---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000931148-23-000156"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EAF"
cik: "0000931148"
company_name: "GRAFTECH INTERNATIONAL LTD"
filed_at: "2023-11-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-08T22:59:01.545860+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# GrafTech Q3 net loss $23M as revenue drops 48% YoY; adjusted EBITDA $1M

## Summary
- Net loss of $23M ($0.09/share) vs net income of $93M ($0.36) in Q3 2022.
- Revenue fell 48% YoY to $159M on weak demand, lower LTA/non-LTA prices and mix shift.
- Sales volume 24.2k MT (32% YoY decline); LTA price $8,650/MT, non-LTA ~$5,400/MT.
- Adjusted EBITDA plunged to $1M from $129M YoY; margin just 1%.
- FY 2023 capex guidance maintained $55-60M; Q4 sales volume expected to decline modestly from Q3.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000931148-23-000156
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EAF
- cik: 0000931148
- company_name: GRAFTECH INTERNATIONAL LTD
- filed_at: 2023-11-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/931148/000093114823000156/0000931148-23-000156-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/931148/000093114823000156/gti-20231103.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  GRAFTECH INTERNATIONAL LTD reported financial results for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2023.
  - Period: the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2023
  - Result: reported results
  source text: On November 3, 2023, GrafTech International Ltd. issued a press release announcing its unaudited financial results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/931148/000093114823000156/0000931148-23-000156-index.htm

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