NYSE:EAF - GrafTech International Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

GrafTech International announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, February 5th. Stockholders of record on Friday, February 28th will be paid a dividend of $0.085 per share on Tuesday, March 31st. This represents a $0.34 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.42%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, February 27th. View GrafTech International's Dividend History.

GrafTech International Ltd (NYSE:EAF) announced its earnings results on Thursday, February, 6th. The company reported $0.61 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.55 by $0.06. The firm earned $414.61 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $402.45 million. GrafTech International had a net margin of 41.58% and a negative return on equity of 101.61%. The business's revenue was down 22.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company posted $0.79 earnings per share. View GrafTech International's Earnings History.

GrafTech International is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, May 6th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for GrafTech International.

3 brokers have issued 1 year price targets for GrafTech International's stock. Their forecasts range from $11.00 to $14.00. On average, they anticipate GrafTech International's share price to reach $12.33 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 24.2% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for GrafTech International.

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

News coverage about EAF stock has trended extremely negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm rates the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. GrafTech International earned a daily sentiment score of -4.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for GrafTech International.

GrafTech International saw a drop in short interest in the month of January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 15,810,000 shares, a drop of 6.7% from the January 15th total of 16,950,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 2,310,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 6.8 days. Currently, 17.5% of the shares of the stock 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 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 stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Brookfield Asset Management Inc. (68.81%), Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P. (1.21%), River Road Asset Management LLC (1.06%), AQR Capital Management LLC (0.96%), Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (0.90%) and Yacktman Asset Management LP (0.79%). 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 sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Brookfield Asset Management Inc., Anchor Bolt Capital LP, River Road Asset Management LLC, Jennison Associates LLC, Raymond James & Associates, Marshall Wace North America L.P., Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P. and Schroder Investment Management Group. View Insider Buying and Selling for GrafTech International.

EAF stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Laurion Capital Management LP, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Copper Rock Capital Partners LLC, MERIAN GLOBAL INVESTORS UK Ltd, MERIAN GLOBAL INVESTORS UK Ltd, Loomis Sayles & Co. L P, Victory Capital Management Inc. and Man Group plc. 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of EAF stock can currently be purchased for approximately $9.93.

GrafTech International has a market capitalization of $2.88 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 1,387 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About GrafTech International.

The official website for GrafTech International is http://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]