Stocks · Industrials · Electrical Equipment & Parts
GrafTech International Ltd. EAF
$9.44 +4.08% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $245.9M
Expensive vs sectorHigh risk
Next earnings report: Oct 23, 2026
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Three things to know
- The diluted share count fell 89.9% in a year, mainly through buybacks.
- The stock is 52% below its highest close of the past year.
- Over the past year the stock returned -26.9%, behind the S&P 500 by 42.0 percentage points.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Industrials sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 23%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 2%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 35%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 12%
- Gross marginBottom 3%
- Operating marginBottom 11%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 19%
- Interest coverBottom 21%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 3%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 4%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 14%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 42%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 8%
- 6-month returnTop 14%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 19%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 16%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 27%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 17%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 16%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 2%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 2%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 5%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 8%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 15%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 0.7% | 0.9% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | -4.8% | -5.7% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | -16.6% | -17.5% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | -23.4% | -22.9% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 0.9% | 0.7% | ↑ | Bottom 23% |
| Gross margin | -5.7% | -4.8% | ↓ | Bottom 3% |
| Operating margin | -17.5% | -16.6% | ↓ | Bottom 11% |
| Net margin | -34.6% | -41.6% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | -22.9% | -23.4% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | -9.8% | — | Bottom 12% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -26.7% | — | Bottom 2% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -9.9%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 1.1%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -16.9 pp
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- -0.9×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- -0.23%
- Shareholder yield
- -0.23%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -89.9%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -53.3%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 24, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 0
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 2 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- -35.5%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -3.2%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 2 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $7.50
- Target vs current price
- -20.6%
- Analysts with a rating
- 9
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 11%
- Consensus rating
- Hold
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 2026 | -0.7% | +4.8% | -8.6% | -5.9% | — |
| May 1, 2026 | -64.0% | +0.5% | +5.3% | +17.4% | -9.6% |
| Feb 6, 2026 | -92.9% | -46.2% | -55.7% | -62.8% | -41.2% |
| Oct 24, 2025 | +15.6% | -2.1% | -26.9% | -31.1% | +1.8% |
| Jul 25, 2025 | -30.5% | +14.1% | +3.0% | -30.4% | +31.1% |
| Apr 25, 2025 | +13.3% | +7.8% | -9.0% | +47.2% | +109.8% |
| Feb 7, 2025 | -6.7% | -9.4% | -26.2% | -22.1% | -60.4% |
| Nov 12, 2024 | -828.6% | +5.3% | +1.4% | -3.4% | -44.9% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 2026 | -$1.47 | -$1.46 | -0.7% | $127.4M |
| May 1, 2026 | -$2.05 | -$1.25 | -64.0% | $125.1M |
| Feb 6, 2026 | -$2.45 | -$1.27 | -92.9% | $116.5M |
| Oct 24, 2025 | -$1.03 | -$1.22 | +15.6% | $144.0M |
| Jul 25, 2025 | -$1.60 | -$1.23 | -30.5% | $131.8M |
| Apr 25, 2025 | -$1.30 | -$1.50 | +13.3% | $111.8M |
| Feb 7, 2025 | -$1.30 | -$1.22 | -6.7% | $134.2M |
| Nov 12, 2024 | -$1.30 | -$0.14 | -828.6% | $130.7M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EV / Sales | 2.53× | — | — | Bottom 42% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | -47.74% | — | — | Bottom 4% |
| Earnings yield | -72.03% | — | — | Bottom 3% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 25.5× – 95.1× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✓ Price above 20-day average
- ✓ Price above 50-day average
- ✓ Price above 200-day average
- ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 14
- Days above the 200-day average
- 1
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- +12.1%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -6.7%
- Distance from 50-day average
- +22.2%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +3.3%
- RSI (14)
- 56.6
- Relative volume
- 0.35×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 100.9%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 75th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.75
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.26
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -52.4%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -86.3%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 2021 | Mar 12, 2026 | -96.2% | 1210 days | Not yet recovered |
| Jan 12, 2021 | Feb 1, 2021 | -19.5% | 13 days | 6 days (Feb 9, 2021) |
| Dec 8, 2020 | Dec 22, 2020 | -16.3% | 10 days | 5 days (Dec 30, 2020) |
| Oct 14, 2020 | Nov 4, 2020 | -16.1% | 15 days | 4 days (Nov 10, 2020) |
| Mar 11, 2021 | Mar 24, 2021 | -13.6% | 9 days | 25 days (Apr 29, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $245.9M
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- -$6.80
- Revenue (TTM)
- $512.9M
- 52-week range
- $4.92 – $20.32
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.35B | $1.28B | $620.5M | $538.8M | $504.1M |
| Gross profit | $653.7M | $545.4M | $26.7M | -$22.2M | -$15.7M |
| Operating income | $517.3M | $464.8M | -$52.9M | -$74.4M | -$77.1M |
| Net income | $388.3M | $383.0M | -$255.3M | -$131.2M | -$219.8M |
| EPS (diluted) | $14.60 | $14.80 | -$0.99 | -$0.51 | -$8.45 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $130.7M | $134.2M | $111.8M | $131.8M | $144.0M | $116.5M | $125.1M | $127.4M |
| Net income | -$36.1M | -$49.5M | -$39.4M | -$86.9M | -$28.5M | -$65.1M | -$43.3M | -$40.5M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.14 | -$0.19 | -$0.15 | -$0.34 | -$1.10 | -$2.50 | -$1.66 | -$1.54 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $443.0M | $324.6M | $76.6M | -$40.1M | -$81.6M |
| Capital expenditure | -$58.3M | -$72.2M | -$54.0M | -$34.3M | -$38.9M |
| Free cash flow | $384.8M | $252.5M | $22.5M | -$74.4M | -$120.5M |
| Dividends paid | -$10.6M | -$10.3M | -$5.1M | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | -$50.0M | -$59.8M | -$129,000 | -$118,000 | -$230,000 |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $145.4M
- Total assets
- $1.04B
- Total liabilities
- $1.39B
- Total debt
- $1.20B
- Net debt
- $1.05B
- Shareholders’ equity
- -$345.6M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 24, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| May 30, 2023 | $0.01 | Jun 30, 2023 |
| Feb 27, 2023 | $0.01 | Mar 31, 2023 |
| Nov 29, 2022 | $0.01 | Dec 30, 2022 |
| Aug 30, 2022 | $0.01 | Sep 30, 2022 |
| May 27, 2022 | $0.01 | Jun 30, 2022 |
| Feb 25, 2022 | $0.01 | Mar 31, 2022 |
| Nov 29, 2021 | $0.01 | Dec 31, 2021 |
| Aug 30, 2021 | $0.01 | Sep 30, 2021 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 1,541,128
- Days to cover
- 2.69
- Change vs previous report
- +3.0%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Aug 29, 2025
- 1-for-10