Global Ship Lease (NYSE:GSL – Get Free Report) and Castor Maritime (NASDAQ:CTRM – Get Free Report) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, earnings, valuation and institutional ownership.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Global Ship Lease and Castor Maritime”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Global Ship Lease | $760.76 million | 1.99 | $416.45 million | $10.40 | 4.05 |
| Castor Maritime | $90.35 million | 0.17 | $19.27 million | $1.61 | 0.98 |
Global Ship Lease has higher revenue and earnings than Castor Maritime. Castor Maritime is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Global Ship Lease, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Profitability
This table compares Global Ship Lease and Castor Maritime’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Global Ship Lease | 49.10% | 19.92% | 12.81% |
| Castor Maritime | 109.09% | 4.69% | 3.51% |
Risk and Volatility
Global Ship Lease has a beta of 0.98, meaning that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Castor Maritime has a beta of 1.3, meaning that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Global Ship Lease and Castor Maritime, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Global Ship Lease | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3.00 |
| Castor Maritime | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
Global Ship Lease presently has a consensus target price of $51.00, suggesting a potential upside of 20.96%. Given Global Ship Lease’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Global Ship Lease is more favorable than Castor Maritime.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
50.1% of Global Ship Lease shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.1% of Castor Maritime shares are held by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Global Ship Lease beats Castor Maritime on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Global Ship Lease
Global Ship Lease, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in owning and chartering of containerships under fixed-rate charters to container shipping companies worldwide. As of March 11, 2024, it owned 68 mid-sized and smaller containerships, ranging from 2,207 to 11,040 twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU), with an aggregate capacity of 375,406 TEU. The company was founded in 2007 and is based in Athens, Greece.
About Castor Maritime
Castor Maritime Inc. provides shipping services worldwide. The company operates through Dry Bulk Vessels and Containerships segments. It offers seaborne transportation services for dry bulk cargo; and commodities, such as iron ore, coal, soybeans, etc. As of December 31, 2023, the company owned and operated a fleet of 17 vessels primarily consisting of one Capesize, five Kamsarmax, two Handysize tanker vessels, and nine Panamax dry bulk vessels, as well as two 2,700 TEU containership vessels. Castor Maritime Inc. was incorporated in 2017 and is based in Limassol, Cyprus.
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