GrafTech International (EAF) Stock Forecast, Price & News

4 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for GrafTech International in the last year. There are currently 4 hold ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "hold" EAF shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in EAF, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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4 analysts have issued 12 month target prices for GrafTech International's shares. Their EAF share price forecasts range from $4.00 to $5.00. On average, they anticipate the company's share price to reach $4.50 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 20.0% from the stock's current price.
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GrafTech International's stock was trading at $4.76 at the start of the year. Since then, EAF stock has decreased by 21.2% and is now trading at $3.75.
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GrafTech International saw a drop in short interest in the month of August. As of August 15th, there was short interest totaling 5,650,000 shares, a drop of 8.6% from the July 31st total of 6,180,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,540,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 3.7 days. Approximately 2.9% of the company's shares are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, November 3rd 2023.
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GrafTech International Ltd. (NYSE:EAF) posted its earnings results on Friday, August, 4th. The company reported ($0.02) earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of ($0.01) by $0.01. The company earned $185.60 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $177.18 million. GrafTech International had a net margin of 14.68% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 40.42%. GrafTech International's revenue for the quarter was down 49.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $0.44 earnings per share.

GrafTech International declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, May 10th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, May 31st will be given a dividend of $0.01 per share on Friday, June 30th. This represents a $0.04 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.07%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, May 30th.
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ETFs with the largest weight of GrafTech International (NYSE:EAF) stock in their portfolio include The Acquirers Fund (ZIG), Euclidean Fundamental Value ETF (ECML) and Global X Disruptive Materials ETF (DMAT).WisdomTree U.S. SmallCap Fund (EES).

GrafTech International (NYSE:EAF) pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.10%. The dividend payout ratio is 8.00%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, EAF will have a dividend payout ratio of 10.81% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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(EAF) raised $850 million in an initial public offering on Thursday, April 19th 2018. The company issued 37,800,000 shares at $21.00-$24.00 per share. J.P. Morgan and Credit Suisse acted as the underwriters for the IPO and Citigroup, RBC Capital Markets, HSBC, BMO Capital MarketsBNP PARIBAS, CIBC Capital Markets and National Bank Financial were co-managers.

GrafTech International trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "EAF."

GrafTech International's stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BROOKFIELD Corp ON (24.91%), BlackRock Inc. (5.25%), Yacktman Asset Management LP (3.61%), William Blair Investment Management LLC (1.94%), Mackenzie Financial Corp (1.63%) and State Street Corp (1.61%). Insiders that own company stock include David J Rintoul, Gp Ltd Bcp, Jean-Marc Germain and Private Funds Holdi Brookfield.
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Shares of EAF stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of EAF stock can currently be purchased for approximately $3.75.

GrafTech International (NYSE:EAF) has a market capitalization of $963.04 million and generates $1.28 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $382.96 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.50 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 1,347 workers across the globe.

GrafTech International's mailing address is 982 KEYNOTE CIRCLE, BROOKLYN HEIGHTS OH, 44131. The official website for the company is www.graftech.com. The company can be reached via phone at (216) 676-2000, via email at meredith.bandy@graftech.com, or via fax at 440-753-1491.