Closing Bell: Capital Power Corp up on Thursday (CPX)

Today in trading, Capital Power Corp stock opened at $42.60 and closed at $43.36. prices ranged from $42.25 to $43.45.

Shares gained 1.62% from the previous day's close of $42.67.

Today across North America, the TSX Composite closed -1.68% at 22723.21, the S&P 500 closed 1.58% at 5522.30, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed 0.24% at 40842.79 and the Nasdaq Composite closed 2.64% at 17599.40.

Capital Power Corp traded under CPX on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX).

A total of 486,267 shares was traded during the last trading day, with total trades of 2,674, with an average volume of 420,223 over the last 5 days.

The TSX market on the whole today saw 907 price advancers against 4,327 declines and 72 unchanged.

During the prior 52 weeks, CPX.TO has traded as high as $43.50 (July 31,2024) and low as $33.90 (May 01,2024). Moreover, in the last 12 months, Capital Power Corp's shares have advanced 6.64%, while in 2024, they have advanced 14.59%.

It announced a 0.65 dividend on July 30/24, with an September 30/24 ex-date and October 31/24 pay day.

Following today's trading, Capital Power Corp has a market capitalization of $5.54 billion on a float of 129,920 shares outstanding. Its annual EPS is $5.23.

Capital Power Corp is a TSX Utilities Independent Power company headquartered in Edmonton, CAN.

Capital Power Corp's average recommendation is "Moderate Buy" based on 10.00 analysts according to Zacks. From those 10 analysts, 4 have buy ratings and 6 analysts gave hold ratings.

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