Growth Metrics

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% on a QoQ basis from 8.2% in Q4 2025.

Graftech International (EAF) has 18 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 10.26% in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Return on Capital Employed fell 350.0% year-over-year to 10.26% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 10.26% (down 350.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 7.72%, down 98.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed retreated to 10.26% in Q1 2026 per EAF's latest filing, from 8.2% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 50.19% in Q2 2022 and bottomed at 25.65% in Q3 2024.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 6.75% (2025), against an average of 4.68%.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2023, when Return on Capital Employed plunged 5313 bps; it then surged 1921 bps in 2025.
  • Tracing EAF's Return on Capital Employed over 5 years: stood at 35.19% in 2022, then sank by 151 bps to 17.94% in 2023, then surged by 60 bps to 7.21% in 2024, then decreased by 14 bps to 8.2% in 2025, then declined by 25 bps to 10.26% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest EAF Return on Capital Employed figures stand at 10.26% (Q1 2026), 8.2% (Q4 2025), and 6.44% (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

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1 Vertiv Holdings 125.39 Bn 122.89 Bn 999.70 Mn 26.52%
2 Bloom Energy 85.22 Bn 82.75 Bn 225.54 Mn 4.38%
3 nVent Electric 26.63 Bn 26.44 Bn 445.60 Mn 11.66%
4 Hubbell 25.22 Bn 24.72 Bn 505.30 Mn 18.97%
5 Advanced Energy Industries 12.25 Bn 12.25 Bn 200.90 Mn 13.11%
6 Powell Industries 10.16 Bn 9.61 Bn 87.94 Mn 32.43%
7 Acuity Inc. (De) 8.82 Bn 8.55 Bn 520.40 Mn 15.83%
8 EnerSys 8.70 Bn 8.26 Bn 290.87 Mn 13.24%
9 Plug Power 5.25 Bn 4.87 Bn -21.61 Mn -72.06%
10 Graftech International 237.42 Mn 117.17 Mn -14.99 Mn -10.26%

Historic Data

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DateValue
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%
Mar 31, 2021 46.71%
Dec 31, 2020 47.01%
Sep 30, 2020 50.46%
Jun 30, 2020 56.82%
Mar 31, 2020 66.88%
Dec 31, 2019 66.91%
Sep 30, 2019 70.61%
Jun 30, 2019 79.89%
Mar 31, 2019 84.39%
Dec 31, 2018 95.67%
Sep 30, 2018 69.32%
Jun 30, 2018 48.99%
Mar 31, 2018 29.15%
Dec 31, 2017 3.15%
Sep 30, 2017 -3.64%
Jun 30, 2017 -5.57%
Mar 31, 2017 -7.38%
Dec 31, 2016 -8.61%
Sep 30, 2016 -7.12%
Jun 30, 2016 -5.11%
Mar 31, 2016 -5.05%
Dec 31, 2015 -5.98%
Sep 30, 2015 -0.58%
Jun 30, 2015 -1.67%
Mar 31, 2015 -15.09%
Dec 31, 2014 -8.86%
Sep 30, 2014 -10.27%
Jun 30, 2014 -9.33%
Mar 31, 2014 -1.26%
Dec 31, 2013 -0.13%
Sep 30, 2013 3.16%
Jun 30, 2013 5.69%
Mar 31, 2013 7.11%
Dec 31, 2012 7.66%
Sep 30, 2012 7.08%
Jun 30, 2012 7.89%
Mar 31, 2012 7.84%
Dec 31, 2011 9.00%
Sep 30, 2011 8.92%
Jun 30, 2011 8.24%
Mar 31, 2011 8.77%
Mar 31, 2010 7.05%
Dec 31, 2009 1.95%
Sep 30, 2009 13.78%