All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.
Of the nine metrics, 8 read as filed from the record and 1 is an SI estimate, each with its reasoning, its confidence and what would change it on its card.
What did they actually do?
Has it survived what it has been through?
2 warning events since 2017; the latest 2025-04-18.
From the record
GrafTech International Ltd.'s filings since 2017 show 2 warning events: a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, 2 times, the latest 2025-04-18) (its current reports).
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What has it actually done, year after year?
-1.1% a year over 9 filed years; profitable in 6 of 9.
From the record
GrafTech International Ltd.'s 9 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $551 million in fiscal 2017 to $504 million in fiscal 2025, down 1.1% a year; it rose in 2 of 8 years; the deepest fall was 73% from fiscal 2018 to fiscal 2025; net income was positive in 6 of 9 of those years (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
How has it treated the people who own it?
SI estimate 7.9/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).
SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed
From the record
SI estimate, not a filed reading: GrafTech International Ltd.'s shareholder treatment is put at 7.9 of 10 with a confidence of 35 of 100, because read from one part only, the share count over the years, which ranks in the top 21% of 8 in its family; fewer than two of the parts can be read: the share count over the years, and the cash returned against a positive operating cash flow or net income. A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.
What are they doing right now?
Is it financially healthy right now?
Leverage 125%: owes 125¢ per asset dollar.
From the record
Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, GrafTech International Ltd.'s shareholders' equity was below zero, so the profit on it is not read, and gross profitability: its products earned less than nothing, about minus 2 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 125 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 0.9% over the year (the filed statements).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
How strong is its position in its industry?
bottom 31% of 7 in its family; net margin -43.6%.
From the record
GrafTech International Ltd.'s standing among 7 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $504 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 36% by size; a net margin of -43.6% ranks in the top 50%; revenue growth of -26.7% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 7% (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are the people in charge doing?
bottom 29% of 5 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2024.
From the record
GrafTech International Ltd.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Flanagan, Timothy K (CEO and President, as filed), filing under that title since 2024-02-27, 2.7 years (bottom 13% of its family); the 12 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 5 years (top 50%); 10 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 12 people in charge now (bottom 25%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are they set up to do next?
How much room does it have to grow?
bottom 25% of 7 in its family for room to expand.
From the record
GrafTech International Ltd.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $138 million against debt of $1.1 billion leaves -93% of its assets as net cash, bottom 6% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is -23.9% of revenue (top 50%); a gross margin of -3.1% (bottom 36%); research spending of 1.3% of revenue (bottom 8%) (its annual report).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What could actually drive growth from here?
bottom 40% of 7 in its family for growth drivers.
From the record
GrafTech International Ltd.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew -26.7% a year over the last three filed years against -1.1% over all 9, slowing (bottom 25% of its family); the newest year grew -6.4% (bottom 8%); research spending grew 21.1% a year (top 21%); capital spending grew -18.6% a year (top 50%) (its annual reports). GrafTech International Ltd. reported 2 product lines in fiscal 2025: Graphite Electrodes at $461 million (91%), By Products and Other at $43 million (9%); 0 of 2 grew against the year before (its annual report).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?
bottom 31% of 6 in its family for expectations against reality.
From the record
GrafTech International Ltd.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $504 million in fiscal 2025 came in 44.2% above the $349 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 42% of its family); net income of $220 million against a prior three-year average of $1 million (bottom 8%); a net margin of -43.6% against -11.9% before (bottom 25%) (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made