GrafTech International - EAF Stock Forecast, Price & News

3 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for GrafTech International in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities 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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3 brokers have issued 12 month price objectives for GrafTech International's shares. Their EAF share price forecasts range from $7.00 to $13.00. On average, they anticipate the company's share price to reach $9.17 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 31.0% 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 40.8% and is now trading at $7.00.
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GrafTech International saw a decrease in short interest during the month of July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totaling 5,280,000 shares, a decrease of 10.2% from the July 15th total of 5,880,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 2,140,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.5 days. Approximately 2.7% of the company's stock 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 quarterly earnings results on Friday, August, 5th. The company reported $0.44 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.41 by $0.03. The firm earned $363.60 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $370.67 million. GrafTech International had a net margin of 34.75% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 807.51%. GrafTech International's revenue was up 9.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm earned $0.43 EPS.

GrafTech International announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, May 12th. Investors of record on Tuesday, May 31st will be paid a dividend of $0.01 per share on Thursday, June 30th. This represents a $0.04 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.57%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, May 27th.
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GrafTech International (NYSE:EAF) pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.56%. 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 IPO on Thursday, April 19th 2018. The company issued 37,800,000 shares at a price of $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 institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders 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 $7.00.

GrafTech International (NYSE:EAF) has a market capitalization of $1.82 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.