Specialty Chemicals

Albemarle Corporation (NYSE: ALB) announced today that its Board of Directors has elected William H. Hernandez to the Board, effective January 1, 2011.

W.R. Grace & Co. (NYSE: GRA) announced today that it has purchased the assets and associated entities of RS Solutions LLC, a privately-owned technology company located in West Chester, Ohio. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Shares of ADA-ES, Inc. (Nasdaq: ADES) are currently up 16.3% at $11.36 per share during Monday afternoon trading. Earlier today, the company announced that the Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2010 extended the “placed-in-service” date for the Section 45 tax credits by two years to January 1,...

Here is a quick peek at stocks that have abnormally high daily put/call ratios today relative to their average…. 1. POSCO (NYSE: PKX) 2,993 puts, 71 calls 2. GMX Resources Inc. (NASDAQ: GMXR) 2,509 puts, 129 calls 3. W.R. Grace & Co. (NYSE: GRA) 3,578 puts, 613 calls 4. Vertex Pharmaceuticals (...

Shares of W.R. Grace & Co. (NYSE: GRA) are lower on the session by 0.34%, trading at $35.60. Overall put volume is now running at 23.85x the daily average, with 3% of all puts traded being purchases on the offer. 3,578 contracts have traded on the session so far. W.R. Grace & Co. is...

J.P. Morgan is lowering its rating on H. B. Fuller (NYSE: FUL) shares from Overweight to Neutral. “We do not find the stock especially attractive at the current price,” J.P. Morgan writes. “Fuller trades at 6.6x our F2011 EBITDA estimate compared to a peer group average of 7.0x and versus 5.0x for...

Rockwood Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: ROC) announced earlier today that it has reached an agreement to sell its AlphaGary plastic compounding business to Mexichem S.A.B.de C.V. for $300 million in cash. AlphaGary is the largest division in Rockwood's Specialty Compounds segment.

American Pacific Corporation (Nasdaq: APFC) today reported financial results for its fiscal 2010 year and fourth quarter ended September 30, 2010. We provide non-GAAP measures as a supplement to financial results based on GAAP. A reconciliation of the non-GAAP measures to the most directly...

Below are the top specialty chemical stocks on the NYSE and the NASDAQ in terms of operating margin. The trailing-twelve-month operating margin at Gulf Resources Inc (NASDAQ: GFRE) is 41.83%. GFRE's PEG ratio is 0.38. The trailing-twelve-month operating margin at ShengdaTech Inc (NASDAQ: SDTH) is...

PolyOne Corporation (NYSE: POL) today announced the appointment of Daniel J. O'Bryon to corporate officer, serving as vice president and treasurer.

Jefferies & Company has raised the price target on W.R. Grace (NYSE: GRA) from $37 to $41.

International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. (NYSE: IFF) today announced that its Board of Directors has declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.27 per share on the common stock of the corporation, payable on January 12, 2011 to shareholders of record on December 29, 2010.

Landec Corporation (NASDAQ: LNDC) today announced revised guidance for fiscal year 2011 revenue and net income growth as a result of cold and wet weather that has impacted, and continues to adversely impact, produce sourcing and sourcing costs for the produce industry and for Landec's food...

Balchem Corporation (Nasdaq: BCPC) today announced that its Board of Directors has declared a dividend on its shares of common stock equal to $0.15 per share, payable on January 20, 2011 to holders of record on December 21, 2010. This dividend reflects a 36% increase over the prior year cash...