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

Precision Drilling Corp opened trading today at $100.26 and closed at $101.18. Intraday prices ranged from $98.90 to $101.71.

Shares advanced 1.25 percent from the previous day's close of $99.93.

During the day across North America, the TSX Composite closed 0.91% at 22814.81, the S&P 500 closed -0.51% at 5399.22, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed 0.20% at 39935.07 and the Nasdaq Composite closed -0.93% at 17181.72.

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

Trading volume was 98,373 on 884 total trades, while having an average volume of 70,629 in the last five days.

The TSX market on the whole today saw 3,857 price advancers against 1,325 declines and 128 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, in the last 52 weeks, Precision Drilling Corp's shares have advanced 29.40%, while they have advanced 40.61% since the start of 2024.

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 $1.41 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 is holding an average recommendation of "Strong Buy" from 9.00 analysts according to Zacks. Currently, there are 8 buy ratings and 1 hold ratings for the stock.

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