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 ≈ $0.97. Options: 6 managers hold calls ($202.7k notional), 5 hold puts ($63.4k).
Trends to Q2 2025
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 |
| Q4 2024 | 132 |
| Q1 2025 | 128 |
| Q2 2025 | 130 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2023 | 73 | 91 |
| Q4 2023 | 106 | 79 |
| Q1 2024 | 70 | 98 |
| Q2 2024 | 67 | 78 |
| Q3 2024 | 51 | 79 |
| Q4 2024 | 73 | 54 |
| Q1 2025 | 62 | 71 |
| Q2 2025 | 72 | 78 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2024 | $790.8k | $408.1k | 0.52 |
| Q4 2024 | $914.2k | $77.0k | 0.08 |
| Q1 2025 | $428.3k | $41.4k | 0.10 |
| Q2 2025 | $202.7k | $63.4k | 0.31 |
Biggest buyers
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | Added | +6.1m |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC | Added | +2.9m |
| FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC | Added | +2.6m |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP | Added | +1.6m |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA | Added | +1.6m |
| Prescott Group Capital Management, L.L.C. | Added | +1.5m |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Added | +1.3m |
| MARATHON ASSET MANAGEMENT LP | Added | +1.1m |
| Sender Co & Partners, Inc. | Added | +808.6k |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | +573.2k |
Biggest sellers
| BlackRock, Inc. | Reduced | -12.3m |
| MORGAN STANLEY | Reduced | -6.9m |
| Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC | Reduced | -5.2m |
| STATE STREET CORP | Reduced | -4.2m |
| FMR LLC | Reduced | -3.0m |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC | Reduced | -2.9m |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP | Reduced | -2.1m |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC | Reduced | -1.7m |
| WILLIAM BLAIR INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC | Sold out | -1.6m |
| Invesco Ltd. | Reduced | -1.2m |
Biggest calls
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $80.4k82.7k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $80.0k82.7k shares |
| WOLVERINE ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC | Unchanged | $19.5k20.0k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Added | $13.1k13.5k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | New | $9.7k10.0k shares |
| CONCOURSE FINANCIAL GROUP SECURITIES, INC. | Unchanged | $00 shares |
Biggest puts
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $54.3k55.8k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Added | $5.0k5.3k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Added | $4.0k4.1k shares |
| WOLVERINE ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC | Unchanged | $97100 shares |
| CONCOURSE FINANCIAL GROUP SECURITIES, INC. | Unchanged | $00 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 Q2 2025
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.
Officers and directors buying vs selling
Number of people, by quarter (10% owners not included)
Numbers
| Quarter | Buying | Bought | Selling | Sold | Sold under a plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2023 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q4 2023 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q1 2024 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q2 2024 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q3 2024 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q4 2024 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q1 2025 | 3 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q2 2025 | 2 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-05-15 | Shivaram Sachin M Director | Bought | —20.0k shares |
| 2025-05-14 | Shivaram Sachin M Director | Bought | —30.0k shares |
| 2025-05-12 | Germain Jean-Marc Director | Bought | —50.0k shares |
Their holding: how much the trade added to or took from the insider's holding (direct, or the trust or fund named). The same trade is sometimes reported by more than one insider, such as a fund and the director who represents it; totals count it once. A value is left blank where the reported price is far from the market price (usually a typo).
Holders, Q2 2025
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| MARATHON ASSET MANAGEMENT LP 47.28% of their portfolio | 20.4m $19.8m | Added +1.1m |
| YACKTMAN ASSET MANAGEMENT LP 0.14% of their portfolio | 10.8m $10.5m | Added +127.5k |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 10.7m $10.4m | Reduced -1.7m |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 7.5m $7.3m | Added +2.9m |
| FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 7.1m $6.9m | Added +2.6m |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 6.4m $6.2m | Added +6.1m |
| Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 6.0m $5.9m | Reduced -5.2m |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 5.7m $5.5m | Added +546.2k |
| BlackRock, Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 4.7m $4.5m | Reduced -12.3m |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.00% of their portfolio | 3.7m $3.6m | Reduced -6.9m |
| Prescott Group Capital Management, L.L.C. 0.36% of their portfolio | 3.2m $3.1m | Added +1.5m |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP 0.00% of their portfolio | 2.8m $2.7m | Added +1.6m |
| FMR LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 2.4m $2.3m | Reduced -3.0m |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 2.2m $2.1m | Reduced -2.9m |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.7m $1.6m | Added +325.1k |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.7m $1.6m | Added +1.3m |
| FOUNDATION RESOURCE MANAGEMENT INC 0.25% of their portfolio | 1.7m $1.6m | Reduced -33.8k |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.6m $1.6m | Added +1.6m |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.5m $1.4m | Reduced -1.2m |
| Sender Co & Partners, Inc. 0.57% of their portfolio | 1.3m $1.3m | Added +808.6k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.3m $1.2m | Added +436.1k |
| Woodbridge Co Ltd 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.2m $1.1m | First filing |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.1m $1.1m | Added +573.2k |
| Invenomic Capital Management LP 0.06% of their portfolio | 1.1m $1.1m | Reduced -141.6k |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.0m $1.0m | Reduced -317.7k |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 955.9k $929.7k | Reduced -4.2m |
| SUN LIFE FINANCIAL INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 841.5k $319.0k | Unchanged |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 651.6k $633.8k | Added +16.0k |
