How to buy WRGrace-and-Co stock | $69.99

W. R. Grace & Co is a specialty chemicals business based in the US. WRGrace-and-Co shares (GRA) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. WRGrace-and-Co employs 4,000 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around 0.00.

WRGrace-and-Co stock price (NYSE: GRA)

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WRGrace-and-Co shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2021-10-16.

Latest market close	$69.99
52-week range	$41.07 - $70.00
50-day moving average	$69.67
200-day moving average	$67.54
Wall St. target price	$70.00
PE ratio	60.3883
Dividend yield	$0.93 (1.33%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	$1.16

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WRGrace-and-Co price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $69.99 from 2021-09-22

1 week (2021-10-07)	N/A
1 month (2021-09-17)	0.01%
3 months (2021-07-16)	0.68%
6 months (2021-04-16)	8.04%

1 year (2020-10-16)	51.69%
2 years (2019-10-17)	6.08%
3 years (2018-10-17)	4.32%
5 years (2016-10-17)	2.13%

Is WRGrace-and-Co under- or over-valued?

Valuing WRGrace-and-Co stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of WRGrace-and-Co's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

WRGrace-and-Co's P/E ratio

WRGrace-and-Co's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 60x. In other words, WRGrace-and-Co shares trade at around 60x recent earnings.

That's relatively high compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The high P/E ratio could mean that investors are optimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're over-valued.

WRGrace-and-Co's EBITDA

WRGrace-and-Co's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $408.2 million.

The EBITDA is a measure of a WRGrace-and-Co's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

WRGrace-and-Co financials

Revenue TTM	$1.9 billion
Operating margin TTM	15.96%
Gross profit TTM	$637.2 million
Return on assets TTM	4.17%
Return on equity TTM	16.68%
Profit margin	4.16%
Book value	$5.23
Market capitalisation	$4.6 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting WRGrace-and-Co shares

There are currently 3.7 million WRGrace-and-Co shares held short by investors – that's known as WRGrace-and-Co's "short interest". This figure is 19.9% up from 3.1 million last month.

There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting WRGrace-and-Co shares can be evaluated.

WRGrace-and-Co's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

WRGrace-and-Co's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of WRGrace-and-Co shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of WRGrace-and-Co shares traded daily (recently around 450356.83192261). WRGrace-and-Co's SIR currently stands at 8.27. In other words for every 100,000 WRGrace-and-Co shares traded daily on the market, roughly 8270 shares are currently held short.

However WRGrace-and-Co's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of WRGrace-and-Co shares, or, against the total number of tradable WRGrace-and-Co shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case WRGrace-and-Co's short interest could be expressed as 0.06% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 WRGrace-and-Co shares in existence, roughly 60 shares are currently held short) or 0.0667% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable WRGrace-and-Co shares, roughly 67 shares are currently held short).

A SIR below 10% would generally be considered to indicate a fairly optimistic outlook for the share price, with fewer people currently willing to bet against WRGrace-and-Co.

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WRGrace-and-Co share dividends

Dividend payout ratio: 19.81% of net profits

Recently WRGrace-and-Co has paid out, on average, around 19.81% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 1.89% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), WRGrace-and-Co shareholders could enjoy a 1.89% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In WRGrace-and-Co's case, that would currently equate to about $0.93 per share.

While WRGrace-and-Co's payout ratio might seem low, this can signify that WRGrace-and-Co is investing more in its future growth.

WRGrace-and-Co's most recent dividend payout was on 22 March 2021. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 28 February 2021 (the "ex-dividend date").

Have WRGrace-and-Co's shares ever split?

WRGrace-and-Co's shares were split on a 2:1 basis on 10 December 1987. So if you had owned 1 share the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 2 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your WRGrace-and-Co shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 50% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for WRGrace-and-Co shares which in turn could have impacted WRGrace-and-Co's share price.

WRGrace-and-Co share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, WRGrace-and-Co's shares have ranged in value from as little as $41.071 up to $70. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while WRGrace-and-Co's is 1.4547. This would suggest that WRGrace-and-Co's shares are more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).

WRGrace-and-Co overview

W. R. Grace & Co. , through its subsidiaries, 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; and FCC additives. This segment also provides hydro processing catalysts used in process reactors to upgrade heavy oils into lighter products; polyolefin and chemical catalysts used for the production of polypropylene and polyethylene thermoplastic resins; and chemical catalysts, as well as gas-phase polypropylene process technology to manufacture polypropylene products.

Frequently asked questions

What percentage of WRGrace-and-Co is owned by insiders or institutions?
Currently 0.553% of WRGrace-and-Co shares are held by insiders and 83.029% by institutions. How many people work for WRGrace-and-Co?
Latest data suggests 4,000 work at WRGrace-and-Co. When does the fiscal year end for WRGrace-and-Co?
WRGrace-and-Co's fiscal year ends in December. Where is WRGrace-and-Co based?
WRGrace-and-Co's address is: 7500 Grace Drive, Columbia, MD, United States, 21044-4098 What is WRGrace-and-Co's ISIN number?
WRGrace-and-Co's international securities identification number is: US38388F1084 What is WRGrace-and-Co's CUSIP number?
WRGrace-and-Co's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 38388F108