Closing Bell: Empire Company Ltd down on Wednesday (EMP-A)
Empire Company Ltd opened trading today at $36.16 and closed at $36.00. It traded at a low of $35.91 to a high of $36.28.
The price shrank -0.08 percent from the previous day's close of $36.03.
During the day across North America, the TSX Composite closed -0.45% at 21880.95, the S&P 500 closed -0.77% at 5199.50, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed -0.60% at 38763.45 and the Nasdaq Composite closed 1.03% at 16366.85.
Empire Company Ltd traded under EMP-A on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX).
A total of 427,630 shares was traded during the last trading day, with total trades of 2,039, with an average volume of 527,036 over 5 days.
The TSX market on the whole today saw 1,858 price advancers against 3,319 declines and 108 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, in the last 12 months, Empire Company Ltd's shares have advanced 2.86 percent, while they have advanced 2.71% year-to-date.
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 $8.71 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.
Empire Company Ltd is holding an average recommendation of "Hold" from 5.00 analysts according to Zacks. From those 5 analysts, 1 have buy ratings and 4 analysts gave hold ratings.
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