Closing Bell: Transalta Corp down on Friday (TA)

Today during trading, Transalta Corp shares closed at $10.12 after opening the day at $10.19. Intraday prices ranged from $10.08 to $10.32.

Shares decreased -0.10 percent from the previous day's close of $10.13.

During the day 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.

Transalta Corp has listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) under the ticker TA.

Trading volume was 894,659 on 3,722 total trades, while having an average volume of 1,198,523 over 5 days.

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

During the prior 52 weeks, TA.TO has traded as high as $13.97 (August 11,2023) and low as $8.22 (April 16,2024). Moreover, the shares have shrunken -23.80% in the last 12 months, while this year, they have dipped -8.17%.

It announced a 0.06 dividend on April 25/24, with an May 31/24 ex-date and July 01/24 pay day.

Following today's trading, Transalta Corp has a market capitalization of $3.07 billion on a float of 303,257 shares outstanding. Its annual EPS is $1.95.

Transalta Corp is a TSX Utilities Independent Power company headquartered in Calgary, CAN.

Currently, Transalta Corp has an average recommendation of "Strong Buy" based on 7.00 analysts according to Zacks. Currently, there are 7 buy ratings for the stock.

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