Closing Bell: Precision Drilling Corp up on Thursday (PD)

Today in trading, Precision Drilling Corp shares closed at $99.93 after opening the day at $97.50. prices ranged from a low of $96.50 to a high of $100.30.

The price advanced 1.81% from the previous day's close of $98.15.

During the day across North America, the TSX Composite closed -0.14% at 22608.03, the S&P 500 closed -2.31% at 5427.13, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed -1.25% at 39853.87 and the Nasdaq Composite closed -3.64% at 17342.41.

Precision Drilling Corp has listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) under the ticker PD.

A total of 80,813 shares was traded during the session, with total trades of 680. On average, Precision Drilling Corp has traded 63,596 shares over 5 days and 82,490 year-to-date.

The TSX market on the whole today saw 3,490 price advancers against 1,736 declines and 92 unchanged.

During the prior 52 weeks, PD.TO has traded as high as $107.00 (July 17,2024) and low as $67.46 (December 13,2023). Moreover, the shares have boosted 27.67% in the last 12 months, while in 2024, they have advanced 38.87%.

It announced a 1.40 dividend on October 22/15, with an November 04/15 ex-date and November 18/15 pay day.

Following today's trading, Precision Drilling Corp has a market capitalization of $1.38 billion on a float of 14,109 shares outstanding. Its annual EPS is $16.49.

Precision Drilling Corp is a TSX Oil & Gas Drilling company headquartered in Calgary, CAN.

Precision Drilling Corp's average recommendation is "Strong Buy" based on 9.00 analysts according to Zacks. From those 9 analysts, 8 have buy ratings and 1 analysts gave hold ratings.

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