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

In trading today, Intact Financial Corp shares closed at $246.76 after opening the day at $240.37. It traded at a low of $240.37 to a high of $247.82.

Shares advanced 0.71% from the previous day's close of $245.02.

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.

Intact Financial Corp traded under IFC on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX).

Trading volume was 309,967 on 2,654 total trades, with an average volume of 274,447 over 5 days.

Trading across the entire TSX saw 432 price advancers against 4,843 declines and 43 unchanged.

During the prior 52 weeks, IFC.TO has traded as high as $263.74 (July 31,2024) and low as $188.22 (September 07,2023). Moreover, in the last 12 months, Intact Financial Corp's shares have boosted 27.53%, while this year, they have boosted 21.04%.

It announced a 1.21 dividend on July 30/24, with an September 13/24 ex-date and September 27/24 pay day.

Following today's trading, Intact Financial Corp has a market capitalization of $44.01 billion on a float of 178,364 shares outstanding. Its annual EPS is $11.35.

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

Currently, Intact Financial Corp's consensus rating is "Moderate Buy" based on 14 analysts according to Zacks. From those 14 analysts, 9 have buy ratings and 5 analysts gave hold ratings.

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