Closing Bell: Maple Leaf Foods up on Thursday (MFI)

Today, Maple Leaf Foods shares closed at $25.60 after opening the day at $25.22. It traded at a low of $25.21 to a high of $25.83.

Share prices gained 1.55 percent from the previous day's close of $25.21.

During the day across North America, the TSX Composite closed -1.68% at 22723.21, the S&P 500 closed 1.58% at 5522.30, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed 0.24% at 40842.79 and the Nasdaq Composite closed 2.64% at 17599.40.

Maple Leaf Foods has listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) under the ticker MFI.

A total of 277,415 shares was traded during the session, with total trades of 1,098, with an average volume of 180,238 over 5 days.

The TSX overall saw 907 price advancers against 4,327 declines and 72 unchanged.

During the prior 52 weeks, MFI.TO has traded as high as $31.63 (August 04,2023) and low as $21.52 (February 23,2024). Moreover, in the last 52 weeks, Maple Leaf Foods's shares have decreased -6.88%, while in 2024, they have advanced 1.43%.

It announced a 0.22 dividend on May 01/24, with an June 06/24 ex-date and June 28/24 pay day.

Following today's trading, Maple Leaf Foods has a market capitalization of $3.10 billion on a float of 122,773 shares outstanding. Its annual EPS is $-0.13.

Maple Leaf Foods is a TSX Packaged Foods company headquartered in Mississauga, CAN.

Maple Leaf Foods's average recommendation is "Strong Buy" based on 6.00 analysts according to Zacks. From those 6 analysts, 6 have buy ratings.

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