The stock of GrafTech International Ltd (EAF) has seen a -4.44% decrease in the past week, with a 9.36% gain in the past month, and a 215.98% flourish in the past quarter. The volatility ratio for the week is 7.76%, and the volatility levels for the past 30 days are at 10.27% for EAF. The simple moving average for the past 20 days is -1.00% for EAF’s stock, with a 47.31% simple moving average for the past 200 days.
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Additionally, the 36-month beta value for EAF is 0.98. There are mixed opinions on the stock, with 0 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 0 rating it as “overweight,” 5 rating it as “hold,” and 0 rating it as “sell.”
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The public float for EAF is 185.85M and currently, short sellers hold a 7.65% ratio of that float. The average trading volume of EAF on December 03, 2024 was 2.10M shares.
EAF) stock’s latest price update
GrafTech International Ltd (NYSE: EAF) has experienced a rise in its stock price by 9.95 compared to its previous closing price of 1.86. However, the company has seen a fall of -4.44% in its stock price over the last five trading days. businesswire.com reported 2024-11-21 that BROOKLYN HEIGHTS, Ohio–(BUSINESS WIRE)–GrafTech International Ltd. (NYSE: EAF) (“GrafTech” or the “Company”) announced today that GrafTech Finance Inc. (“GrafTech Finance”) and GrafTech Global Enterprises Inc. (“GrafTech Global” and, together with GrafTech Finance, the “Issuers”), each a subsidiary of the Company, have commenced separate offers to exchange (each an “Exchange Offer” and, together, the “Exchange Offers”) any and all of (i) GrafTech Finance’s 4.625% senior secured notes due 2028.
Analysts’ Opinion of EAF
UBS, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see EAF reach a price target of $2. The rating they have provided for EAF stocks is “Neutral” according to the report published on January 16th, 2024.
RBC Capital Mkts gave a rating of “Sector Perform” to EAF, setting the target price at $7 in the report published on July 13th of the previous year.
EAF Trading at 14.61% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought EAF to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -25.91% of loss for the given period.
Volatility was left at 10.27%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 7.76%, as shares surge +11.43% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading +104.07% upper at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, EAF fell by -4.71%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by +46.70% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $2.0655. In addition, GrafTech International Ltd saw -6.62% in overturn over a single year, with a tendency to cut further losses.
Insider Trading
Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at EAF starting from Colonial House Capital Ltd, who purchase 332,770 shares at the price of $1.72 back on May 17 ’24. After this action, Colonial House Capital Ltd now owns 31,358,061 shares of GrafTech International Ltd, valued at $572,897 using the latest closing price.
Colonial House Capital Ltd, the 10% Owner of GrafTech International Ltd, purchase 500,000 shares at $1.74 during a trade that took place back on May 10 ’24, which means that Colonial House Capital Ltd is holding 31,025,291 shares at $870,250 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for EAF
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- -0.2 for the present operating margin
- -0.1 for the gross margin
The net margin for GrafTech International Ltd stands at -0.55. The total capital return value is set at -0.11. Equity return is now at value -213.73, with -22.78 for asset returns.
Based on GrafTech International Ltd (EAF), the company’s capital structure generated 1.01 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at -0.0. The debt to equity ratio resting at -108.6. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is -1.48.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is -145.21 million with net debt to EBITDA at -4.54. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 2.51. The receivables turnover for the company is 6.05for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 0.47. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 3.79.
Conclusion
In conclusion, GrafTech International Ltd (EAF) has seen mixed performance in recent times. Analysts have a mixed opinion on the stock, with some rating it as a “buy” and others rating it as a “hold”. It’s important to note that the stock is currently trading at a significant distance from its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.
