W. R. Grace & Co. Stock Forecast, Price & News

9 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for W. R. Grace & Co. in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" W. R. Grace & Co. stock.
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W. R. Grace & Co. saw a decline in short interest in the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totaling 639,100 shares, a decline of 36.1% from the December 31st total of 1,000,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 538,600 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.2 days. Currently, 1.0% of the company's stock are short sold.
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W. R. Grace & Co. is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, April 29th 2021.
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W. R. Grace & Co. (NYSE:GRA) issued its quarterly earnings results on Monday, February, 8th. The specialty chemicals company reported $0.88 EPS for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.86 by $0.02. The specialty chemicals company had revenue of $470.20 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $466.18 million. W. R. Grace & Co. had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 55.80% and a net margin of 0.76%. The company's quarterly revenue was down 6.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $1.31 earnings per share.
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W. R. Grace & Co.'s stock was trading at $46.66 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, GRA shares have increased by 27.0% and is now trading at $59.26.
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W. R. Grace & Co. announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, February 9th. Investors of record on Tuesday, March 2nd will be paid a dividend of $0.33 per share on Tuesday, March 23rd. This represents a $1.32 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.23%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, March 1st. This is an increase from W. R. Grace & Co.'s previous quarterly dividend of $0.30.
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W. R. Grace & Co. pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.01%. W. R. Grace & Co. does not yet have a strock track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio of W. R. Grace & Co. is 27.40%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, W. R. Grace & Co. will have a dividend payout ratio of 30.69% next year. This indicates that W. R. Grace & Co. will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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W. R. Grace & Co. issued an update on its FY21 earnings guidance on Tuesday, February, 9th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $3.63-3.93 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $3.87. The company issued revenue guidance of +7-11% yr/yr to $1.85-1.92 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.88 billion.

9 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for W. R. Grace & Co.'s shares. Their forecasts range from $53.00 to $75.00. On average, they expect W. R. Grace & Co.'s stock price to reach $64.63 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 9.1% from the stock's current price.
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21 employees have rated W. R. Grace & Co. CEO Hudson La Force on Glassdoor.com. Hudson La Force has an approval rating of 89% among W. R. Grace & Co.'s employees.

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

W. R. Grace & Co.'s stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Russell Investments Group Ltd. (4.54%), Lyrical Asset Management LP (2.92%), Diamond Hill Capital Management Inc. (2.80%), Nuveen Asset Management LLC (1.20%), Thompson Siegel & Walmsley LLC (0.57%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.54%). Company insiders that own W. R. Grace & Co. stock include Elizabeth C Brown, Force Andrew Hudson La III, Mark A Shelnitz, Mark E Tomkins, North Latitude Fund Lp 40, North Latitude Master Fund 40 and William C Dockman.
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GRA stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Diamond Hill Capital Management Inc., New York State Common Retirement Fund, Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, Swift Run Capital Management LLC, Lapides Asset Management LLC, Arizona State Retirement System, and Panagora Asset Management Inc..
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GRA stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Russell Investments Group Ltd., Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Lyrical Asset Management LP, Thompson Siegel & Walmsley LLC, Tudor Investment Corp Et Al, GABELLI & Co INVESTMENT ADVISERS INC., Gabelli Funds LLC, and Value Holdings Management CO. LLC. Company insiders that have bought W. R. Grace & Co. stock in the last two years include Elizabeth C Brown, Force Andrew Hudson La III, Mark E Tomkins, North Latitude Fund Lp 40, North Latitude Master Fund 40, and William C Dockman.
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Shares of GRA can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of GRA stock can currently be purchased for approximately $59.26.

W. R. Grace & Co. has a market capitalization of $3.92 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 4,000 workers across the globe.

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

W. R. Grace & Co. is headquartered at 7500 GRACE DRIVE, COLUMBIA MD, 21044.

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]