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 declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, February 5th. Investors 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 annualized dividend and a yield of 4.08%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, February 27th. View GrafTech International's Dividend History.

GrafTech International Ltd (NYSE:EAF) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February, 6th. The company reported $0.61 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.55 by $0.06. The business had revenue of $414.61 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $402.45 million. GrafTech International had a negative return on equity of 101.61% and a net margin of 41.58%. The company's revenue was down 22.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $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 12 month price objectives for GrafTech International's shares. Their forecasts range from $11.00 to $14.00. On average, they expect GrafTech International's share price to reach $12.33 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 48.1% 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.

Headlines about EAF stock have been trending somewhat positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie scores the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public 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 1.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave headlines about the company a news buzz of 3.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near future. View News Stories for GrafTech International.

GrafTech International saw a increase in short interest during the month of February. As of February 14th, there was short interest totalling 17,190,000 shares, an increase of 8.7% from the January 30th total of 15,810,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 2,570,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 6.7 days. Approximately 19.0% 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 (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'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 $8.33.

GrafTech International has a market capitalization of $2.24 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]