---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000931148-23-000137"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EAF"
cik: "0000931148"
company_name: "GRAFTECH INTERNATIONAL LTD"
filed_at: "2023-08-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-12T06:49:35.966006+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# GrafTech Q2 net loss $8M; sales down 49% YoY; suspends dividend; lowers 2023 volume guidance

## Summary
- Net loss of $8M ($0.03 per share) vs net income of $115M ($0.44 per share) in Q2 2022.
- Net sales $186M, down 49% YoY; sales volume 26.4K MT, down 38% YoY.
- Adjusted EBITDA $26M vs $158M in Q2 2022; margin 14%.
- Board suspended quarterly dividend of $0.01 per share.
- Full-year 2023 sales volume estimate lowered to 95-105K MT from prior 100-115K MT.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000931148-23-000137
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EAF
- cik: 0000931148
- company_name: GRAFTECH INTERNATIONAL LTD
- filed_at: 2023-08-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/931148/000093114823000137/0000931148-23-000137-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/931148/000093114823000137/gti-20230804.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000931148-23-000137.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  GRAFTECH INTERNATIONAL LTD reported financial results for three and six months ended June 30, 2023.
  - Period: three and six months ended June 30, 2023
  - Result: reported results
  source text: On August 4, 2023, GrafTech International Ltd. issued a press release announcing its unaudited financial results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/931148/000093114823000137/0000931148-23-000137-index.htm

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