NYSE:EAFGrafTech International Stock Price, Forecast & News

GrafTech International's stock was trading at $6.94 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, EAF stock has increased by 8.4% and is now trading at $7.52. 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) announced its earnings results on Wednesday, May, 6th. The company reported $0.45 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.56 by $0.11. The business had revenue of $318.65 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $353 million. GrafTech International had a negative return on equity of 99.61% and a net margin of 40.96%. GrafTech International's revenue was down 32.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $0.68 EPS. View GrafTech International's earnings history.

GrafTech International announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, May 7th. Stockholders 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 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.53%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 28th. View GrafTech International's dividend history.

4 brokerages have issued 1-year price objectives for GrafTech International's stock. Their forecasts range from $7.00 to $15.00. On average, they expect GrafTech International's share price to reach $12.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 59.6% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for GrafTech International.

News articles about EAF stock have trended somewhat positive recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. GrafTech International earned a daily sentiment score of 1.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the company a news buzz of 6.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term. View the latest news aboutGrafTech International.

GrafTech International saw a decrease in short interest during the month of April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 13,240,000 shares, a decrease of 6.0% from the April 15th total of 14,090,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 2,490,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 5.3 days. Currently, 19.1% of the shares of the company are short sold. View GrafTech International's Current Options Chain.

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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 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 many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Yacktman Asset Management LP (1.96%), BlackRock Inc. (0.95%), AQR Capital Management LLC (0.75%), Schroder Investment Management Group (0.60%), Raymond James & Associates (0.56%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.43%). 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 Morgan Stanley, AQR Capital Management LLC, Reinhart Partners Inc., Loomis Sayles & Co. L P, Victory Capital Management Inc., Victory Capital Management Inc., Bank of New York Mellon Corp, and BlackRock Inc.. View insider buying and selling activity for GrafTech International.

EAF stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Yacktman Asset Management LP, Raymond James & Associates, Grantham Mayo Van Otterloo & Co. LLC, ZWJ Investment Counsel Inc., Investment Counselors of Maryland LLC, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Mondrian Investment Partners LTD, and Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V.. View insider buying and selling activity for GrafTech International.

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One share of EAF stock can currently be purchased for approximately $7.52.

GrafTech International has a market capitalization of $2.01 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]