Closing Bell: Algonquin Power and Utilities Corp up on Thursday (AQN)

In trading today, Algonquin Power and Utilities Corp opened at $8.40 and closed at $8.48. It traded at a low of $8.37 to a high of $8.57.

Shares boosted 1.07% from the previous day's close of $8.39.

During the day across North America, the TSX Composite closed -0.14% at 22608.03, the S&P 500 closed -2.31% at 5427.13, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed -1.25% at 39853.87 and the Nasdaq Composite closed -3.64% at 17342.41.

Algonquin Power and Utilities Corp traded under AQN on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX).

Trading volume was 1,771,186 on 3,649 total trades, with an average volume of 1,550,148 in the last five days.

The TSX market on the whole today saw 3,490 price advancers against 1,736 declines and 92 unchanged.

During the prior 52 weeks, AQN.TO has traded as high as $11.08 (July 26,2023) and low as $6.75 (October 23,2023). Moreover, in the last 12 months, Algonquin Power and Utilities Corp's shares have shrunken -21.77 percent, while they have raised 1.44% since the start of 2024.

It announced a 0.15 dividend on May 10/24, with an June 28/24 ex-date and July 15/24 pay day.

Following today's trading, Algonquin Power and Utilities Corp has a market capitalization of $5.79 billion on a float of 689,659 shares outstanding. Its annual EPS is $-0.49.

Algonquin Power and Utilities Corp is a TSX Utilities company headquartered in Oakville, CAN.

Based on 9.00 analysts, Algonquin Power and Utilities Corp gets an average recommendation of "Moderate Buy" according to Zacks. From those 9 analysts, 3 have buy ratings and 6 analysts gave hold ratings.

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