Closing Bell: Transalta Corp up on Thursday (TA)

Transalta Corp opened trading today at $10.04 and closed at $10.13. prices ranged from a low of $9.96 to a high of $10.25.

Share prices advanced 1.30 percent from the previous day's close of $10.00.

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.

Transalta Corp has listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) under the ticker TA.

A total of 1,166,699 shares was traded during the last trading day, with total trades of 4,473. On average, Transalta Corp has traded 1,253,902 shares over the last 5-days and 963,368 year-to-date.

Trading across the entire TSX saw 3,490 price advancers against 1,736 declines and 92 unchanged.

During the prior 52 weeks, TA.TO has traded as high as $13.97 (August 11,2023) and low as $8.22 (April 16,2024). Moreover, in the last 52 weeks, Transalta Corp's shares have lost -25.51 percent, while they have slid -8.08% year-to-date.

It announced a 0.06 dividend on April 25/24, with an May 31/24 ex-date and July 01/24 pay day.

Following today's trading, Transalta Corp has a market capitalization of $3.03 billion on a float of 303,257 shares outstanding. Its annual EPS is $1.95.

Transalta Corp is a TSX Utilities Independent Power company headquartered in Calgary, CAN.

Currently, Transalta Corp's consensus rating is "Strong Buy" based on 7 analysts according to Zacks. Currently, there are 7 buy ratings for the stock.

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