Closing Bell: Empire Company Ltd down on Friday (EMP-A)

In today's trading, Empire Company Ltd stock opened at $36.55 and closed at $36.66. It traded at a low of $36.21 to a high of $36.74.

The price dipped -0.30% from the previous day's close of $36.77.

Today across North America, the TSX Composite closed -2.18% at 22227.63, the S&P 500 closed -1.84% at 5346.56, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed -1.51% at 39737.26 and the Nasdaq Composite closed -2.43% at 16776.16.

Empire Company Ltd has listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) under the ticker EMP-A.

A total of 279,354 shares was traded during the last trading day, with total trades of 1,541, with an average volume of 486,624 over the last 5 days.

The TSX overall saw 432 price advancers against 4,843 declines and 43 unchanged.

During the prior 52 weeks, EMP-A.TO has traded as high as $40.69 (November 10,2023) and low as $31.45 (April 05,2024). Moreover, the shares have advanced 3.56% in the last 12 months, while this year, they have boosted 4.59%.

It announced a 0.20 dividend on June 20/24, with an July 15/24 ex-date and July 31/24 pay day.

Following today's trading, Empire Company Ltd has a market capitalization of $8.86 billion on a float of 241,611 shares outstanding. Its annual EPS is $2.92.

Empire Company Ltd is a TSX Grocery Stores company headquartered in Stellarton, CAN.

Currently, Empire Company Ltd has an average recommendation of "Hold" based on 5.00 analysts according to Zacks. From those 5 analysts, 1 have buy ratings and 4 analysts gave hold ratings.

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