NYSE:GRA - W. R. Grace & Co Stock Price, Forecast & News

W. R. Grace & Co trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "GRA."

W. R. Grace & Co declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, October 24th. Investors of record on Thursday, November 14th will be paid a dividend of $0.27 per share on Thursday, December 5th. This represents a $1.08 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.63%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, November 13th. View W. R. Grace & Co's Dividend History.

W. R. Grace & Co (NYSE:GRA) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, October, 24th. The specialty chemicals company reported $0.98 EPS for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.91 by $0.07. The specialty chemicals company had revenue of $470.50 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $487.44 million. W. R. Grace & Co had a return on equity of 73.68% and a net margin of 11.34%. The firm's quarterly revenue was down 4.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $1.11 EPS. View W. R. Grace & Co's Earnings History.

W. R. Grace & Co is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 6th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for W. R. Grace & Co.

W. R. Grace & Co updated its FY19 earnings guidance on Thursday, October, 24th. The company provided EPS guidance of $4.32-4.38 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $4.31. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.95-1.97 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $2.00 billion.

10 brokerages have issued 12 month target prices for W. R. Grace & Co's shares. Their forecasts range from $72.00 to $95.00. On average, they anticipate W. R. Grace & Co's share price to reach $84.22 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 27.3% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for W. R. Grace & Co.

10 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for W. R. Grace & Co in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 9 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for W. R. Grace & Co.

Media headlines about GRA stock have been trending somewhat negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research group scores the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. W. R. Grace & Co earned a news sentiment score of -1.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the specialty chemicals company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for W. R. Grace & Co.

W. R. Grace & Co saw a increase in short interest in the month of October. As of October 15th, there was short interest totalling 775,800 shares, an increase of 10.0% from the September 15th total of 705,400 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 563,800 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.4 days. Currently, 1.2% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View W. R. Grace & Co's Current Options Chain.

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W. R. Grace & Co's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Diamond Hill Capital Management Inc. (0.91%), Tocqueville Asset Management L.P. (0.52%), Russell Investments Group Ltd. (0.30%), California Public Employees Retirement System (0.19%), California State Teachers Retirement System (0.14%) and Icon Advisers Inc. Co. (0.12%). Company insiders that own W. R. Grace & Co stock include Alfred E Festa, Elizabeth C Brown, Force Andrew Hudson La III, Mark A Shelnitz, North Latitude Fund Lp 40, North Latitude Master Fund 40, Thomas E Blaser and William C Dockman. View Institutional Ownership Trends for W. R. Grace & Co.

GRA stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Tocqueville Asset Management L.P., Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio, Russell Investments Group Ltd., Cerebellum GP LLC and Comerica Bank. Company insiders that have sold W. R. Grace & Co company stock in the last year include Mark A Shelnitz and William C Dockman. View Insider Buying and Selling for W. R. Grace & Co.

GRA stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Diamond Hill Capital Management Inc., Eos Focused Equity Management L.P., California Public Employees Retirement System, SG Americas Securities LLC, Icon Advisers Inc. Co., Sciencast Management LP, Cerebellum GP LLC and Private Trust Co. NA. Company insiders that have bought W. R. Grace & Co stock in the last two years include Alfred E Festa, Elizabeth C Brown, Force Andrew Hudson La III, North Latitude Fund Lp 40, North Latitude Master Fund 40, Thomas E Blaser and William C Dockman. View Insider Buying and Selling for W. R. Grace & Co.

Shares of GRA can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of GRA stock can currently be purchased for approximately $66.18.

W. R. Grace & Co has a market capitalization of $4.42 billion and generates $1.93 billion in revenue each year. The specialty chemicals company earns $167.60 million in net income (profit) each year or $4.14 on an earnings per share basis. W. R. Grace & Co employs 3,900 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About W. R. Grace & Co.

The official website for W. R. Grace & Co is http://www.grace.com/.

W. R. Grace & Co's mailing address is 7500 GRACE DRIVE, COLUMBIA MD, 21044. The specialty chemicals company can be reached via phone at 410-531-4000 or via email at [email protected]