NYSE:EAF - GrafTech International Stock Price, News, Headlines & Rumors

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

GrafTech International declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, August 6th. Investors of record on Friday, August 31st will be paid a dividend of $0.085 per share on Friday, September 28th. This represents a $0.34 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.94%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, August 30th. View GrafTech International's Dividend History.

GrafTech International Ltd (NYSE:EAF) announced its quarterly earnings results on Friday, August, 3rd. The company reported $0.67 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.60 by $0.07. The company had revenue of $456.30 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $417 million. GrafTech International had a negative return on equity of 1,837.51% and a net margin of 38.52%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 292.3% compared to the same quarter last year. View GrafTech International's Earnings History.

GrafTech International is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, November, 2nd 2018. View Earnings Estimates for GrafTech International.

7 analysts have issued 12-month price targets for GrafTech International's shares. Their predictions range from $23.00 to $29.00. On average, they expect GrafTech International's share price to reach $26.60 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 51.6% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for GrafTech International.

7 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for GrafTech International in the last year. There are currently 7 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for GrafTech International.

GrafTech International saw a decrease in short interest during the month of July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totalling 9,492,342 shares, a decrease of 11.7% from the July 13th total of 10,753,474 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 673,721 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 14.1 days. Currently, 24.9% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View GrafTech International's Current Options Chain.

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(EAF) raised $850 million in an IPO 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's lock-up period expires on Tuesday, October 16th. GrafTech International had issued 35,000,000 shares in its public offering on April 19th. The total size of the offering was $525,000,000 based on an initial share price of $15.00. After the expiration of the company's lock-up period, restrictions preventing company insiders and major shareholders from selling shares in the company will be lifted.

Media coverage about EAF stock has trended positive recently, according to Accern Sentiment Analysis. The research firm rates the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than twenty million news and blog sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. GrafTech International earned a daily sentiment score of 0.28 on Accern's scale. They also gave media stories about the company an impact score of 47.74 out of 100, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the immediate future. View Recent Headlines for GrafTech International.

GrafTech International's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Boston Partners (2.55%), Federated Investors Inc. PA (1.26%), Millennium Management LLC (1.13%), Indus Capital Partners LLC (0.75%), Jennison Associates LLC (0.71%) and BlackRock Inc. (0.46%). Company insiders that own GrafTech International stock include Anthony R Taccone and Gp Ltd Bcp. View Institutional Ownership Trends for GrafTech International.

EAF stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Boston Partners, Federated Investors Inc. PA, Millennium Management LLC, Indus Capital Partners LLC, Jennison Associates LLC, BlackRock Inc., Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P. and Luminus Management LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for GrafTech International.

Shares of EAF can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of EAF stock can currently be purchased for approximately $17.55.

GrafTech International has a market capitalization of $5.88 billion and generates $550.77 million in revenue each year. GrafTech International employs 1,310 workers across the globe.

GrafTech International's mailing address is 982 KEYNOTE CIRCLE, BROOKLYN HEIGHTS OH, 44131. The company can be reached via phone at 216-676-2000 or via email at [email protected]