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

8 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for W. R. Grace & Co. in the last year. There are currently 7 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" W. R. Grace & Co. stock. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in GRA, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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W. R. Grace & Co. saw a increase in short interest in August. As of August 13th, there was short interest totaling 3,620,000 shares, an increase of 16.4% from the July 29th total of 3,110,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 575,900 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 6.3 days. Approximately 5.5% of the shares of the company are short sold.
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W. R. Grace & Co. is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, October 27th 2021.
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W. R. Grace & Co. (NYSE:GRA) announced its quarterly earnings data on Sunday, August, 1st. The specialty chemicals company reported $1.01 EPS for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.93 by $0.08. The specialty chemicals company had revenue of $512.90 million for the quarter. W. R. Grace & Co. had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 69.34% and a net margin of 4.16%.
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W. R. Grace & Co.'s stock was trading at $46.66 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, GRA stock has increased by 50.0% and is now trading at $69.97.
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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 given a dividend of $0.33 per share on Tuesday, March 23rd. This represents a $1.32 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.89%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, March 1st. This is a boost 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 $0.63 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.90%. The dividend payout ratio of W. R. Grace & Co. is 23.86%. 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 13.13% next year. This indicates that W. R. Grace & Co. will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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8 analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for W. R. Grace & Co.'s stock. Their forecasts range from $60.00 to $70.00. On average, they expect W. R. Grace & Co.'s share price to reach $68.17 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 2.6%.
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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 retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Diamond Hill Capital Management Inc. (2.15%), Millennium Management LLC (1.95%), Westchester Capital Management LLC (1.17%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.07%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.78%) and Picton Mahoney Asset Management (0.53%). Company insiders that own W. R. Grace & Co. stock include Elizabeth C Brown, Force Andrew Hudson La III and Mark E Tomkins.
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GRA stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Russell Investments Group Ltd., Atlantic Investment Management Inc., Diamond Hill Capital Management Inc., Thompson Siegel & Walmsley LLC, Price Michael F, New York State Common Retirement Fund, BNP Paribas Arbitrage SA, and Marshall Wace North America L.P..
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GRA stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Millennium Management LLC, Westchester Capital Management LLC, Picton Mahoney Asset Management, SG Americas Securities LLC, Gabelli Funds LLC, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Neuberger Berman Group LLC, and GABELLI & Co INVESTMENT ADVISERS INC.. Company insiders that have bought W. R. Grace & Co. stock in the last two years include Elizabeth C Brown, Force Andrew Hudson La III, and Mark E Tomkins.
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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 $69.97.

W. R. Grace & Co. has a market capitalization of $4.64 billion and generates $1.73 billion in revenue each year. The specialty chemicals company earns $-1,800,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or $2.64 on an earnings per share basis.

W. R. Grace & Co. employs 4,000 workers across the globe.

The following companies are subsidiares of W. R. Grace & Co.: Albemarle Corporation - Polyolefin Catalysts Business, Alltech Applied Science B.V., Alltech Associates, Alltech Associates (Australia) Pty. Ltd., Alltech Associates Applied Science Limited, Alltech France S.A.R.L., Alltech Grom GmbH, Alltech International Holdings, Alltech Italia S.R.L., BASF - Polyolefin Catalysts Business, De Neef Conchem Group, Denac Nederland B.V., Envases Industriales y Comerciales, Flexit Laboratories, GEC Divestment Corporation Ltd., Gloucester New Communities Company, Grace CIS LLC, Grace Catalyst AB, Grace Catalysts & Materials S.L.U., Grace Catalysts (Qingdao) Company Limited, Grace Catalysts LLC, Grace Chemical Company of Cuba, Grace Collections, Grace Davison Chemicals India Pvt. Ltd., Grace Energy Corporation, Grace Europe Holding GmbH, Grace European Finance (Dublin) Limited, Grace GP GmbH, Grace Germany GmbH, Grace Global Operations Center (Philippines) Inc., Grace GmbH, Grace Holdings S.A. de C.V., Grace Italy S.r.l., Grace Luxembourg S.à r.l., Grace Management GP GmbH, Grace Management Services, Grace Netherlands B.V., Grace PAR Corporation, Grace Products (Singapore) Private Limited, Grace Products South Africa (Private) Limited, Grace Refining Technologies Middle East Trading Ltd., Grace Silica GmbH, Grace Technologies, Grace Trading (Shanghai) Co. Ltd., Grace Turkey Kimyevi Madde Hizmetleri Anonim Sirketi, Grace Értékesito Kft., Grom Analytik + HPLC GmbH, Guanica-Caribe Land Development Corporation, Kootenai Development Company, Mertus 366.GmbH, Midland Dexter Venezuela, Papelera Camagueyana, Rheoset Indústria e Comércio de Aditivos, Rive Technology, Synthetech Inc., W. R. Grace & Co.-Conn., W. R. Grace Brasil Indústria e Comércio de Produtos Quimicos Ltda., W. R. Grace Canada Corp., W. R. Grace Capital Corporation, W. R. Grace International LLC, W. R. Grace Japan K.K., W. R. Grace Korea Inc., W. R. Grace Korea Limited, W. R. Grace Land Corporation, W. R. Grace Specialty Chemicals (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd., W. R. Grace Trading (Hong Kong) Limited, W. R. Grace Trading (Thailand) Limited, and Wuhan Meilixin New Building Materials.

W. R. Grace & Co. was founded in 1854.

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].