unencumbered vessels in GSL fleet. Newly established $300 million senior secured facility enables comprehensive refinancing to streamline outstanding debt, extend maturities, improve cost of debt, and increase number of unencumbered vessels in GSL fleet.

Start Time: 10:30 January 1, 0000 11:00 AM ET Global Ship Lease, Inc. (NYSE:GSL ) Q2 2024 Earnings Conference Call August 05, 2024, 10:30 PM ET Company Participants Tom Lister - Chief Executive Officer George Youroukos - Executive Chairman Tassos Psaropoulos - Chief Financial Officer Conference Call Participants Omar Nokta - Jefferies Liam Burke - B. Riley Securities Clement Mullins - Value Investors Operator Thank you for standing by.

Global Ship Lease (GSL) came out with quarterly earnings of $2.46 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $2.27 per share. This compares to earnings of $2.09 per share a year ago.