Closing Bell: Transalta Corp up on Thursday (TA)
Transalta Corp opened trading today at $10.55 and closed at $11.29. It traded at a low of $10.50 to a high of $11.34.
The price boosted 8.56% from the previous day's close of $10.40.
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.
Transalta Corp traded under TA on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX).
A total of 2,611,320 shares was traded during the session, with total trades of 11,090, while having an average volume of 1,301,117 over 5 days.
The TSX market on the whole today saw 907 price advancers against 4,327 declines and 72 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, in the last 12 months, Transalta Corp's shares have shrunken -16.06 percent, while they have advanced 2.45% since the start of 2024.
It announced a 0.06 dividend on July 29/24, with an August 30/24 ex-date and October 01/24 pay day.
Following today's trading, Transalta Corp has a market capitalization of $3.15 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.
Transalta Corp's average recommendation is "Strong Buy" based on 7.00 analysts according to Zacks. From those 7 analysts, 7 have buy ratings.
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