Closing Bell: Fortis Inc down on Tuesday (FTS)
Today, shares of Fortis Inc opened at $57.65 and closed at $58.44. It traded at a low of $57.50 to a high of $58.66.
Share prices eased -0.97 percent from the previous day's close of $59.01.
Today across North America, the TSX Composite closed -2.18% at 22227.63, the S&P 500 closed -3.00% at 5186.33, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed -2.60% at 38703.27 and the Nasdaq Composite closed -3.43% at 16200.08.
Fortis Inc traded under FTS on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX).
A total of 2,791,630 shares was traded during the session, with total trades of 7,404. On average, Fortis Inc has traded 1,828,989 shares in the last five days and 1,612,880 year-to-date.
Trading across the entire TSX saw 3,772 price advancers against 1,443 declines and 86 unchanged.
During the prior 52 weeks, FTS.TO has traded as high as $59.15 (August 02,2024) and low as $49.82 (October 02,2023). Moreover, the shares have advanced 8.75% in the last 12 months, while in 2024, they have advanced 7.21%.
It announced a 0.59 dividend on July 30/24, with an August 20/24 ex-date and September 01/24 pay day.
Following today's trading, Fortis Inc has a market capitalization of $29.22 billion on a float of 495,200 shares outstanding. Its annual EPS is $3.19.
Fortis Inc is a TSX Utilities Regulated Electric company headquartered in Saint John’s, CAN.
Currently, Fortis Inc's consensus rating is "Hold" based on 10 analysts according to Zacks. From those 10 analysts, 1 have buy ratings, 2 have sell ratings and 7 analysts gave hold ratings.
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