Closing Bell: Sagicor Financial Company Ltd up on Friday (SFC)

In market activity today, Sagicor Financial Company Ltd stock opened at $6.09 and closed at $6.10. Intraday prices ranged from $6.00 to $6.10.

Share prices surged 1.33% from the previous day's close of $6.02.

During the day 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.

Sagicor Financial Company Ltd traded under SFC on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX).

Trading volume was 3,600 on 19 total trades, with an average volume of 18,221 in the last five days.

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

During the prior 52 weeks, SFC.TO has traded as high as $7.41 (April 09,2024) and low as $4.25 (August 31,2023). Moreover, the shares have soared 40.23% in the last year, while they have advanced 2.52% since the start of 2024.

It announced a 0.06 dividend on May 10/24, with an May 29/24 ex-date and June 19/24 pay day.

Following today's trading, Sagicor Financial Company Ltd has a market capitalization of $859.49 million on a float of 140,900 shares outstanding. Its annual EPS is $3.84.

Sagicor Financial Company Ltd is a TSX Insurance company headquartered in Saint Michael, BRB.

Sagicor Financial Company Ltd is holding an average recommendation of "Strong Buy" from 3.00 analysts according to Zacks. Currently, there are 3 buy ratings for the stock.

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