Closing Bell: Maple Leaf Foods up on Tuesday (MFI)

In trading today, shares of Maple Leaf Foods opened at $24.81 and closed at $25.10. prices ranged from $24.66 to $25.22.

Shares gained 1.54% from the previous day's close of $24.72.

Today across North America, the TSX Composite closed 0.20% at 22824.67, the S&P 500 closed 0.08% at 5463.54, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed -0.12% at 40539.93 and the Nasdaq Composite closed 0.07% at 17370.20.

Maple Leaf Foods has listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) under the ticker MFI.

Trading volume was 168,462 on 1,176 total trades. On average, Maple Leaf Foods has traded 146,816 shares in the last five days and 151,420 year-to-date.

The TSX overall saw 2,584 price advancers against 2,644 declines and 86 unchanged.

During the prior 52 weeks, MFI.TO has traded as high as $31.63 (August 04,2023) and low as $21.52 (February 23,2024). Moreover, the shares have eased -7.72 percent in the last 12 months, while they have decreased -0.55% this year.

It announced a 0.22 dividend on May 01/24, with an June 06/24 ex-date and June 28/24 pay day.

Following today's trading, Maple Leaf Foods has a market capitalization of $3.03 billion on a float of 122,773 shares outstanding. Its annual EPS is $-0.13.

Maple Leaf Foods is a TSX Packaged Foods company headquartered in Mississauga, CAN.

Currently, Maple Leaf Foods's consensus rating is "Strong Buy" based on 6 analysts according to Zacks. From those 6 analysts, 6 have buy ratings.

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