Global Net Lease, Inc. (GNL) Stock

Global Net Lease, Inc. (GNL) is a Real Estate stock trading at $9.03 (as of 2026-08-21), with a market capitalization of $1.90B. Figures are sourced from first-party U.S. SEC EDGAR filings and market data.

Global Net Lease, Inc. (NYSE: GNL) is a publicly traded real estate investment trust listed on the NYSE focused on acquiring a diversified global portfolio of commercial properties, with an emphasis on sale-leaseback transactions involving single tenant, mission critical income producing net-leased assets across the United States, Western and Northern Europe.

Understand Global Net Lease, Inc.: how it makes money

Global Net Lease, Inc. acquires commercial properties and leases them out on a net basis, with an emphasis on sale-leaseback deals (often single-tenant, mission critical assets), and makes money primarily from rental income generated by those leased properties.

Because the company focuses on acquiring net-leased commercial properties through sale-leasebacks, its profit model is driven by how much annualized straight-line rent its leased assets produce across its property types.

Business quality (Mixed): The provided data does not include a clean, reportable segment revenue breakdown, so segment visibility is limited to annualized straight-line rent by property type rather than revenue.

Bull case

  • Net-lease, sale-leaseback focus can support recurring income: The business is centered on acquiring a diversified portfolio of commercial properties, with an emphasis on sale-leaseback transactions involving single-tenant, mission critical, net-leased assets.
  • Rent levels are tracked by property type: The operational metrics provided include annualized straight-line rent for industrial and distribution, multi-tenant suburban retail, single-tenant retail, and single-tenant office.

Bear case

  • Cash flows depend on leased asset performance and tenant rent obligations: Since income is tied to leases on net-leased properties, tenant performance and lease terms can impact the consistency of rental income.
  • Limited segment revenue disclosure in the provided facts: Only annualized straight-line rent figures by property type are available here, which limits how directly an investor can map property type to revenue.
Valuation — source: SEC EDGAR (first-party)
Price$9.03
Market Cap$1.90B
EV / EBITDA4.9
Price / Book1.26
Price / Sales4.14
DCF Value (model)$10.99
DCF Upside vs Price21.7%
Profitability & Growth — source: SEC EDGAR
Revenue (TTM)$495.29M
Net Margin-45.5%
Revenue Growth (YoY)-10.0%
EPS Growth (YoY)-75.0%
Valuation vs Sector & Industry
Sector P/E (Real Estate)27.2
Industry P/E (Trading)35.3
Smart-Money Activity — SEC Form 4 / 13F / Congressional disclosures
Top Institutional HolderBlackRock, Inc. ($293.07M)
Institutional Holders Tracked10
Company
SectorReal Estate
IndustryTrading
CEOEdward Michael Weil Jr.
Employees73
CountryUS
IPO Date2015-06-02

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Data as of 2026-08-21.

Figures sourced from U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC EDGAR) filings and market data. Not personalized investment advice.