GNL Stock — Global Net Lease, Inc.

Global Net Lease, Inc. (GNL)

Updated October 16, 2026.

GNL is a Stock. its distribution rate is 10.23%, its trailing-12-month yield is 10.23%. Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ is 51/100 (Caution). Total return is -9.4% over the past 11.4 years, 345.7 points behind SPY at 336.3%.

GNL performance versus SPY

Price and return data through 2026-10-16.

Total return is -9.4% over the past 11.4 years, 345.7 points behind SPY at 336.3%. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is 4.3%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 20.4%.

GNL key facts

Distribution Safety Score™

51 · Caution

Safety-Adjusted Yield

5.22%

Asset type

Stock

Asset class

Equity

Inception date

06/02/2015

Distribution rate

10.23%

Distribution frequency

Quarterly

Trailing yield

10.23%

5-year average yield

12.21

Last close

$7.43 (as of 2026-10-16)

Market cap

$1,718,691,678

Average volume

3712678.0

Dividend

$0.19

Ex-dividend date

10/09/2026

Payment date

10/16/2026

Beta

1.023

Payout ratio

2.4%

EPS

$-0.28

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (10.23%) uses calculation basis unavailable. Issuer rates can use a different denominator and date, including ex-date NAV. Trailing-12-month yield (10.23%) is the sum of split-adjusted cash distributions with ex-dates in the last 12 months, divided by the published price. It lags a recent raise or cut. Total return uses split-adjusted close with distributions reinvested on the ex-dividend date (a modeling convention, not the cash-settlement date) from the first stored bar on or after inception through the latest bar, compared with the same window on the benchmark. That is the security's total return, not your personal gain/loss.

Yield and safety methodology · Distribution rate methodology · Distribution Safety Score methodology

Sources and review

Primary sources: prices and distributions from Dividend Vision, derived from vendor EOD data.

Reviewed by Bert Sweet, CEO and Co-owner of Dividend Vision. Methodology: Distribution Safety Score.

GNL risks and drawbacks

Payments are quarterly, so cash flow is lumpy versus a monthly fund. Total return has trailed SPY over the available window. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 20.4%.

Who may consider GNL — and who may not

It is a weaker fit for investors who need monthly cash flow (GNL pays quarterly); investors whose main goal is matching SPY total return. This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

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