---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000931148-25-000115"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EAF"
cik: "0000931148"
company_name: "GRAFTECH INTERNATIONAL LTD"
filed_at: "2025-07-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-18T01:49:48.861985+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# GrafTech Q2 net loss $87M; sales volume up 12% YoY; adj EBITDA $3M

## Summary
- Net loss $87M ($0.34/share) vs $15M loss in Q2 2024; includes $43M non-cash tax valuation allowance.
- Net sales $132M, down 4% YoY; sales volume 28.6k MT (+12% YoY); weighted-average realized price ~$4,200/MT (-12% YoY).
- Adjusted EBITDA $3M vs $14M in Q2 2024; cash cost per MT down 13% YoY.
- Full-year guidance: sales volume +~10% YoY; cash costs -7-9% YoY (improved from mid-single-digit decline).
- Total liquidity $367M; gross debt $1.125B; no material maturities until December 2029.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000931148-25-000115
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EAF
- cik: 0000931148
- company_name: GRAFTECH INTERNATIONAL LTD
- filed_at: 2025-07-25T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/931148/000093114825000115/0000931148-25-000115-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/931148/000093114825000115/gti-20250725.htm

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