Closing Bell: Definity Financial Corporation up on Friday (DFY)

Definity Financial Corporation opened trading today at $48.50 and closed at $49.80. prices ranged from a low of $47.70 to a high of $50.23.

Shares raised 5.69 percent from the previous day's close of $47.12.

During the day across North America, the TSX Composite closed -2.18% at 22227.63, the S&P 500 closed -1.37% at 5446.68, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed -1.21% at 40347.97 and the Nasdaq Composite closed -2.30% at 17194.15.

Definity Financial Corporation traded under DFY on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX).

A total of 323,253 shares was traded during the session, with total trades of 1,932, with an average volume of 132,642 in the last five days.

The TSX overall saw 741 price advancers against 4,512 declines and 69 unchanged.

During the prior 52 weeks, DFY.TO has traded as high as $50.23 (August 02,2024) and low as $32.09 (August 03,2023). Moreover, the shares have raised 52.39% in the last 12 months, while they have boosted 32.66% year-to-date.

It announced a 0.16 dividend on May 10/24, with an June 13/24 ex-date and June 27/24 pay day.

Following today's trading, Definity Financial Corporation has a market capitalization of $5.43 billion on a float of 115,193 shares outstanding. Its annual EPS is $3.03.

Definity Financial Corporation is a TSX Insurance company headquartered in Waterloo, CAN.

Based on 12.00 analysts, Definity Financial Corporation gets an average recommendation of "Moderate Buy" according to Zacks. From those 12 analysts, 6 have buy ratings and 6 analysts gave hold ratings.

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