GrafTech International Ltd (NYSE:EAF) has a beta value of -85.80% and has seen 2.71 shares traded in the last trading session. The company, currently valued at $294.25M, closed the last trade at $1.23 per share which meant it gained $0.08 on the day or 1.14% during that session. The EAF stock price is -105.69% off its 52-week high price of $2.53 and 57.72% above the 52-week low of $0.52. If we look at the company’s 10-day average daily trading volume, we find that it stood at 2.53 million shares traded. The 3-month trading volume is 2.15 shares.
The consensus among analysts is that GrafTech International Ltd (EAF) is Buy stock at the moment, with a recommendation rating of 53.80. 1 analysts rate the stock as a Sell, while 0 rate it as Overweight. 1 out of 3 have rated it as a Hold, with 1 advising it as a Buy. 0 have rated the stock as Underweight. The expected earnings per share for the stock is -0.1.
GrafTech International Ltd (NYSE:EAF) trade information
Sporting 1.14% in the green in last session, the stock has traded in the red over the last five days, with the highest price hit on recent trading when the EAF stock price touched $1.23 or saw a rise of 7.51%. Year-to-date, GrafTech International Ltd shares have moved 11.76%, while the 5-day performance has seen it change -5.00%. Over the past 30 days, the shares of GrafTech International Ltd (NYSE:EAF) have changed 9.62%. Short interest in the company has seen 14.55 million shares shorted with days to cover at 5.19.
Wall Street analysts have a consensus price target for the stock at $6, which means that the shares’ value could jump 79.5% from current levels. The projected low price target is $2.0 while the price target rests at a high of $13.0. In that case, then, we find that the current price level is -956.91% off the targeted high while a plunge would see the stock gain -62.6% from current levels.
GrafTech International Ltd (EAF) estimates and forecasts
The company’s shares have lost -43.00% over the past 6 months. Revenue growth from the last financial year stood is estimated to be -1.70%.
4 analysts offering their estimates for the company have set an average revenue estimate of 130.44M for the current quarter. 3 have an estimated revenue figure of 144.17M for the next ending quarter. Year-ago sales stood 137.33M and 130.65M respectively for this quarter and the next, and analysts expect sales will shrink by -5.02% for the current quarter and -1.70% for the next.
If we evaluate the company’s growth over the last 5-year and for the next 5-year period, we find that annual earnings growth was – – over the past 5 years.
EAF Dividends
GrafTech International Ltd is expected to release its next earnings report on 2025-Apr-25 this year, and investors are excited at the prospect of better dividends despite the company’s debt issue.
GrafTech International Ltd (NYSE:EAF)’s Major holders
Insiders own 29.79% of the company shares, while shares held by institutions stand at 56.62% with a share float percentage of 80.64%. Investors are also buoyed by the number of investors in a company, with GrafTech International Ltd having a total of 171.0 institutions that hold shares in the company. The top two institutional holders are FMR LLC with over 38.4 million shares worth more than $37.25 million. As of 2024-06-30, FMR LLC held 14.8977% of shares outstanding.
The other major institutional holder is GRANTHAM, MAYO, VAN OTTERLOO & CO. LLC, with the holding of over 22.77 million shares as of 2024-06-30. The firm’s total holdings are worth over $22.09 million and represent 8.8345% of shares outstanding.
