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

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

W. R. Grace & Co announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, February 7th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, February 28th will be given a dividend of $0.27 per share on Thursday, March 21st. This represents a $1.08 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.39%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, February 27th. This is an increase from W. R. Grace & Co's previous quarterly dividend of $0.24. View W. R. Grace & Co's Dividend History.

W. R. Grace & Co declared that its board has authorized a share buyback program on Saturday, April 8th 2017, which allows the company to repurchase $250,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to repurchase up to 5% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are generally an indication that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

W. R. Grace & Co (NYSE:GRA) posted its earnings results on Thursday, February, 7th. The specialty chemicals company reported $1.14 EPS for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.03 by $0.11. The specialty chemicals company had revenue of $520 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $498.24 million. W. R. Grace & Co had a net margin of 8.67% and a return on equity of 101.46%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 13.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $0.98 EPS. View W. R. Grace & Co's Earnings History.

W. R. Grace & Co is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, April 24th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for W. R. Grace & Co.

W. R. Grace & Co updated its FY19 earnings guidance on Thursday, February, 7th. The company provided EPS guidance of $4.53-4.63 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $4.49. The company issued revenue guidance of $2.048-2067.3 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $2.02 billion.W. R. Grace & Co also updated its FY 2019 guidance to $4.53-4.63 EPS.

9 analysts have issued 1-year target prices for W. R. Grace & Co's stock. Their predictions range from $70.00 to $89.00. On average, they expect W. R. Grace & Co's stock price to reach $83.3750 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 7.4% 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 9 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 been trending somewhat positive on Thursday, InfoTrie reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded 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 0.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage about the specialty chemicals company a news buzz of 9.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days.

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W. R. Grace & Co's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Iridian Asset Management LLC CT (4.33%), Geode Capital Management LLC (0.93%), Tocqueville Asset Management L.P. (0.68%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.49%), New York State Common Retirement Fund (0.43%) and California Public Employees Retirement System (0.17%). Company insiders that own W. R. Grace & Co stock include Alfred E Festa, Elizabeth C Brown, 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., Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Nomura Holdings Inc., California Public Employees Retirement System, Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio, Rhumbline Advisers, Private Trust Co. NA and Oakbrook Investments LLC. 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 Iridian Asset Management LLC CT, Diamond Hill Capital Management Inc., Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Geode Capital Management LLC, New York State Common Retirement Fund, Amalgamated Bank, California State Teachers Retirement System and HL Financial Services LLC. Company insiders that have bought W. R. Grace & Co stock in the last two years include Alfred E Festa, Elizabeth C Brown, North Latitude Fund Lp 40, North Latitude Master Fund 40 and Thomas E Blaser. 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of GRA stock can currently be purchased for approximately $77.62.

W. R. Grace & Co has a market capitalization of $5.20 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 3,700 workers across the globe.

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]