Global Ship Lease Ownership | Who Owns Global Ship Lease?

Global Ship Lease Ownership Summary

Global Ship Lease is owned by 26.67% institutional investors, 10.05% insiders, and 63.29% retail investors. Donald smith is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 5.84% of GSL shares. Donald Smith & Co. All Eq Accounts Comp is the top mutual fund, with 5.78% of its assets in Global Ship Lease shares.

GSL Ownership Benchmark

Type	Name	% Inst	% Insiders	% Retail
Stock	Global Ship Lease	26.67%	10.05%	63.29%
Sector	Industrials Stocks	47.63%	12.54%	39.83%
Industry	Marine Shipping Stocks	13.63%	30.51%	55.87%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Donald smith	2.09M	5.84%	$73.18M
Acadian asset management	1.47M	4.12%	$51.57M
Punch & associates investment management	1.10M	3.08%	$33.69M
Two sigma advisers, lp	713.40K	2.00%	$21.90M
Renaissance	693.35K	1.94%	$24.29M
Two sigma investments, lp	626.79K	1.76%	$19.24M
Mirae asset global etfs	607.40K	1.71%	$18.65M
Qube research	567.44K	1.59%	$17.42M
Foundry partners	503.75K	1.42%	$11.00M
Csm advisors	446.06K	1.25%	$15.63M

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
Commons capital	86.00K	2.02%	$3.01M
Punch & associates investment management	1.10M	1.95%	$33.69M
Donald smith	2.09M	1.37%	$73.18M
Lonestar capital management	288.00K	1.29%	$8.84M
Jtc employer solutions trustee	363.26K	0.86%	$12.73M
Barnett & company	25.34K	0.72%	$888.09K
Bluepath capital management	55.37K	0.71%	$1.70M
Rbf capital	437.46K	0.60%	$13.43M
Foundry partners	503.75K	0.55%	$11.00M
Corton capital	7.13K	0.54%	$218.77K

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Peak6 investments	336.80K	0.03%	336.80K
Cubist systematic strategies	153.47K	0.02%	153.47K
Goldman sachs group	170.77K	0.00%	137.11K
Qube research	567.44K	0.02%	107.65K
Susquehanna fundamental investments	90.88K	0.06%	90.88K

Top Sellers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Kingstone capital partners texas	-	-	-2.61M
Donald smith	2.09M	1.37%	-1.10M
Whitefort capital management, lp	-	-	-353.86K
Nokomis capital	-	-	-205.41K
Man group	83.58K	0.00%	-184.64K

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
Cubist systematic strategies	153.47K	0.02%	153.47K	$4.71M
Susquehanna fundamental investments	90.88K	0.06%	90.88K	$2.62M
Deutsche bank ag\	77.35K	0.00%	77.35K	$2.71M
Mackenzie financial	68.76K	0.00%	68.76K	$1.98M
Winton group	27.08K	0.03%	27.08K	$948.85K

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 %
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%
Dec 31, 2024	105	-38.24%	10,470,982	-48.49%	29	0.89%	48	-40.74%	40	-31.03%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Change
Donald Smith & Co. All Eq Accounts Comp	2.07M	5.78%	-1.09M
SMDS Donald Smith US Deep Value Eq MF	1.23M	3.47%	1.23M
Global X SuperDividend™ US ETF	544.73K	1.52%	-123.38K
Embark Small Cap Equity Institutional	526.77K	1.47%	6.86K
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	331.72K	0.93%	-
Donald Smith & Co. All Cap Val Eq	329.51K	0.92%	-219.80K
SPDR® Portfolio Developed Wld ex-US ETF	299.73K	0.84%	-
BlackRock Global Equity Mkt Netrl Instl	224.87K	0.63%	-99.07K

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 26.67%, followed by 10.05% insiders and 63.28% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in Global Ship Lease's industry, Marine Shipping Stocks, is 13.63%, which Global Ship Lease exceeds.

Who owns the most shares of Global Ship Lease?

Global Ship Lease’s largest shareholders are Donald smith (2.09M shares, 5.84%), Acadian asset management (1.47M shares, 4.12%), and Punch & associates investment management (1.1M shares, 3.08%). Together, they hold 13.04% 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 2.02% of its assets in 86K Global Ship Lease shares, valued at 3.01M$.

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 5.78% of its total shares outstanding invested in 2.07M Global Ship Lease shares.

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