Global Ship Lease Ownership | Who Owns Global Ship Lease?

Global Ship Lease Ownership Summary

Global Ship Lease is owned by 14.97% institutional investors, 11.23% insiders, and 73.80% retail investors. Donald smith is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 4.40% of GSL shares. Donald Smith & Co. All Eq Accounts Comp is the top mutual fund, with 4.34% of its assets in Global Ship Lease shares.

GSL Ownership Benchmark

Type	Name	% Inst	% Insiders	% Retail
Stock	Global Ship Lease	14.97%	11.23%	73.80%
Sector	Industrials Stocks	49.61%	15.69%	34.70%
Industry	Marine Shipping Stocks	16.86%	32.18%	50.97%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Donald smith	1.58M	4.40%	$58.76M
Acadian asset management	1.47M	4.10%	$54.80M
Two sigma investments, lp	1.40M	3.90%	$52.03M
Qube research	763.73K	2.13%	$28.43M
Two sigma advisers, lp	713.40K	2.00%	$21.90M
Punch & associates investment management	718.07K	2.00%	$26.73M
Renaissance	618.75K	1.72%	$23.04M
Foundry partners	503.75K	1.42%	$11.00M
Man group	501.89K	1.40%	$18.69M
Csm advisors	458.47K	1.28%	$17.07M

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
Commons capital	86.00K	2.68%	$3.20M
Punch & associates investment management	718.07K	1.54%	$26.73M
Donald smith	1.58M	1.06%	$58.76M
Point nemo capital	40.42K	0.99%	$1.50M
Barnett & company	33.60K	0.97%	$1.25M
Lonestar capital management	160.00K	0.89%	$5.96M
Jtc employer solutions trustee	363.26K	0.86%	$12.73M
Rbf capital	437.46K	0.85%	$16.29M
Bluepath capital management	30.97K	0.80%	$1.15M
Foundry partners	503.75K	0.55%	$11.00M

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Two sigma investments, lp	1.40M	0.04%	711.51K
Man group	501.89K	0.03%	411.87K
First trust advisors lp	340.62K	0.01%	340.62K
Peak6 investments	336.80K	0.03%	336.80K
Arrowstreet capital, limited partnership	289.81K	0.01%	289.81K

Top Sellers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Kingstone capital partners texas	-	-	-2.61M
Donald smith	1.58M	1.06%	-510.32K
Whitefort capital management, lp	-	-	-353.86K
Punch & associates investment management	718.07K	1.54%	-253.72K
Mirae asset global etfs	377.34K	0.02%	-238.93K

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
First trust advisors lp	340.62K	0.01%	340.62K	$12.68M
Arrowstreet capital, limited partnership	289.81K	0.01%	289.81K	$10.79M
Cubist systematic strategies	153.47K	0.02%	153.47K	$4.71M
Susquehanna fundamental investments	90.88K	0.06%	90.88K	$2.62M
Mackenzie financial	68.76K	0.00%	68.76K	$1.98M

Sold Out

Holder	Change
Fmr	-1.00
Creekmur asset management	-1.00
Huntington national bank	-8.00
Coldstream capital management	-9.00
Peak6	-11.00

Institutional Ownership Trends

Date	Holdings	Change %	Shares	Change %	Ownership	Change %	Increased Position	Change %	Decreased Position	Change %
Mar 31, 2026	117	-43.20%	5,369,242	-66.76%	14	0.73%	57	-44.66%	26	-53.57%
Dec 31, 2025	145	-25.26%	9,535,599	-44.18%	26	1.16%	67	-34.95%	41	-19.61%
Sep 30, 2025	182	10.30%	16,976,247	-16.09%	47	1.48%	94	18.99%	50	-15.25%
Jun 30, 2025	164	4.46%	20,172,729	12.77%	56	2.21%	76	-8.43%	61	48.78%
Mar 31, 2025	6	-96.49%	912,808	-95.12%	2	0.09%	2	-97.26%	2	-97.01%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Change
Donald Smith & Co. All Eq Accounts Comp	1.56M	4.34%	-506.76K
SMDS Donald Smith US Deep Value Eq MF	1.23M	3.47%	1.23M
Embark Small Cap Equity Institutional	526.77K	1.47%	6.86K
Global X SuperDividend™ US ETF	383.00K	1.06%	-
Foundry Partners Micro Cap Value	369.25K	1.04%	-
CS McKee Micro Cap Value	369.25K	1.02%	-
First Trust Dow Jones Global Sel Div ETF	357.59K	0.99%	-
State Street® SPDR® Ptf Dev Wld exUS ETF	339.38K	0.94%	-
SPDR® Portfolio Developed Wld ex-US ETF	299.73K	0.84%	-
Fifth Third Asst Mgt All Cap Val	220.82K	0.61%	-

Recent Insider Transactions

Date	Name	Role	Activity	Value
Apr 07, 2026	Giannopoulos Georgios	Chief Compliance Officer	Sell	$296.23K
Mar 25, 2026	Psaropoulos Anastasios	Chief Financial Officer	Sell	$903.84K
Jun 29, 2009	INTEGRATED CORE STRATEGIES (US) LLC	-	Sell	$935.00
Jun 26, 2009	INTEGRATED CORE STRATEGIES (US) LLC	-	Sell	$1.16K
Jun 29, 2009	INTEGRATED CORE STRATEGIES (US) LLC	-	Sell	$19.53K

Insider Transactions Trends

Date	Buy	Sell
2026 Q1	-	1
2009 Q2	-	74
2009 Q1	-	1
2008 Q4	1	28
2008 Q3	-	3

GSL Ownership FAQ

Who Owns Global Ship Lease?

Global Ship Lease shareholders are primarily institutional investors at 14.97%, followed by 11.23% insiders and 73.80% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in Global Ship Lease's industry, Marine Shipping Stocks, is 16.86%, which Global Ship Lease falls below.

Who owns the most shares of Global Ship Lease?

Global Ship Lease’s largest shareholders are Donald smith (1.58M shares, 4.40%), Acadian asset management (1.47M shares, 4.10%), and Two sigma investments, lp (1.4M shares, 3.90%). Together, they hold 12.40% of Global Ship Lease’s total shares outstanding.

Does Blackrock own Global Ship Lease?

BlackRock is not among the top 10 institutional shareholders of Global Ship Lease.

Who is Global Ship Lease’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested?

Commons capital is Global Ship Lease’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested, with 2.68% of its assets in 86K Global Ship Lease shares, valued at 3.2M$.

Who is the top mutual fund holder of Global Ship Lease shares?

Donald Smith & Co. All Eq Accounts Comp is the top mutual fund holder of Global Ship Lease shares, with 4.34% of its total shares outstanding invested in 1.56M Global Ship Lease shares.

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