Closing Bell: Baytex Energy Corp up on Wednesday (BTE)

In today's trading, shares of Baytex Energy Corp opened at $4.79 and closed at $4.94. Intraday prices ranged from a low of $4.79 to a high of $4.98.

Share prices advanced 3.35 percent from the previous day's close of $4.78.

Today across North America, the TSX Composite closed 1.40% at 22350.23, the S&P 500 closed 0.07% at 5576.98, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed -0.13% at 39291.97 and the Nasdaq Composite closed 0.14% at 18429.29.

Baytex Energy Corp traded under BTE on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX).

A total of 4,867,587 shares was traded during the last trading day, with total trades of 3,439, while having an average volume of 3,250,772 over 5 days.

Trading across the entire TSX saw 3,274 price advancers against 1,962 declines and 102 unchanged.

During the prior 52 weeks, BTE.TO has traded as high as $6.37 (October 20,2023) and low as $3.96 (February 05,2024). Moreover, in the last 12 months, Baytex Energy Corp's shares have boosted 8.33 percent, while this year, they have advanced 12.79%.

It announced a 0.02 dividend on May 09/24, with an June 14/24 ex-date and July 02/24 pay day.

Following today's trading, Baytex Energy Corp has a market capitalization of $3.86 billion on a float of 808,045 shares outstanding. Its annual EPS is $-0.44.

Baytex Energy Corp is a TSX Oil & Gas E&P company headquartered in Calgary, CAN.

Currently, Baytex Energy Corp's consensus rating is "Moderate Buy" based on 8 analysts according to Zacks. From those 8 analysts, 5 have buy ratings and 3 analysts gave hold ratings.

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