NYSE:EAFGrafTech International Stock Price, Forecast & News

GrafTech International's stock was trading at $6.94 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, EAF shares have increased by 12.7% and is now trading at $7.82. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

4 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for GrafTech International in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for GrafTech International.

GrafTech International is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, July 29th 2020. View our earnings forecast for GrafTech International.

GrafTech International Ltd (NYSE:EAF) posted its earnings results on Wednesday, May, 6th. The company reported $0.45 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.56 by $0.11. The firm earned $318.65 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $353 million. GrafTech International had a net margin of 40.96% and a negative return on equity of 99.61%. The company's revenue was down 32.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $0.68 earnings per share. View GrafTech International's earnings history.

GrafTech International announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, May 7th. Shareholders of record on Friday, May 29th will be given a dividend of $0.01 per share on Tuesday, June 30th. This represents a $0.04 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.51%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, May 28th. View GrafTech International's dividend history.

4 analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for GrafTech International's stock. Their forecasts range from $7.00 to $15.00. On average, they expect GrafTech International's stock price to reach $12.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 53.5% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for GrafTech International.

News stories about EAF stock have trended somewhat negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group identifies positive and negative news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. GrafTech International earned a daily sentiment score of -1.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave headlines about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next several days. View the latest news about GrafTech International.

GrafTech International saw a increase in short interest during the month of June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totaling 15,490,000 shares, an increase of 15.9% from the May 31st total of 13,360,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,830,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 8.5 days. Currently, 22.8% of the company's shares are short sold. View GrafTech International's Current Options Chain.

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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 $21.00-$24.00 per share. J.P. Morgan and Credit Suisse served 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 retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Reinhart Partners Inc. (0.20%). 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 purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Reinhart Partners Inc.. View insider buying and selling activity for GrafTech International.

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One share of EAF stock can currently be purchased for approximately $7.82.

GrafTech International has a market capitalization of $2.09 billion and generates $1.79 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $744.60 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.58 on an earnings per share basis. GrafTech International employs 1,346 workers across the globe.

The official website for GrafTech International is www.graftech.com.

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]