Closing Bell: Baytex Energy Corp up on Thursday (BTE)

In market activity today, shares of Baytex Energy Corp opened at $4.97 and closed at $5.08. Intraday prices ranged from $4.92 to $5.14.

Shares advanced 2.83 percent from the previous day's close of $4.94.

During the day across North America, the TSX Composite closed 0.87% at 22544.13, the S&P 500 closed 1.02% at 5633.91, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed 1.09% at 39721.36 and the Nasdaq Composite closed 1.18% at 18647.45.

Baytex Energy Corp has listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) under the ticker BTE.

Trading volume was 5,226,216 on 4,051 total trades. On average, Baytex Energy Corp has traded 4,077,183 shares in the last five days and 4,447,660 year-to-date.

Trading across the entire TSX saw 4,281 price advancers against 982 declines and 87 unchanged.

During the prior 52 weeks, BTE.TO has traded as high as $6.37 (October 20,2023) and low as $3.96 (February 05,2024). Moreover, in the last 52 weeks, Baytex Energy Corp's shares have advanced 9.25%, while this year, they have advanced 15.98%.

It announced a 0.02 dividend on May 09/24, with an June 14/24 ex-date and July 02/24 pay day.

Following today's trading, Baytex Energy Corp has a market capitalization of $3.99 billion on a float of 808,045 shares outstanding. Its annual EPS is $-0.44.

Baytex Energy Corp is a TSX Oil & Gas E&P company headquartered in Calgary, CAN.

Currently, Baytex Energy Corp's consensus rating is "Moderate Buy" based on 8 analysts according to Zacks. Currently, there are 5 buy ratings and 3 hold ratings for the stock.

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