In the last trading session, 3.28 million shares of the GrafTech International Ltd (NYSE:EAF) were traded, and its beta was 1.09. Most recently the company’s share price was $1.08, and it changed around $0.07 or 6.93% from the last close, which brings the market valuation of the company to $277.85M. EAF currently trades at a discount to its 52-week high of $2.53, offering almost -134.26% off that amount. The share price’s 52-week low was $0.52, which indicates that the current value has risen by an impressive 51.85% since then. We note from GrafTech International Ltd’s average daily trading volume that its 10-day average is 2.57 million shares, with the 3-month average coming to 2.60 million.
GrafTech International Ltd stock received a consensus recommendation rating of Hold, based on a mean score of 3.00. If we narrow it down even further, the data shows that 0 out of 5 analysts rate the stock as a Sell; another 0 rate it as Overweight. Among the rest, 5 recommended EAF as a Hold, whereas 0 deemed it a Buy, and 0 rated it as Underweight.
GrafTech International Ltd (NYSE:EAF) trade information
Instantly EAF has showed a green trend with a performance of 6.93% at the end of last trading. The performance over the last five days has remained in the green territory. The rise to weekly highs of 1.1400 on recent trading dayincreased the stock’s daily price by 5.26%. The company’s shares are currently down -37.57% year-to-date, but still up 5.88% over the last five days. On the other hand, GrafTech International Ltd (NYSE:EAF) is -10.00% down in the 30-day period. We can see from the shorts that 14.23 million shares have been sold at a short interest cover period of 3.64 day(s).
The consensus price target as assigned by Wall Street analysts is $2, which translates to bulls needing to increase their stock price by 46.0% from its current value. Analyst projections state that EAF is forecast to be at a low of $2 and a high of $2.
EAF Dividends
GrafTech International Ltd’s next quarterly earnings report is expected to be released on 2025-Feb-06. The average dividend yield for the past five years averaged 1.41 per year.
GrafTech International Ltd (NYSE:EAF)’s Major holders
Upon looking at major shareholders, it appears that insiders hold 27.98% of GrafTech International Ltd shares, and 67.64% of them are in the hands of institutional investors. The stock currently has a share float of 93.92%. GrafTech International Ltd stock is held by 178.0 institutions, with FMR LLC being the largest institutional investor. By 2024-06-30, it held 14.9192% of the shares, which is about 38.4 million shares worth $37.25 million.
GRANTHAM, MAYO, VAN OTTERLOO & CO. LLC, with 8.8345% or 22.77 million shares worth $22.09 million as of 2024-06-30, holds the second largest percentage of outstanding shares.
Fidelity Low-Priced Stock Fund and Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund were the top two Mutual Funds as of Dec 31, 2024 . The former held 15.87 shares worth $17.14 million, making up 6.17% of all outstanding shares. On the other hand, Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund held roughly 7.14 shares worth around $7.72 million, which represents about 2.78% of the total shares outstanding.
