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GrafTech posts $40 million Q2 loss as electrode pricing slides

7/24/2026

BROOKLYN HEIGHTS, Ohio, July 24.

(NYSE: EAF) reported a net loss of $40 million, or $1.54 per share, for the second quarter of 2026, as a 7% year-over-year decline in its weighted-average realized price for graphite electrodes erased the benefit of an 8% rise in sales volume.

Net sales fell 3% to $127 million, the company disclosed in an 8-K filing.

Volume climbs; price stays underwater Sales volume for the quarter was 30.8 thousand metric tons, up from 28.6 thousand MT in Q2 2025 and 28.1 thousand MT in the first quarter of 2026.