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

In market activity today, George Weston Limited shares closed at $205.57 after opening the day at $208.23. It traded at a low of $204.47 to a high of $208.23.

Shares dipped -0.90 percent from the previous day's close of $207.43.

During the day 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.

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

A total of 106,227 shares was traded during the session, with total trades of 944. On average, George Weston Limited has traded 125,792 shares over the last 5-days and 123,595 year-to-date.

The TSX market on the whole today saw 1,858 price advancers against 3,319 declines and 108 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 boosted 35.88 percent in the last 52 weeks, while this year, they have boosted 24.97%.

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 $27.41 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.

George Weston Limited's average recommendation is "Moderate Buy" based on 5.00 analysts according to Zacks. From those 5 analysts, 4 have buy ratings and 1 analysts gave hold ratings.

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