Grace (W.R.) is engaged in the production and sale of specialty chemicals and specialty materials through two reportable business segments: Grace Catalysts Technologies and Grace Materials Technologies. Co.'s Grace Catalysts Technologies segment includes catalysts and related products and technologies used in petrochemical, refining, and other chemical manufacturing applications. Co.'s Grace Materials Technologies segment includes specialty materials, including specialty materials, including silica-based and silica-alumina-based materials, used in pharma/consumer, coatings, and chemical process applications. We show 48 historical shares outstanding datapoints in our GRA shares outstanding history coverage, used to compute GRA market cap on those dates.
Understanding the changing numbers of shares outstanding, the changing
share price, and the resulting changing GRA market cap history over the course of time is important for investors
interested in comparing GRA's market cap history versus its peers.
Many "beginner" or "novice" investors will look at one stock trading at a price of $10 per share and another trading at
a price of $20 per share and think the latter company is worth twice as much. Of course, that is a completely meaningless comparison without also knowing how many shares outstanding there are for each of the two companies,
and then calculating their respective market caps. Comparing the share price of GRA versus a peer is one thing; comparing
GRA market cap versus a peer is a completely different story.
Furthermore, via fluctuation both in per-share price and in the number of shares outstanding (via issuance of new shares over time, the repurchase of existing shares),
the market cap for a company like GRA can fluctuate over the course of history.
With this page we aim to empower investors researching GRA by allowing them to research the GRA market cap history. |
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