Closing Bell: Loblaw CO down on Thursday (L)

Today during trading, Loblaw CO shares opened at $170.53 and closed at $168.27. It traded at a low of $167.78 to a high of $170.67.

Shares eased -1.16% from the previous day's close of $170.25.

During the day 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.

Loblaw CO traded under L on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX).

A total of 276,863 shares was traded during the session, with total trades of 1,815. On average, Loblaw CO has traded 256,523 shares over 5 days and 373,102 year-to-date.

Trading across the entire TSX saw 907 price advancers against 4,327 declines and 72 unchanged.

During the prior 52 weeks, L.TO has traded as high as $171.99 (July 24,2024) and low as $110.52 (October 30,2023). Moreover, in the last 52 weeks, Loblaw CO's shares have soared 44.89 percent, while this year, they have advanced 31.17%.

It announced a 0.51 dividend on July 25/24, with an September 13/24 ex-date and October 01/24 pay day.

Following today's trading, Loblaw CO has a market capitalization of $51.99 billion on a float of 305,392 shares outstanding. Its annual EPS is $6.61.

Loblaw CO is a TSX Grocery Stores company headquartered in Brampton, CAN.

Loblaw CO's average recommendation is "Moderate Buy" based on 7.00 analysts according to Zacks. From those 7 analysts, 4 have buy ratings and 3 analysts gave hold ratings.

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