GRAFTECH INTL LTD EAF
COM · Common Stock · CUSIP 384313508
Company in Parma, United States
- SectorIndustrials
- IndustryElectrical Industrial Apparatus
- HeadquartersBrooklyn Heights, OH
- Founded1886
- Websitegraftech.com
- FilingsSEC EDGAR
* Summed across managers. Shares that two managers' reports both contain – a subsidiary's holdings that its parent's report includes too, or a sub-adviser's in its client's – are counted once. Holder counts are more reliable. Implied quarter-end price ≈ $1.32. Options: 7 managers hold calls ($790.8k notional), 7 hold puts ($408.1k).
Trends to Q3 2024
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 219 |
| Q4 2022 | 211 |
| Q1 2023 | 196 |
| Q2 2023 | 177 |
| Q3 2023 | 162 |
| Q4 2023 | 174 |
| Q1 2024 | 155 |
| Q2 2024 | 134 |
| Q3 2024 | 120 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q4 2022 | 106 | 114 |
| Q1 2023 | 108 | 87 |
| Q2 2023 | 76 | 93 |
| Q3 2023 | 73 | 91 |
| Q4 2023 | 106 | 79 |
| Q1 2024 | 70 | 98 |
| Q2 2024 | 67 | 78 |
| Q3 2024 | 51 | 79 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 2023 | $183.7k | $612.2k | 3.33 |
| Q1 2024 | $1.3m | $518.9k | 0.39 |
| Q2 2024 | $1.2m | $551.7k | 0.46 |
| Q3 2024 | $790.8k | $408.1k | 0.52 |
Biggest buyers
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | Added | +4.1m |
| MARATHON ASSET MANAGEMENT LP | New | +3.5m |
| FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC | Added | +2.0m |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | +450.8k |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | +438.5k |
| Lombard Odier Asset Management (USA) Corp | New | +225.0k |
| Oasis Management Co Ltd. | New | +221.0k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP | Added | +200.0k |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ | Added | +162.3k |
| Prescott Group Capital Management, L.L.C. | Added | +156.8k |
Biggest sellers
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | Reduced | -3.3m |
| Brookfield Corp /ON/ | Sold out | -2.3m |
| Cannell & Spears LLC | Reduced | -2.3m |
| Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC | Reduced | -2.3m |
| YACKTMAN ASSET MANAGEMENT LP | Reduced | -2.0m |
| O'Keefe Stevens Advisory, Inc. | Sold out | -1.8m |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC | Reduced | -1.6m |
| BARCLAYS PLC | Reduced | -1.2m |
| Clear Harbor Asset Management, LLC | Reduced | -848.3k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC | Reduced | -783.4k |
Biggest calls
| Brevan Howard Capital Management LP | New | $277.9k210.5k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $219.1k166.0k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $188.0k142.4k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $63.0k47.8k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Added | $32.9k24.9k shares |
| WOLVERINE ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC | Unchanged | $10.0k7.6k shares |
| CONCOURSE FINANCIAL GROUP SECURITIES, INC. | Unchanged | $00 shares |
Biggest puts
| TORNO CAPITAL, LLC | Not comparable | $170.0k128.8k shares |
| WOLVERINE ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC | Reduced | $137.9k104.5k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $73.4k55.6k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $23.2k17.6k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Reduced | $3.6k2.7k shares |
| CONCOURSE FINANCIAL GROUP SECURITIES, INC. | Unchanged | $00 shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $0500 shares |
Options at notional value: the value of the shares the contracts control, as filers report them, not what the options cost. Not included in the holders, shares or buying above.
Major shareholders (over 5%)
Anyone who owns more than 5% of a class of the company's shares has to say so: on Schedule 13D if they may try to influence or control the company, on 13G if they're a passive investor, and update it as the stake changes. Each holder's latest filing, from 19 Dec 2024 on; percentages are of the share class, as the holder worked them out.
