GrafTech International (EAF) Stock Forecast, Price & News

5 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for GrafTech International in the last twelve months. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street 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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5 brokerages have issued 1 year target prices for GrafTech International's shares. Their EAF share price forecasts range from $4.00 to $13.00. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $7.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 56.3% from the stock's current price.
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GrafTech International's stock was trading at $4.76 at the beginning of the year. Since then, EAF shares have decreased by 5.9% and is now trading at $4.48.
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GrafTech International saw a increase in short interest during the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 6,660,000 shares, an increase of 17.0% from the April 30th total of 5,690,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,550,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 4.3 days. Approximately 3.5% of the shares of the company are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, August 4th 2023.
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GrafTech International Ltd. (NYSE:EAF) posted its quarterly earnings results on Friday, April, 28th. The company reported ($0.02) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of ($0.01) by $0.01. The firm had revenue of $138.80 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $123 million. GrafTech International had a net margin of 23.86% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 87.51%. The business's quarterly revenue was down 62.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $0.48 EPS.

GrafTech International announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, May 10th. Investors 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 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.89%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend 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), Long Cramer Tracker ETF (LJIM), Roundhill Acquirers Deep Value ETF (DEEP), Global X Disruptive Materials ETF (DMAT), First Trust Small Cap Value AlphaDEX Fund (FYT), First Trust Active Factor Small Cap ETF (AFSM), Royce Quant Small-Cap Quality Value ETF (SQLV) and First Trust Active Factor Mid Cap ETF (AFMC).

GrafTech International (NYSE:EAF) pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.90%. The dividend payout ratio is 4.12%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, EAF will have a dividend payout ratio of 6.35% 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 (IPO) on Thursday, April 19th 2018. The company issued 37,800,000 shares at a price of $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 number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include FMR LLC (14.94%), Grantham Mayo Van Otterloo & Co. LLC (7.13%), BlackRock Inc. (4.98%), Yacktman Asset Management LP (3.32%), William Blair Investment Management LLC (1.90%) and Mackenzie Financial Corp (1.62%). 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 $4.48.

GrafTech International (NYSE:EAF) has a market capitalization of $1.15 billion and generates $1.28 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $382.96 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.97 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.