Global Ship Lease Ownership | Who Owns Global Ship Lease?

Global Ship Lease Ownership Summary

Global Ship Lease is owned by 56.65% institutional investors, 10.28% insiders, and 33.08% retail investors. Donald smith is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 9.09% of GSL shares. Donald Smith & Co. All Eq Accounts Comp is the top mutual fund, with 9.01% of its assets in Global Ship Lease shares.

GSL Ownership Benchmark

Type	Name	% Inst	% Insiders	% Retail
Stock	Global Ship Lease	56.65%	10.28%	33.08%
Sector	Industrials Stocks	64.11%	12.72%	23.17%
Industry	Marine Shipping Stocks	24.06%	29.37%	46.58%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Donald smith	3.24M	9.09%	$85.21M
Morgan stanley	1.51M	4.28%	$43.46M
Acadian asset management	1.31M	3.66%	$34.31M
Punch & associates investment management	1.20M	3.38%	$31.64M
Two sigma advisers, lp	708.60K	2.00%	$15.47M
Renaissance	629.75K	1.78%	$13.75M
Foundry partners	503.75K	1.42%	$11.00M
Two sigma investments, lp	500.65K	1.41%	$10.93M
Qube research	459.79K	1.29%	$12.10M
Rbf capital	437.46K	1.23%	$11.51M

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
Whitefort capital management, lp	353.86K	2.73%	$9.31M
Donald smith	3.24M	2.01%	$85.21M
Lonestar capital management	200.00K	1.95%	$5.26M
Punch & associates investment management	1.20M	1.95%	$31.64M
Commons capital	86.00K	1.72%	$2.26M
Jtc employer solutions trustee	363.26K	0.96%	$11.15M
Bluepath capital management	55.37K	0.71%	$1.70M
Penn mutual asset management	15.00K	0.70%	$394.65K
Barnett & company	25.13K	0.60%	$771.49K
Foundry partners	503.75K	0.55%	$11.00M

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Csm advisors	420.30K	0.32%	420.30K
Peak6 investments	336.80K	0.03%	336.80K
Ubs group	346.12K	0.00%	233.56K
Lonestar capital management	200.00K	1.95%	200.00K
Renaissance	629.75K	0.02%	162.90K

Top Sellers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Kingstone capital partners texas	-	-	-2.61M
Harbor capital advisors	145.26K	0.35%	-391.48K
Jane street group	-	-	-241.94K
Nokomis capital	-	-	-205.41K
Man group	321.61K	0.02%	-181.35K

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
Csm advisors	420.30K	0.32%	420.30K	$11.06M
Lonestar capital management	200.00K	1.95%	200.00K	$5.26M
Susquehanna fundamental investments	90.88K	0.06%	90.88K	$2.62M
Mackenzie financial	68.76K	0.00%	68.76K	$1.98M
Penn mutual asset management	15.00K	0.70%	15.00K	$394.65K

Sold Out

Holder	Change
Creekmur asset management	-1.00
Fmr	-1.00
Coldstream capital management	-9.00
Peak6	-11.00
Coppell advisory solutions	-16.00

Institutional Ownership Trends

Date	Holdings	Change %	Shares	Change %	Ownership	Change %	Increased Position	Change %	Decreased Position	Change %
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%
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%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Change
Donald Smith & Co. All Eq Accounts Comp	3.21M	9.01%	17.62K
SMDS Donald Smith US Deep Value Eq MF	1.23M	3.47%	1.23M
Global X SuperDividend™ US ETF	611.36K	1.72%	-2.16K
Donald Smith & Co. All Cap Val Eq	549.31K	1.54%	-
Embark Small Cap Equity Institutional	526.77K	1.47%	6.86K
Embark Small Cap Equity Retirement	384.79K	1.08%	-151.96K
Foundry Partners Micro Cap Value	369.25K	1.04%	-
SPDR® Portfolio Developed Wld ex-US ETF	299.73K	0.84%	-
BlackRock Global Equity Mkt Netrl Instl	224.87K	0.63%	-99.07K
Fifth Third Asst Mgt All Cap Val	220.82K	0.62%	-71.13K

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 56.65%, followed by 10.28% insiders and 33.07% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in Global Ship Lease's industry, Marine Shipping Stocks, is 24.06%, which Global Ship Lease exceeds.

Who owns the most shares of Global Ship Lease?

Global Ship Lease’s largest shareholders are Donald smith (3.24M shares, 9.09%), Morgan stanley (1.51M shares, 4.28%), and Acadian asset management (1.31M shares, 3.66%). Together, they hold 17.04% 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?

Whitefort capital management, lp is Global Ship Lease’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested, with 2.73% of its assets in 353.86K Global Ship Lease shares, valued at 9.31M$.

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 9.01% of its total shares outstanding invested in 3.21M Global Ship Lease shares.

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