Global Ship Lease Ownership | Who Owns Global Ship Lease?

Global Ship Lease Ownership Summary

Global Ship Lease is owned by 2.58% institutional investors, 8.25% insiders, and 89.17% retail investors. Donald smith is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 8.87% of GSL shares. Donald Smith & Co. All Eq Accounts Comp is the top mutual fund, with 8.93% of its assets in Global Ship Lease shares.

GSL Ownership Benchmark

Type	Name	% Inst	% Insiders	% Retail
Stock	Global Ship Lease	2.58%	8.25%	89.17%
Sector	Industrials Stocks	39.36%	12.62%	48.02%
Industry	Marine Shipping Stocks	13.54%	28.40%	58.06%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Donald smith	3.14M	8.87%	$68.53M
Morgan stanley	1.51M	4.28%	$43.46M
Acadian asset management	1.44M	4.07%	$31.40M
Punch & associates investment management	1.39M	3.94%	$39.92M
Two sigma advisers, lp	708.60K	2.00%	$15.47M
Renaissance	629.75K	1.78%	$13.75M
Marshall wace, llp	611.56K	1.73%	$13.35M
Harbor capital advisors	519.91K	1.47%	$11.35M
Foundry partners	503.75K	1.42%	$11.00M
Two sigma investments, lp	500.65K	1.41%	$10.93M

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
Whitefort capital management, lp	369.77K	3.98%	$8.45M
Punch & associates investment management	1.39M	2.33%	$39.92M
Donald smith	3.14M	1.64%	$68.53M
Jtc employer solutions trustee	363.26K	0.56%	$7.88M
Foundry partners	503.75K	0.55%	$11.00M
Rbf capital	460.46K	0.52%	$10.05M
Harbor capital advisors	519.91K	0.50%	$11.35M
Bluepath capital management	32.15K	0.38%	$713.00K
Isthmus partners	112.83K	0.30%	$2.46M
Samalin investment counsel	19.41K	0.26%	$558.85K

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Donald smith	3.14M	1.64%	1.28M
Peak6 investments	336.80K	0.03%	336.80K
Ubs group	346.12K	0.00%	233.56K
Renaissance	629.75K	0.02%	162.90K
Qube research	428.64K	0.01%	130.57K

Top Sellers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Arrowstreet capital, limited partnership	199.19K	0.00%	-975.04K
Punch & associates investment management	1.39M	2.33%	-496.97K
Marshall wace, llp	611.56K	0.02%	-275.03K
Acadian asset management	1.44M	0.09%	-256.32K
Jane street group	-	-	-241.94K

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
Susquehanna fundamental investments	90.88K	0.06%	90.88K	$2.62M
Sg americas securities	73.98K	0.01%	73.98K	$2.13M
Mackenzie financial	68.76K	0.00%	68.76K	$1.98M
Fox run management	56.72K	0.22%	56.72K	$1.24M
Campbell & co investment adviser	37.89K	0.06%	37.89K	$827.10K

Sold Out

Holder	Change
Creekmur asset management	-1.00
Fmr	-1.00
Peak6	-11.00
Coppell advisory solutions	-16.00
Gamma investing	-18.00

Institutional Ownership Trends

Date	Holdings	Change %	Shares	Change %	Ownership	Change %	Increased Position	Change %	Decreased Position	Change %
Mar 31, 2025	6	-96.49%	912,808	-95.12%	2	0.09%	2	-97.26%	2	-97.01%
Dec 31, 2024	105	-38.24%	10,470,982	-48.49%	29	0.89%	48	-40.74%	40	-31.03%
Sep 30, 2024	169	-2.87%	20,308,795	-3.05%	57	1.63%	80	-30.43%	58	61.11%
Jun 30, 2024	172	25.55%	20,741,976	22.18%	58	2.53%	113	82.26%	36	-23.40%
Mar 31, 2024	137	-1.44%	16,976,807	-5.09%	48	1.88%	62	-26.19%	47	38.24%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Change
Donald Smith & Co. All Eq Accounts Comp	3.19M	8.93%	77.52K
SMDS Donald Smith US Deep Value Eq MF	1.23M	3.47%	1.23M
Global X SuperDividend™ US ETF	605.67K	1.70%	-
Donald Smith & Co. All Cap Val Eq	549.31K	1.54%	55.93K
Embark Small Cap Equity Retirement	538.27K	1.51%	11.50K
Embark Small Cap Equity Institutional	526.77K	1.47%	6.86K
Foundry Partners Micro Cap Value	438.35K	1.23%	-
BlackRock Global Equity Mkt Netrl Instl	323.94K	0.91%	28.11K
Fifth Third Asst Mgt All Cap Val	291.95K	0.82%	-
SPDR® Portfolio Developed Wld ex-US ETF	288.55K	0.81%	-

Recent Insider Transactions

Date	Name	Role	Activity	Value
Jun 26, 2009	INTEGRATED CORE STRATEGIES (US) LLC	-	Sell	$1.16K
Jun 29, 2009	INTEGRATED CORE STRATEGIES (US) LLC	-	Sell	$935.00
Jun 29, 2009	INTEGRATED CORE STRATEGIES (US) LLC	-	Sell	$19.53K
Jun 15, 2009	INTEGRATED CORE STRATEGIES (US) LLC	-	Sell	$2.06
Jun 15, 2009	INTEGRATED CORE STRATEGIES (US) LLC	-	Sell	$6.15K

Insider Transactions Trends

Date	Buy	Sell
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 2.58%, followed by 8.25% insiders and 89.17% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in Global Ship Lease's industry, Marine Shipping Stocks, is 13.54%, which Global Ship Lease falls below.

Who owns the most shares of Global Ship Lease?

Global Ship Lease’s largest shareholders are Donald smith (3.14M shares, 8.87%), Morgan stanley (1.51M shares, 4.28%), and Acadian asset management (1.44M shares, 4.07%). Together, they hold 17.22% 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?

Whitefort capital management, lp is Global Ship Lease’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested, with 3.98% of its assets in 369.77K Global Ship Lease shares, valued at 8.45M$.

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 8.93% of its total shares outstanding invested in 3.19M Global Ship Lease shares.

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