In the last trading session, 18.56 million GrafTech International Ltd (NYSE:EAF) shares changed hands as the company’s beta touched 0.90. With the company’s per share price at $1.25 changed hands at $0.23 or 22.55% during last session, the market valuation stood at $321.58M. EAF’s last price was a discount, traded about -102.4% off its 52-week high of $2.53. The share price had its 52-week low at $0.52, which suggests the last value was 58.4% up since then.
Analysts gave the GrafTech International Ltd (EAF) stock a consensus recommendation rating of Buy, calculated at a mean rating of 3.00. If we narrow down to specifics, the data shows that 1 out of 3 analysts rate the stock as a Sell, with a further 0 assigning it an Overweight rating. Of the remaining, 1 recommended EAF as a Hold, 1 felt it is a Buy and 0 rated the stock as Underweight. GrafTech International Ltd’s EPS for the current quarter is expected to be -0.13.
GrafTech International Ltd (NYSE:EAF) trade information
Instantly EAF was in green as seen at the end of in last trading. With action 13.64%, the performance over the past five days has been green. The company’s shares are showing year-to-date downside of -27.75%, with the 5-day performance at 13.64% in the green. However, in the 30-day time frame, GrafTech International Ltd (NYSE:EAF) is -24.70% down.
The consensus price target for the stock as assigned by Wall Street analysts is 2, meaning bulls need an upside of 37.5% from its current market value. According to analyst projections, EAF’s forecast low is 2 with 2 as the target high. To hit the forecast high, the stock’s price needs a -60.0% plunge from its current level, while the stock would need to soar -60.0% for it to hit the projected low.
GrafTech International Ltd (EAF) estimates and forecasts
Year-over-year growth is forecast to reach -0.88% down from the last financial year.
Consensus estimates given by 3 financial analysts project the company’s revenue in the current quarter to hit an average of 122.33M. 2 analysts are of the opinion that GrafTech International Ltd’s revenue for the current quarter will be 130.38M. The company’s revenue for the corresponding quarters a year ago was 136.58M and 137.33M respectively. According to analysts, the company will likely register a growth in its current quarter sales, forecast at -10.43%. The estimates for the next quarter sales put growth at -5.06%.
The 2025 estimates are for GrafTech International Ltd earnings to decrease by -25.59%.
GrafTech International Ltd (NYSE:EAF)’s Major holders
GRANTHAM, MAYO, VAN OTTERLOO & CO. LLC holds the second largest percentage of outstanding shares, with 8.8345% or 22.77 million shares worth $22.09 million as of 2024-06-30.
Among Mutual Funds, the top two as of Oct 31, 2024 were Fidelity Low-Priced Stock Fund and iShares Russell 2000 ETF. With 17.72 shares estimated at $22.15 million under it, the former controlled 6.89% of total outstanding shares. On the other hand, iShares Russell 2000 ETF held about 2.86% of the shares, roughly 7.35 shares worth around $9.19 million.
