Closing Bell: Intact Financial Corp up on Friday (IFC)

Today, Intact Financial Corp shares closed at $244.71 after opening the day at $241.37. It traded at a low of $241.37 to a high of $245.22.

Shares advanced 1.59 percent from the previous day's close of $240.87.

Today across North America, the TSX Composite closed 0.91% at 22814.81, the S&P 500 closed -0.51% at 5399.22, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed 0.20% at 39935.07 and the Nasdaq Composite closed -0.93% at 17181.72.

Intact Financial Corp has listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) under the ticker IFC.

A total of 110,813 shares was traded during the last trading day, with total trades of 908. On average, Intact Financial Corp has traded 144,587 shares in the last five days and 293,055 year-to-date.

Trading across the entire TSX saw 3,857 price advancers against 1,325 declines and 128 unchanged.

During the prior 52 weeks, IFC.TO has traded as high as $245.22 (July 26,2024) and low as $188.22 (September 07,2023). Moreover, the shares have boosted 22.89% in the last year, while they have boosted 20.04% since the start of 2024.

It announced a 1.21 dividend on May 08/24, with an June 14/24 ex-date and June 28/24 pay day.

Following today's trading, Intact Financial Corp has a market capitalization of $42.95 billion on a float of 178,297 shares outstanding. Its annual EPS is $8.61.

Intact Financial Corp is a TSX Insurance company headquartered in Toronto, CAN.

Currently, Intact Financial Corp has an average recommendation of "Moderate Buy" based on 14.00 analysts according to Zacks. Currently, there are 9 buy ratings and 5 hold ratings for the stock.

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