Global Ship Lease Ownership | Who Owns Global Ship Lease?

Global Ship Lease Ownership Summary

Global Ship Lease is owned by 46.76% institutional investors, 11.22% insiders, and 42.01% retail investors. Acadian asset management is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 4.06% of GSL shares. SMDS Donald Smith US Deep Value Eq MF is the top mutual fund, with 3.47% of its assets in Global Ship Lease shares.

GSL Ownership Benchmark

Type	Name	% Inst	% Insiders	% Retail
Stock	Global Ship Lease	46.76%	11.22%	42.01%
Sector	Industrials Stocks	67.02%	16.35%	16.62%
Industry	Marine Shipping Stocks	28.32%	31.77%	39.90%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Acadian asset management	1.46M	4.06%	$54.88M
Two sigma investments, lp	1.36M	3.77%	$51.01M
Punch & associates investment management	761.08K	2.12%	$28.62M
Man group	752.64K	2.09%	$28.30M
Donald smith	740.94K	2.06%	$27.86M
Two sigma advisers, lp	713.40K	2.00%	$21.90M
Qube research	678.95K	1.89%	$25.53M
Foundry partners	503.75K	1.42%	$11.00M
Renaissance	492.55K	1.37%	$18.52M
Csm advisors	484.11K	1.35%	$18.20M

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
Lonestar capital management	290.00K	3.16%	$10.90M
Commons capital	86.00K	2.26%	$3.23M
Punch & associates investment management	761.08K	1.42%	$28.62M
Barnett & company	34.37K	0.96%	$1.29M
Jtc employer solutions trustee	293.26K	0.88%	$11.03M
Rbf capital	437.46K	0.68%	$16.45M
Bluepath capital management	31.08K	0.64%	$1.17M
Parvin asset management	20.57K	0.61%	$773.62K
Oceanic investment management	12.05K	0.58%	$453.27K
Foundry partners	503.75K	0.55%	$11.00M

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Peak6 investments	336.80K	0.03%	336.80K
Man group	752.64K	0.05%	250.75K
Ubs group	404.55K	0.00%	204.05K
Sixth street partners management company	181.08K	0.00%	181.08K
Cubist systematic strategies	153.47K	0.02%	153.47K

Top Sellers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Kingstone capital partners texas	-	-	-2.61M
Donald smith	740.94K	0.49%	-837.24K
Whitefort capital management, lp	-	-	-353.86K
Nokomis capital	-	-	-205.41K
Sg americas securities	-	-	-185.17K

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
Sixth street partners management company	181.08K	0.00%	181.08K	$6.81M
Cubist systematic strategies	153.47K	0.02%	153.47K	$4.71M
Susquehanna fundamental investments	90.88K	0.06%	90.88K	$2.62M
Sanctuary advisors	81.94K	0.01%	81.94K	$3.08M
Cwa asset management group	78.60K	0.09%	78.60K	$2.96M

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 %
Jun 30, 2026	217	4.33%	16,822,606	-1.39%	46	2.08%	111	3.74%	64	18.52%
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%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Change
SMDS Donald Smith US Deep Value Eq MF	1.23M	3.47%	1.23M
Donald Smith & Co. All Eq Accounts Comp	733.40K	2.04%	-825.82K
Embark Small Cap Equity Institutional	526.77K	1.47%	6.86K
Global X SuperDividend™ US ETF	395.75K	1.10%	-
First Trust Dow Jones Global Sel Div ETF	392.99K	1.09%	-
Foundry Partners Micro Cap Value	369.25K	1.04%	-
CS McKee Micro Cap Value	369.25K	1.03%	-
State Street® SPDR® Ptf Dev Wld exUS ETF	340.15K	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
Jul 14, 2026	Neugeborn Yoram	-	Sell	$123.38K
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

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 46.76%, followed by 11.22% insiders and 42.02% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in Global Ship Lease's industry, Marine Shipping Stocks, is 28.32%, which Global Ship Lease exceeds.

Who owns the most shares of Global Ship Lease?

Global Ship Lease’s largest shareholders are Acadian asset management (1.46M shares, 4.06%), Two sigma investments, lp (1.36M shares, 3.77%), and Punch & associates investment management (761.08K shares, 2.12%). Together, they hold 9.95% 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?

Lonestar capital management is Global Ship Lease’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested, with 3.16% of its assets in 290K Global Ship Lease shares, valued at 10.9M$.

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

SMDS Donald Smith US Deep Value Eq MF is the top mutual fund holder of Global Ship Lease shares, with 3.47% of its total shares outstanding invested in 1.23M Global Ship Lease shares.

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