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, July 25th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, August 15th will be given a dividend of $0.27 per share on Thursday, September 5th. This represents a $1.08 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.67%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, August 14th. View W. R. Grace & Co's Dividend History.

W. R. Grace & Co (NYSE:GRA) released its earnings results on Thursday, July, 25th. The specialty chemicals company reported $1.16 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.14 by $0.02. The specialty chemicals company earned $513.60 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $508.65 million. W. R. Grace & Co had a return on equity of 85.42% and a net margin of 9.31%. The company's revenue was up 5.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $1.07 EPS. View W. R. Grace & Co's Earnings History.

W. R. Grace & Co is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, October 23rd 2019. View Earnings Estimates for W. R. Grace & Co.

W. R. Grace & Co issued an update on its FY19 earnings guidance on Thursday, July, 25th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $4.35-4.43 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $4.58. The company issued revenue guidance of +4-5% to approximately $2.01-2.03 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $2.05 billion.

6 brokers have issued 1-year price objectives for W. R. Grace & Co's stock. Their forecasts range from $80.00 to $95.00. On average, they expect W. R. Grace & Co's share price to reach $85.60 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 32.6% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for W. R. Grace & Co.

6 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for W. R. Grace & Co in the last year. There are currently 6 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for W. R. Grace & Co.

Media headlines about GRA stock have trended positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm identifies positive and negative media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. W. R. Grace & Co earned a news impact score of 2.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories about the specialty chemicals company a news buzz of 6.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for W. R. Grace & Co.

W. R. Grace & Co saw a decline in short interest in the month of July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totalling 712,300 shares, a decline of 11.0% from the June 30th total of 800,500 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 465,800 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.5 days. Currently, 1.1% of the shares of the company 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 a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Nuveen Asset Management LLC (3.32%), Iridian Asset Management LLC CT (2.99%), Cramer Rosenthal Mcglynn LLC (1.16%), Putnam Investments LLC (1.06%), Tocqueville Asset Management L.P. (0.54%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.50%). 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 Iridian Asset Management LLC CT, Cramer Rosenthal Mcglynn LLC, Russell Investments Group Ltd., Strs Ohio, BNP Paribas Arbitrage SA, SG Americas Securities LLC, Tocqueville Asset Management L.P. and Diamond Hill Capital Management Inc.. 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Marshall Wace North America L.P., Icon Advisers Inc. Co., Putnam Investments LLC, Marshall Wace LLP, Tiverton Asset Management LLC, Flinton Capital Management LLC and Tyers Asset Management 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of GRA stock can currently be purchased for approximately $64.54.

W. R. Grace & Co has a market capitalization of $4.31 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]