| Holder | Stake |
|---|---|
| Colonial House Capital Ltd 13G · passive investor filed 2026-02-18 | 12.6% |
| HEG Ltd 13G · passive investor filed 2025-05-06 | 9.4% |
Undavia Nilesh
13D · may seek influence
filed 2025-01-14
Stated purposeItem 4 is hereby amended to add the following: On January 10, 2025, Nilesh Undavia entered into a Cooperation Agreement (the "Cooperation Agreement") with the Issuer, pursuant to which the Issuer agreed to, among other things, (i) appoint Sachin Shivaram to the Board as a Class III director (the "New Class III Director"), (ii) work with Mr. Undavia in good faith to find a mutually agreeable independent candidate (the "New Class I Director" and together with the New Class III Director the, "New Directors"), (iii) appoint each of the New Directors to at least two committees of the Board and (iv) recommend, support and solicit proxies for the election of the New Class I Director at the Issuer's 2025 annual meeting of stockholders. Pursuant to the Cooperation Agreement, Mr. Undavia is subjec… Full filing |
6.7% |
Fell to 5% or below in the last year: MARATHON ASSET MANAGEMENT LP (4.7%, 2026-05-15)
Insider purchases and sales in Q3 2024
Shares bought or sold by the company's own officers, directors and 10% owners, in the open market or privately, as they reported to the SEC on Form 4 (due within two business days of the trade). Grants, option exercises, shares withheld for tax and gifts aren't included.
None reported in Q3 2024.
Holders, Q3 2024
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| FMR LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 38.2m $50.5m | Reduced -170.7k |
| Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC 0.08% of their portfolio | 20.5m $27.1m | Reduced -2.3m |
| BlackRock, Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 18.3m $24.1m | First filing |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 12.6m $16.7m | Added +108.3k |
| YACKTMAN ASSET MANAGEMENT LP 0.16% of their portfolio | 11.8m $15.6m | Reduced -2.0m |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 5.1m $6.7m | Reduced -1.6m |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 5.1m $6.7m | Added +59.4k |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 5.0m $6.6m | Reduced -86.1k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 4.9m $6.5m | Added +4.1m |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 4.8m $6.3m | Reduced -783.4k |
| FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 4.5m $6.6m | Added +2.0m |
| WILLIAM BLAIR INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 4.4m $5.8m | Reduced -135.1k |
| MARATHON ASSET MANAGEMENT LP 2.34% of their portfolio | 3.5m $4.6m | New |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.00% of their portfolio | 3.2m $4.2m | Reduced -533.1k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 2.7m $3.6m | Added +5.9k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 2.0m $2.6m | Added +200.0k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 2.0m $2.6m | Added +450.8k |
| FOUNDATION RESOURCE MANAGEMENT INC 0.38% of their portfolio | 1.9m $2.5m | Added +24.1k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.8m $2.4m | Reduced -3.3m |
| Invenomic Capital Management LP 0.12% of their portfolio | 1.7m $2.2m | Reduced -322.7k |
| Prescott Group Capital Management, L.L.C. 0.23% of their portfolio | 1.2m $1.6m | Added +156.8k |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 885.1k $1.2m | Added +106.1k |
| SUN LIFE FINANCIAL INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 841.5k $420.0k | Unchanged |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 827.5k $1.1m | Reduced -153.7k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 789.1k $1.0m | Reduced -142.0k |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP 0.00% of their portfolio | 666.0k $879.1k | Added +438.5k |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 0.00% of their portfolio | 636.8k $840.6k | Reduced -633.4k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.00% of their portfolio | 634.8k $838.0k | Reduced -186.3k |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 622.1k $821.1k | Unchanged |
| Palogic Value Management, L.P. 0.26% of their portfolio | 500.0k $660.0k | Reduced -12.7k |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 490.0k $646.8k | Added +16.5k |
| Cannell & Spears LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 470.9k $621.6k | Reduced -2.3m |
| JB CAPITAL PARTNERS LP 0.10% of their portfolio | 392.8k $518.4k | Unchanged |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 372.0k $492.0k | Added +162.3k |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 369.9k $488.3k | Reduced -1.2m |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.00% of their portfolio | 322.9k $426.2k | Reduced -649 |
| Fore Capital, LLC 0.81% of their portfolio | 320.0k $422.4k | Added +100.0k |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.00% of their portfolio | 315.1k $415.9k | Added +33.1k |
| MARINER INVESTMENT GROUP LLC 0.11% of their portfolio | 300.0k $396.0k | Unchanged |
| Lombard Odier Asset Management (USA) Corp 0.11% of their portfolio | 225.0k $297.0k | New |
| Oasis Management Co Ltd. 0.10% of their portfolio | 221.0k $291.8k | New |
| CITIGROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 187.0k $246.8k | Added +128.6k |
| STATE OF WISCONSIN INVESTMENT BOARD 0.00% of their portfolio | 180.1k $237.7k | Reduced -21.5k |