| Cannell & Spears LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 632.2k $614.9k | Added +24 |
| Brevan Howard Capital Management LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 486.9k $472.3k | New |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 484.1k $470.9k | Reduced -2.1m |
| Fore Capital, LLC 0.89% of their portfolio | 460.0k $447.4k | Added +50.0k |
| Palogic Value Management, L.P. 0.17% of their portfolio | 410.0k $398.8k | Unchanged |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 405.1k $394.0k | Reduced -656.3k |
| Y-Intercept (Hong Kong) Ltd 0.01% of their portfolio | 376.5k $366.2k | New |
| Jain Global LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 374.1k $363.8k | New |
| Aster Capital Management (DIFC) Ltd 0.08% of their portfolio | 373.5k $363.3k | New |
| ARISTEIA CAPITAL, L.L.C. 0.01% of their portfolio | 358.3k $348.5k | Added +90.4k |
| SummitTX Capital, L.P. 0.01% of their portfolio | 321.6k $312.8k | New |
| JB CAPITAL PARTNERS LP 0.05% of their portfolio | 292.8k $284.0k | Unchanged |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 232.8k $226.3k | Added +96.2k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 221.2k $215.1k | Unchanged |
| Hudson Bay Capital Management LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 202.4k $196.9k | New |
| PFG Investments, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 201.0k $195.5k | Added +101.0k |
| FNY Investment Advisers, LLC 0.08% of their portfolio | 198.5k $193.0k | Added +126.4k |
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 0.00% of their portfolio | 187.3k $182.2k | New |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 186.4k $181.0k | Reduced -111.9k |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 186.3k $181.2k | Reduced -325.6k |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 168.4k $163.7k | Added +112.7k |
| Tower Research Capital LLC (TRC) 0.00% of their portfolio | 167.1k $162.5k | Added +153.5k |
| TWO SIGMA SECURITIES, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 152.5k $148.4k | New |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 150.9k $146.8k | Added +38.5k |
| Point72 Asia (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. 0.02% of their portfolio | 139.6k $135.8k | New |
| CIBC WORLD MARKET INC. 0.00% of their portfolio | 133.0k $129.4k | Added +3.0k |
| Quadrature Capital Ltd 0.00% of their portfolio | 131.0k $127.4k | Reduced -29.5k |
| HRT FINANCIAL LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 124.3k $120.0k | Reduced -65.8k |
| Catalyst Funds Management Pty Ltd 0.03% of their portfolio | 120.0k $116.7k | New |
| RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 106.7k $103.7k | Reduced -484 |
| Laurion Capital Management LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 88.6k $86.2k | New |
| UBS Group AG 0.00% of their portfolio | 80.3k $78.1k | Reduced -313.4k |
| DRW Securities, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 72.5k $70.6k | New |
| Quantbot Technologies LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 72.3k $70.3k | Reduced -23.5k |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 68.9k $66.0k | Added +3.1k |
| IEQ CAPITAL, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 66.8k $64.9k | Reduced -50.7k |
| CWM, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 66.3k $65.0k | Added +25.8k |
| Tyler-Stone Wealth Management 0.01% of their portfolio | 66.1k $64.3k | Reduced -8.0k |
| PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF OHIO 0.00% of their portfolio | 62.6k $60.9k | Added +3.6k |
| CITIGROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 54.4k $52.9k | Reduced -132.8k |
| Virtu Financial LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 53.3k $52.0k | New |
| Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 50.6k $49.3k | New |
| PATTEN & PATTEN INC/TN 0.00% of their portfolio | 46.3k $45.1k | Reduced -22.8k |
| Jump Financial, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 42.8k $41.6k | New |
| Cerity Partners LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 40.9k $39.8k | Reduced -15.2k |
| Rathbones Group PLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 40.3k $39.2k | Unchanged |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.00% of their portfolio | 35.8k $34.8k | Reduced -564.1k |
| Welch Group, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 34.2k $33.3k | Unchanged |
| GSA CAPITAL PARTNERS LLP 0.00% of their portfolio | 29.8k $29.0k | Added +17.7k |
| MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 28.1k $27.3k | Reduced -161.0k |
| Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 27.5k $26.8k | Added +8.2k |
| ExodusPoint Capital Management, LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 27.1k $26.0k | New |
| XTX Topco Ltd 0.00% of their portfolio | 22.5k $21.9k | Reduced -126.4k |
| Merit Financial Group, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 22.4k $21.8k | New |
| R Squared Ltd 0.01% of their portfolio | 21.8k $21.2k | Not comparable |
| VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 21.8k $21.2k | Reduced -326 |
| WEALTH ENHANCEMENT ADVISORY SERVICES, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 19.9k $20.6k | Reduced -4.6k |
| Hartree Partners, LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 18.8k $18.2k | New |
| MERCER GLOBAL ADVISORS INC /ADV 0.00% of their portfolio | 17.4k $16.9k | New |
| Sepio Capital, LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 17.0k $16.5k | Unchanged |
| NEUBERGER BERMAN GROUP LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 15.0k $14.6k | Added +739 |
| NorthCoast Asset Management LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 15.0k $14.6k | Added +5.0k |
| Pallas Capital Advisors LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 14.7k $14.3k | Reduced -3.4k |
| Creative Planning 0.00% of their portfolio | 14.4k $14.0k | New |
| Ground Swell Capital, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 14.2k $13.8k | New |
| SG Americas Securities, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 13.3k $13.0k | Reduced -76.0k |
| USCF Advisers LLC 1.26% of their portfolio | 13.2k $12.8k | Unchanged |
| MACKENZIE FINANCIAL CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 12.8k $12.5k | Unchanged |
| Alpine Global Management, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 12.6k $12.3k | New |
| Point72 (DIFC) Ltd 0.00% of their portfolio | 11.1k $10.8k | New |
| CAPTRUST FINANCIAL ADVISORS 0.00% of their portfolio | 11.0k $10.7k | New |
| Private Advisor Group, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 10.8k $10.5k | New |