Graftech International (EAF) Return on Capital Employed (2009 - 2026)
Graftech International (EAF) reported Return on Capital Employed of 10.26% for Q1 2026, down 350.0% year-over-year from 4.1% in Q1 2025, and down 25.1% quarter-over-quarter from 8.2% in Q4 2025.
Graftech International (EAF) Return on Capital Employed (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Graftech International (EAF) has 18 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 10.26% in Q1 2026.
- Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 came in at 10.26%, down 350.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 10.26% (down 350.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 7.72%, down 98.0% from the prior year.
- Return on Capital Employed fell to 10.26% in Q1 2026 per EAF's latest filing, from 8.2% in the prior quarter.
- Over five years, Return on Capital Employed peaked at 50.19% in Q2 2022 and troughed at 25.65% in Q3 2024.
- A 5-year average of 4.68% and a median of 6.75% in 2025 frame the typical range for Return on Capital Employed.
- The sharpest annual moves came in 2023 and 2025: Return on Capital Employed slumped 5313 bps in 2023, then jumped 1921 bps in 2025.
- A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 35.19% in 2022, then tumbled by 151 bps to 17.94% in 2023, then jumped by 60 bps to 7.21% in 2024, then dropped by 14 bps to 8.2% in 2025, then retreated by 25 bps to 10.26% in 2026.
- Business Quant data shows EAF's Return on Capital Employed at 10.26% in Q1 2026, 8.2% in Q4 2025, and 6.44% in Q3 2025.
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Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | -10.26% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | -8.20% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | -6.44% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | -8.03% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | -6.75% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | -7.21% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | -25.65% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | -23.77% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | -21.97% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | -17.94% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 4.28% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 13.92% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 23.46% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 35.19% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 44.32% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 50.19% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 44.39% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 43.49% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 43.64% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 40.96% |