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. Shareholders 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 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.53%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, November 13th. View W. R. Grace & Co's Dividend History.

W. R. Grace & Co (NYSE:GRA) announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, October, 24th. The specialty chemicals company reported $0.98 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.91 by $0.07. The specialty chemicals company earned $470.50 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $487.44 million. W. R. Grace & Co had a net margin of 11.34% and a return on equity of 73.68%. The business's quarterly revenue was down 4.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm earned $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 Tuesday, February 4th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for W. R. Grace & Co.

W. R. Grace & Co will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, February 4th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

9 brokers have issued 12 month target prices for W. R. Grace & Co's stock. Their forecasts range from $72.00 to $95.00. On average, they anticipate W. R. Grace & Co's stock price to reach $84.22 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 19.0% 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 1 hold rating and 8 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for W. R. Grace & Co.

News coverage about GRA stock has trended somewhat positive on Thursday, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. W. R. Grace & Co earned a news impact score of 1.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the specialty chemicals company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock'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 December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 803,700 shares, an increase of 23.2% from the December 15th total of 652,300 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 364,800 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.2 days. Currently, 1.3% 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 investors include Tocqueville Asset Management L.P. (0.53%), Private Trust Co. NA (0.02%) and Cerebellum GP LLC (0.01%). 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 Private Trust Co. NA. 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 Tocqueville Asset Management L.P. and Cerebellum GP LLC. 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 $70.77.

W. R. Grace & Co has a market capitalization of $4.72 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]