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

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

W. R. Grace & Co declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, October 24th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, November 14th will be given a dividend of $0.27 per share on Thursday, December 5th. This represents a $1.08 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.51%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, November 13th. View W. R. Grace & Co's Dividend History.

W. R. Grace & Co (NYSE:GRA) released its earnings results on Thursday, October, 24th. The specialty chemicals company reported $0.98 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.91 by $0.07. The specialty chemicals company earned $470.50 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $487.44 million. W. R. Grace & Co had a return on equity of 73.68% and a net margin of 11.34%. W. R. Grace & Co's revenue was down 4.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm earned $1.11 earnings per share. View W. R. Grace & Co's Earnings History.

W. R. Grace & Co is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, February 4th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for W. R. Grace & Co.

W. R. Grace & Co will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, February 4th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

W. R. Grace & Co updated its FY19 earnings guidance on Thursday, October, 24th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $4.32-4.38 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $4.31. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.95-1.97 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $2.00 billion.

9 equities research analysts have issued 12 month target prices for W. R. Grace & Co's shares. Their forecasts range from $72.00 to $95.00. On average, they anticipate W. R. Grace & Co's stock price to reach $84.22 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 18.1% 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 1 hold rating and 8 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for W. R. Grace & Co.

Press coverage about GRA stock has been trending somewhat negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research group ranks the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. W. R. Grace & Co earned a coverage optimism score of -1.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines 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 company's share price in the near future. View News Stories for W. R. Grace & Co.

W. R. Grace & Co saw a increase in short interest in December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 803,700 shares, an increase of 23.2% from the December 15th total of 652,300 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 364,800 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.2 days. Approximately 1.3% 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 Tocqueville Asset Management L.P. (0.53%), Private Trust Co. NA (0.02%) and Cerebellum GP LLC (0.01%). 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 Private Trust Co. NA. 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 Tocqueville Asset Management L.P. and Cerebellum GP 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of GRA stock can currently be purchased for approximately $71.33.

W. R. Grace & Co has a market capitalization of $4.76 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]