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The price of GrafTech International Ltd (NYSE: EAF) closed at $2.78M in the last session, up 5821421% from day before closing price of $1.23. In other words, the price has increased by $5821421 from its previous closing price. On the day, 5.82 million shares were traded. EAF stock price reached its highest trading level at $1.265 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $1.135.
Ratios:
We take a closer look at EAF’s different ratios to gain a better understanding of the stock. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 2.45 and its Current Ratio is at 4.16.
On January 16, 2024, UBS started tracking the stock assigning a Neutral rating and target price of $2.UBS initiated its Neutral rating on January 16, 2024, with a $2 target price.
Insider Transactions:
An investor can also benefit from insider trades by learning what management is thinking about the future direction of stock prices. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on May 14 ’25 when Shivaram Sachin M bought 30,000 shares for $0.85 per share. The transaction valued at 25,500 led to the insider holds 30,000 shares of the business.
Shivaram Sachin M bought 20,000 shares of EAF for $16,800 on May 15 ’25. The Director now owns 50,000 shares after completing the transaction at $0.84 per share. On May 12 ’25, another insider, Germain Jean-Marc, who serves as the Director of the company, bought 50,000 shares for $0.78 each. As a result, the insider paid 39,000 and bolstered with 90,000 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, EAF now has a Market Capitalization of 294248800 and an Enterprise Value of 1168828800. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.57. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 2.274 whereas that against EBITDA is -60.057.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for EAF is 1.53, which has changed by 0.13999999 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.09544468 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, EAF has reached a high of $2.53, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $0.52. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 29.72%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -13.23%.
Shares Statistics:
According to the various share statistics, EAF traded on average about 2.78M shares per day over the past 3-months and 2525010 shares per day over the past 10 days. A total of 258.11M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 182.64M. Insiders hold about 29.24% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 56.31% stake in the company. Shares short for EAF as of 1748563200 were 14551736 with a Short Ratio of 5.24, compared to 1745971200 on 15839397. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 14551736 and a Short% of Float of 6.4899996.
Dividends & Splits
Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.0The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 1.41.
