Closing Bell: George Weston Limited up on Tuesday (WN)

In market activity today, shares of George Weston Limited opened at $212.59 and closed at $212.90. It traded at a low of $210.30 to a high of $215.90.

Share prices boosted 0.51% from the previous day's close of $211.81.

During the day across North America, the TSX Composite closed 0.20% at 22824.67, the S&P 500 closed 0.08% at 5463.54, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed -0.12% at 40539.93 and the Nasdaq Composite closed 0.07% at 17370.20.

George Weston Limited traded under WN on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX).

A total of 84,952 shares was traded during the last trading day, with total trades of 738. On average, George Weston Limited has traded 78,682 shares in the last five days and 123,501 year-to-date.

The TSX market on the whole today saw 2,584 price advancers against 2,644 declines and 86 unchanged.

During the prior 52 weeks, WN.TO has traded as high as $217.28 (July 26,2024) and low as $144.41 (October 20,2023). Moreover, the shares have raised 41.88% in the last 52 weeks, while they have boosted 29.42% this year.

It announced a 0.82 dividend on May 07/24, with an June 14/24 ex-date and July 01/24 pay day.

Following today's trading, George Weston Limited has a market capitalization of $28.15 billion on a float of 132,921 shares outstanding. Its annual EPS is $9.47.

George Weston Limited is a TSX Grocery Stores company headquartered in Toronto, CAN.

George Weston Limited's average recommendation is "Moderate Buy" based on 5.00 analysts according to Zacks. Currently, there are 4 buy ratings and 1 hold ratings for the stock.

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