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 Tuesday, February 4th. Investors of record on Tuesday, February 25th will be given a dividend of $0.30 per share on Tuesday, March 17th. This represents a $1.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.90%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, February 24th. This is a boost from W. R. Grace & Co's previous quarterly dividend of $0.27. View W. R. Grace & Co's Dividend History.

W. R. Grace & Co (NYSE:GRA) released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February, 4th. The specialty chemicals company reported $1.31 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.27 by $0.04. The specialty chemicals company earned $504.50 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $503.74 million. W. R. Grace & Co had a net margin of 6.45% and a return on equity of 73.47%. The business's revenue was down 3.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the business posted $1.14 EPS. View W. R. Grace & Co's Earnings History.

W. R. Grace & Co is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, April 23rd 2020. View Earnings Estimates for W. R. Grace & Co.

W. R. Grace & Co updated its FY20 earnings guidance on Tuesday, February, 4th. The company provided EPS guidance of $4.73-4.91 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $4.83. The company issued revenue guidance of 0-3% (implying $1958.1-2.017 billion), compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $2.03 billion.

9 equities research analysts have issued 12-month target prices for W. R. Grace & Co's shares. Their forecasts range from $69.00 to $95.00. On average, they anticipate W. R. Grace & Co's share price to reach $81.11 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 28.5% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for W. R. Grace & Co.

9 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for W. R. Grace & Co in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 7 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for W. R. Grace & Co.

Media stories about GRA stock have trended negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm scores the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. W. R. Grace & Co earned a coverage optimism score of -2.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories about the specialty chemicals company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for W. R. Grace & Co.

W. R. Grace & Co saw a increase in short interest in January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 926,100 shares, an increase of 15.2% from the January 15th total of 803,700 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 356,200 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.6 days. Approximately 1.5% of the company's shares are short sold. 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 investors include Diamond Hill Capital Management Inc. (2.01%), Iridian Asset Management LLC CT (1.99%), Geode Capital Management LLC (0.88%), Cramer Rosenthal Mcglynn LLC (0.77%), Tocqueville Asset Management L.P. (0.53%) and Russell Investments Group Ltd. (0.53%). Company insiders that own W. R. Grace & Co stock include Force Andrew Hudson La III, Mark A Shelnitz, North Latitude Fund Lp 40, North Latitude Master Fund 40 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 Iridian Asset Management LLC CT, Marshall Wace North America L.P., Marshall Wace LLP, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Cramer Rosenthal Mcglynn LLC, New York State Common Retirement Fund, Private Trust Co. NA 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Diamond Hill Capital Management Inc., Russell Investments Group Ltd., Geode Capital Management LLC, Loomis Sayles & Co. L P, California Public Employees Retirement System, Tocqueville Asset Management L.P., Highstreet Asset Management Inc. and UBS Asset Management Americas Inc.. Company insiders that have bought W. R. Grace & Co stock in the last two years include Force Andrew Hudson La III, North Latitude Fund Lp 40, North Latitude Master Fund 40 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 $63.13.

W. R. Grace & Co has a market capitalization of $4.21 billion and generates $1.96 billion in revenue each year. The specialty chemicals company earns $126.30 million in net income (profit) each year or $4.38 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]