NYSE:GRAW. R. Grace & Co Stock Price, Forecast & News Adding Choose a watchlist: Adding You have already added five stocks to your watchlist. Upgrade to MarketBeat Daily Premium to add more stocks to your watchlist. Adding W. R. Grace & Co Please log in to your account or sign up in order to add this asset to your watchlist. Log In and Add $51.52 -0.37 (-0.71 %) (As of 07/6/2020 04:00 PM ET) Add Compare Share Today's Range$50.76Now: $51.52▼$53.1450-Day Range$46.45MA: $51.60▼$58.5352-Week Range$26.75Now: $51.52▼$79.08Volume568,600 shsAverage Volume634,758 shsMarket Capitalization$3.41 billionP/E Ratio23.96Dividend Yield2.33%Beta1.53 ProfileAnalyst RatingsAdvanced ChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsInsider TradesInstitutional OwnershipHeadlinesOptions ChainSEC FilingsSocial Media W. R. Grace & Co. produces and sells specialty chemicals and materials worldwide. It operates through two segments, Grace Catalysts Technologies and Grace Materials Technologies. The Grace Catalysts Technologies segment offers fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) catalysts for the production of transportation fuels, such as gasoline and diesel fuels, and petrochemicals; FCC additives; and methanol-to-olefins catalysts for the conversion of methanol into petrochemical feeds, including ethylene and propylene. This segment also provides hydro processing catalysts used in process reactors to upgrade heavy oils into lighter products; polyolefin catalysts and chemical catalyst supports for the production of polypropylene and polyethylene thermoplastic resins; and chemical catalysts, as well as gas-phase polypropylene process technology to manufacture polypropylene products. The Grace Materials Technologies segment offers silica-based and silica-alumina-based materials for use in coatings, consumer, pharmaceutical, and chemical process. W. R. Grace & Co. was founded in 1854 and is headquartered in Columbia, Maryland.Read More Beat the Market (BTM) Rank™ 4.3 Analyst's Opinion Consensus RatingW. R. Grace & Co has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.67, and is based on 6 buy ratings, 3 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.Price Target Upside/DownsideAccording to analysts' consensus price target of $65.50, W. R. Grace & Co has a potential upside of 27.1% from its current price of $51.52.Amount of Analyst CoverageW. R. Grace & Co has been the subject of 5 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock. Previous Next 2.8 Community Rank Outperform VotesW. R. Grace & Co has received 434 “outperform” votes. (Add your “outperform” vote.)Underperform VotesW. R. Grace & Co has received 339 “underperform” votes. (Add your “underperform” vote.)Community SentimentW. R. Grace & Co has received 56.14% “outperform” votes from our community.MarketBeat's community ratings are surveys of what our community members think about W. R. Grace & Co and other stocks. Vote “Outperform” if you believe GRA will outperform the S&P 500 over the long term. Vote “Underperform” if you believe GRA will underperform the S&P 500 over the long term. You may vote once every thirty days. Previous Next 2.5 Dividend Strength Dividend YieldW. R. Grace & Co pays a meaningful dividend of 2.33%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.Dividend GrowthW. R. Grace & Co has only been increasing its dividend for 3 years.Dividend CoverageThe dividend payout ratio of W. R. Grace & Co is 27.40%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.Dividend SustainabilityBased on earnings estimates, W. R. Grace & Co will have a dividend payout ratio of 29.27% next year. This indicates that W. R. Grace & Co will be able to sustain or increase its dividend. Previous Next 4.0 Company Ownership Insider Buying vs. Insider SellingIn the past three months, W. R. Grace & Co insiders have bought more of their company's stock than they have sold. Specifically, they have bought $334,270.00 in company stock and sold $0.00 in company stock.Percentage Held by InsidersOnly 0.90% of the stock of W. R. Grace & Co is held by insiders.Percentage Held by Institutions85.16% of the stock of W. R. Grace & Co is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company. Previous Next 2.5 Earnings and Valuation Earnings GrowthEarnings for W. R. Grace & Co are expected to grow by 46.95% in the coming year, from $2.79 to $4.10 per share.Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the MarketThe P/E ratio of W. R. Grace & Co is 23.96, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 16.71.Price to Earnings Ratio vs. SectorThe P/E ratio of W. R. Grace & Co is 23.96, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Basic Materials sector average P/E ratio of about 26.13.Price to Book Value per Share RatioW. R. Grace & Co has a P/B Ratio of 8.54. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities. Previous Next Analyst Opinion: 4.3Community Rank: 2.8Dividend Strength: 2.5Insider Behavior: 4.0Valuation: 2.5 5 -4 -3 -2 -1 -Overall Beat the Market Rank™3.23 out of 5 stars Industry, Sector and Symbol Stock Exchange NYSE Industry Chemicals & allied products Sub-IndustrySpecialty Chemicals SectorBasic Materials Current SymbolNYSE:GRA Previous Symbol CUSIP38388F10 CIK1045309 Webwww.grace.com Phone410-531-4000Debt Debt-to-Equity Ratio5.09 Current Ratio1.49 Quick Ratio1.00Price-To-Earnings Trailing P/E Ratio23.96 Forward P/E Ratio18.47 P/E GrowthN/A Sales & Book Value Annual Sales$1.96 billion Price / Sales1.74 Cash Flow$5.88 per share Price / Cash Flow8.76 Book Value$6.03 per share Price / Book8.54Profitability EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year)$4.38 Net Income$126.30 million Net Margins7.52% Return on Equity68.38% Return on Assets7.27%Miscellaneous Employees4,000 Outstanding Shares66,172,000Market Cap$3.41 billion Next Earnings Date7/23/2020 (Estimated) OptionableOptionable GRA Rates by TradingView Receive GRA News and Ratings via Email Sign-up to receive the latest news and ratings for GRA and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. W. R. Grace & Co (NYSE:GRA) Frequently Asked Questions How has W. R. Grace & Co's stock been impacted by COVID-19 (Coronavirus)? W. R. Grace & Co's stock was trading at $46.66 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, GRA shares have increased by 10.4% and is now trading at $51.52. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus. Do Wall Street analysts recommend investors buy shares of 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 3 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for W. R. Grace & Co. When is W. R. Grace & Co's next earnings date? W. R. Grace & Co is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, July 23rd 2020. View our earnings forecast for W. R. Grace & Co. How were W. R. Grace & Co's earnings last quarter? W. R. Grace & Co (NYSE:GRA) issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, April, 30th. The specialty chemicals company reported $0.71 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.68 by $0.03. The specialty chemicals company earned $421.50 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $424.77 million. W. R. Grace & Co had a net margin of 7.52% and a return on equity of 68.38%. The company's quarterly revenue was down 10.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $0.93 earnings per share. View W. R. Grace & Co's earnings history. How often does W. R. Grace & Co pay dividends? What is the dividend yield for W. R. Grace & Co? W. R. Grace & Co declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, April 30th. Investors of record on Thursday, May 21st will be given a dividend of $0.30 per share on Thursday, June 11th. This represents a $1.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.33%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, May 20th. View W. R. Grace & Co's dividend history. What price target have analysts set for GRA? 9 brokerages have issued 12-month price objectives for W. R. Grace & Co's stock. Their forecasts range from $47.00 to $83.00. On average, they anticipate W. R. Grace & Co's share price to reach $65.50 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 27.1% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for W. R. Grace & Co. Has W. R. Grace & Co been receiving favorable news coverage? Headlines about GRA stock have trended negative on Monday, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of 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 coverage optimism score of -2.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories 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 effect on the stock's share price in the near future. View the latest news about W. R. Grace & Co. Are investors shorting W. R. Grace & Co? W. R. Grace & Co saw a drop in short interest in the month of June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 1,160,000 shares, a drop of 8.7% from the June 15th total of 1,270,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 604,800 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.9 days. Approximately 1.9% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View W. R. Grace & Co's Current Options Chain. Who are some of W. R. Grace & Co's key competitors? Some companies that are related to W. R. Grace & Co include Ecolab (ECL), Sherwin-Williams (SHW), International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF), Celanese (CE), RPM International (RPM), Albemarle (ALB), NewMarket (NEU), Ashland Global (ASH), Quaker Chemical (KWR), Balchem (BCPC), PolyOne (POL), HB Fuller (FUL), Sensient Technologies (SXT), Stepan (SCL) and Innospec (IOSP). View all competitors. What other stocks do shareholders of W. R. Grace & Co own? Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other W. R. Grace & Co investors own include Under Armour (UAA), Verizon Communications (VZ), Intel (INTC), Wells Fargo & Co (WFC), AbbVie (ABBV), Walt Disney (DIS), General Electric (GE), Pfizer (PFE), Southern (SO) and AT&T (T). Who are W. R. Grace & Co's key executives? W. R. Grace & Co's management team includes the following people: Mr. Hudson La Force III, CEO, Pres, COO & Director (Age 54)Mr. Mark A. Shelnitz, Sr. VP, Gen. Counsel & Sec. (Age 60)Ms. Elizabeth C. Brown, Sr. VP & Chief HR Officer (Age 55)Mr. Keith N. Cole, Sr. VP of Gov. Relations, Environment, Health & Safety (Age 60)Mr. William C. Dockman, Interim CFO, Chief Accounting Officer, VP & Controller (Age 59) What is W. R. Grace & Co's stock symbol? W. R. Grace & Co trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "GRA." How do I buy shares of 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. What is W. R. Grace & Co's stock price today? One share of GRA stock can currently be purchased for approximately $51.52. How big of a company is W. R. Grace & Co? W. R. Grace & Co has a market capitalization of $3.41 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. What is W. R. Grace & Co's official website? The official website for W. R. Grace & Co is www.grace.com. How can I contact W. R. Grace & Co? 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] This page was last updated on 7/6/2020 by MarketBeat.com Staff 30 Days of MarketBeat All Access for $1.00 Sign up for MarketBeat All Access to gain access to MarketBeat's full suite of research tools: Best-in-Class Portfolio Monitoring View the latest news, buy/sell ratings, SEC filings and insider transactions for your stocks. Compare your portfolio performance to leading indices and get personalized stock ideas based on your portfolio. 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