GrafTech International - EAF Stock Forecast, Price & News

4 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for GrafTech International in the last twelve months. There are currently 3 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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4 brokers have issued 1 year target prices for GrafTech International's shares. Their EAF share price forecasts range from $7.00 to $13.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $8.63 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 96.0% from the stock's current price.
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GrafTech International's stock was trading at $11.83 at the start of the year. Since then, EAF stock has decreased by 62.8% and is now trading at $4.40.
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GrafTech International saw a drop in short interest in August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 5,340,000 shares, a drop of 21.6% from the August 15th total of 6,810,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 2,100,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.5 days. Approximately 2.8% 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 4th 2022.
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GrafTech International Ltd. (NYSE:EAF) issued its earnings results on Friday, August, 5th. The company reported $0.44 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.41 by $0.03. The business had revenue of $363.60 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $370.67 million. GrafTech International had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 807.51% and a net margin of 34.75%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 9.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $0.43 earnings per share.

GrafTech International announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, August 18th. Investors of record on Wednesday, August 31st will be given a dividend of $0.01 per share on Friday, September 30th. This represents a $0.04 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.91%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, August 30th.
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GrafTech International (NYSE:EAF) pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.86%. The dividend payout ratio is 2.11%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, EAF will have a dividend payout ratio of 3.31% 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 institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include FMR LLC (8.67%), Grantham Mayo Van Otterloo & Co. LLC (3.19%), Yacktman Asset Management LP (1.99%), State Street Corp (1.50%), William Blair Investment Management LLC (1.35%) and Millennium Management LLC (1.24%). Insiders that own company stock include Anthony R Taccone, 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 $4.40.

GrafTech International (NYSE:EAF) has a market capitalization of $1.14 billion and generates $1.35 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $388.33 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.90 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 1,353 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.