Closing Bell: George Weston Limited down on Friday (WN)

George Weston Limited opened trading today at $210.03 and closed at $210.23. Intraday prices ranged from a low of $208.21 to a high of $212.85.

The price dipped -0.58 percent from the previous day's close of $211.46.

During the day across North America, the TSX Composite closed -2.18% at 22227.63, the S&P 500 closed -1.37% at 5446.68, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed -1.21% at 40347.97 and the Nasdaq Composite closed -2.30% at 17194.15.

George Weston Limited has listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) under the ticker WN.

Trading volume was 108,362 on 1,018 total trades. On average, George Weston Limited has traded 100,207 shares over the last 5-days and 123,348 year-to-date.

Trading across the entire TSX saw 741 price advancers against 4,512 declines and 69 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, in the last 52 weeks, George Weston Limited's shares have advanced 38.36 percent, while they have boosted 27.80% this year.

It announced a 0.82 dividend on July 30/24, with an September 13/24 ex-date and October 01/24 pay day.

Following today's trading, George Weston Limited has a market capitalization of $27.94 billion on a float of 132,144 shares outstanding. Its annual EPS is $8.89.

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

Currently, George Weston Limited's consensus rating is "Moderate Buy" based on 5 analysts according to Zacks. From those 5 analysts, 4 have buy ratings and 1 analysts gave hold ratings.

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