| Virtu Financial LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 175.7k $232.0k | Added +139.5k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 165.2k $218.0k | Added +18.1k |
| MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 162.1k $214.0k | Added +44.8k |
| UBS Group AG 0.00% of their portfolio | 161.2k $212.8k | Added +31.5k |
| BRIDGEWAY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 150.0k $198.0k | New |
| Corebridge Financial, Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 138.4k $182.7k | Reduced -853 |
| BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS 0.00% of their portfolio | 127.8k $168.7k | Added +20.8k |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.00% of their portfolio | 125.0k $165.0k | Added +3.7k |
| SG Americas Securities, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 118.5k $156.0k | New |
| Paloma Partners Management Co 0.01% of their portfolio | 117.1k $154.6k | New |
| MANUFACTURERS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, THE 0.00% of their portfolio | 101.4k $133.9k | Added +23.4k |
| RAYMOND JAMES & ASSOCIATES 0.00% of their portfolio | 98.5k $130.0k | Unchanged |
| PATTEN & PATTEN INC/TN 0.01% of their portfolio | 95.9k $126.6k | Reduced -2.7k |
| Orion Resource Partners LP 0.02% of their portfolio | 93.4k $123.3k | Reduced -68.6k |
| VOYA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 88.2k $116.5k | Reduced -2.2k |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.00% of their portfolio | 85.1k $112.3k | Reduced -252.5k |
| MetLife Investment Management, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 63.8k $84.2k | Reduced -87.7k |
| INTECH INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 61.7k $81.4k | New |
| Tyler-Stone Wealth Management 0.02% of their portfolio | 61.1k $80.7k | Added +32.5k |
| Engineers Gate Manager LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 60.3k $79.6k | Reduced -105.0k |
| STATE BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION OF FLORIDA RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.00% of their portfolio | 55.3k $73.0k | Unchanged |
| HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 51.1k $67.5k | Added +22.8k |
| PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF OHIO 0.00% of their portfolio | 51.1k $67.5k | Added +18.1k |
| Hudson Bay Capital Management LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 50.1k $66.2k | Reduced -227.0k |
| TORNO CAPITAL, LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 50.0k $66.0k | Not comparable |
| ProShare Advisors LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 48.9k $64.6k | Added +22.9k |
| NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND 0.00% of their portfolio | 45.6k $60.2k | Unchanged |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 40.6k $53.6k | Reduced -384.9k |
| Welch Group, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 34.2k $45.2k | Unchanged |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.00% of their portfolio | 28.2k $37.3k | Reduced -193.0k |
| XTX Topco Ltd 0.00% of their portfolio | 28.1k $37.0k | Reduced -107.4k |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 26.5k $35.0k | Reduced -16.1k |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 25.5k $33.7k | Reduced -8.7k |
| VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 22.5k $29.7k | Added +722 |
| Sonora Investment Management Group, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 22.0k $29.1k | Reduced -392.1k |
| Clear Harbor Asset Management, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 20.5k $27.1k | Reduced -848.3k |
| ZWJ INVESTMENT COUNSEL INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 20.1k $26.5k | Reduced -62.1k |
| Sepio Capital, LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 20.0k $26.4k | New |
| Ameritas Investment Partners, Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 19.3k $25.4k | Unchanged |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.00% of their portfolio | 18.8k $24.8k | Reduced -174.1k |
| PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 18.6k $24.6k | Unchanged |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 18.4k $24.3k | Reduced -501.5k |
| NEUBERGER BERMAN GROUP LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 18.1k $23.9k | New |
| SEI INVESTMENTS CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 17.5k $23.1k | Reduced -65 |
| CIBC WORLD MARKET INC. 0.00% of their portfolio | 17.0k $22.0k | Reduced -150 |
| Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 16.2k $21.4k | New |
| XPONANCE LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 16.2k $21.3k | Added +1.0k |
| Kestra Advisory Services, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 15.0k $19.8k | Added +931 |
| Summit Trail Advisors, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 14.5k $19.1k | New |
| NOMURA ASSET MANAGEMENT CO LTD 0.00% of their portfolio | 14.0k $18.5k | Unchanged |
| MACKENZIE FINANCIAL CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 12.8k $16.9k | Unchanged |
| Ethic Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 11.6k $16.0k | Reduced -6.5k |
| Jump Financial, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 11.0k $14.5k | Reduced -109.0k |
| Tower Research Capital LLC (TRC) 0.00% of their portfolio | 10.7k $14.1k | Reduced -25.5k |
| Tidal Investments LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 10.3k $13.6k | New |
| Catalina Capital Group, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 10.3k $13.6k | New |
| GLENMEDE TRUST CO NA 0.00% of their portfolio | 10.0k $13.2k | Unchanged |