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

In market activity today, Maple Leaf Foods stock opened at $25.38 and closed at $25.62. prices ranged from $25.19 to $25.68.

Share prices advanced 0.08 percent from the previous day's close of $25.60.

During the day 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.

Maple Leaf Foods traded under MFI on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX).

A total of 301,641 shares was traded during the session, with total trades of 1,584. On average, Maple Leaf Foods has traded 214,959 shares over 5 days and 153,620 year-to-date.

Trading across the entire TSX saw 741 price advancers against 4,512 declines and 69 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 dipped -7.91% in the last 12 months, while this year, they have boosted 1.51%.

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 $3.14 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.

Based on 6.00 analysts, Maple Leaf Foods gets an average recommendation of "Strong Buy" according to Zacks. Currently, there are 6 buy ratings for the stock.

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