Closing Bell: Emera Incorporated up on Friday (EMA)

In trading today, Emera Incorporated shares opened at $48.90 and closed at $49.71. It traded at a low of $48.60 to a high of $49.77.

The price gained 1.64 percent from the previous day's close of $48.91.

Today 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.

Emera Incorporated has listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) under the ticker EMA.

Trading volume was 3,984,773 on 5,862 total trades, while having an average volume of 2,295,468 over the last 5-days.

Trading across the entire TSX saw 741 price advancers against 4,512 declines and 69 unchanged.

During the prior 52 weeks, EMA.TO has traded as high as $52.39 (August 10,2023) and low as $43.67 (October 23,2023). Moreover, the shares have eased -4.72% in 52 weeks, while in 2024, they have dipped -1.17%.

It announced a 0.72 dividend on July 12/24, with an August 01/24 ex-date and August 15/24 pay day.

Following today's trading, Emera Incorporated has a market capitalization of $14.02 billion on a float of 286,600 shares outstanding. Its annual EPS is $2.23.

Emera Incorporated is a TSX Utilities Regulated Electric company headquartered in Halifax, CAN.

Currently, Emera Incorporated's consensus rating is "Hold" based on 10 analysts according to Zacks. From those 10 analysts, 4 have buy ratings, 1 have sell ratings and 5 analysts gave hold ratings.

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