Euroseas vs Global Ship Lease
ESEA and GSL side by side, both in water transportation. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How ESEA and GSL compare
Global Ship Lease grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (7.8% versus 7.0% for Euroseas).
Euroseas keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 60.1% compared with 54.3% at Global Ship Lease.
Euroseas scores higher on the StockData Score (13 against 11 for Global Ship Lease), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | ESEA | GSL |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Share price | $66.95 | $43.05 |
| Change, 1 year | 9.4% | 25.3% |
| Change, 5 years | 155% | 89.6% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.93 | 0.80 |
| Employees | – | 1,000 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 13 (better) | 11 |
| Valuation score | 0 | 0 |
| Growth score | 2 (better) | 1 |
| Performance score | 6 | 6 |
| Health score | 5 (better) | 4 |
| Dividend score | 0 | 0 |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 7.0% | 7.8% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 33.7% (better) | 22.1% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 21.5% (better) | 17.8% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 21.7% | – |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 102% | – |
| Profitability | ||
| Operating margin | 65.6% (better) | 56.8% |
| Net margin | 60.1% (better) | 54.3% |
| Return on equity | 29.7% (better) | 23.2% |
| Return on invested capital | 21.9% (better) | 21.0% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.40 | 0.35 (better) |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 0.20 (better) | 0.51 |
| Interest coverage | 10.3× | – |
| Current ratio | 5.46 (better) | 2.13 |
| Piotroski F-score | 5 | 6 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Payout ratio | 13.8% | 18.3% |
| Years of dividend growth | 3 | – |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by insiders | 21.9% | 10.9% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$343K (better) | −$5.4M |
| Short interest, % of float | 0.64% | 1.7% |
Go deeper
- ESEA stock overview
- ESEA income statement
- ESEA valuation and score
- GSL stock overview
- GSL income statement
- GSL valuation and score
For information only, not investment advice. Check the source filings before relying on any figure.