Closing Bell: Transalta Corp down on Wednesday (TA)

Today, shares of Transalta Corp opened at $11.39 and closed at $11.15. Intraday prices ranged from $11.14 to $11.53.

Share prices dipped -1.41% from the previous day's close of $11.31.

Today across North America, the TSX Composite closed -0.45% at 21880.95, the S&P 500 closed -0.77% at 5199.50, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed -0.60% at 38763.45 and the Nasdaq Composite closed 1.03% at 16366.85.

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

A total of 1,692,507 shares was traded during the last trading day, with total trades of 5,803, with an average volume of 1,694,829 over 5 days.

Trading across the entire TSX saw 1,858 price advancers against 3,319 declines and 108 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 eased -17.95 percent in the last 12 months, while this year, they have advanced 1.18%.

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 $3.37 billion on a float of 298,100 shares outstanding. Its annual EPS is $1.90.

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

Currently, Transalta Corp's consensus rating is "Strong Buy" based on 7 analysts according to Zacks. Currently, there are 7 buy ratings for the stock.

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