Closing Bell: Baytex Energy Corp up on Wednesday (BTE)

In market activity today, shares of Baytex Energy Corp opened at $5.54 and closed at $5.60. prices ranged from $5.50 to $5.65.

Shares advanced 2.75% from the previous day's close of $5.45.

Today across North America, the TSX Composite closed -0.15% at 20205.98, the S&P 500 closed -0.42% at 4499.38, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed -0.45% at 35314.49 and the Nasdaq Composite closed -0.79% at 13884.32.

Baytex Energy Corp has listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) under the ticker BTE.

Trading volume was 5,410,610 on 5,291 total trades. On average, Baytex Energy Corp has traded 5,459,085 shares over 5 days and 4,367,213 year-to-date.

The TSX overall saw 2,154 price advancers against 3,062 declines and 110 unchanged.

During the prior 52 weeks, BTE.TO has traded as high as $8.15 (November 04,2022) and low as $3.83 (June 23,2023). Moreover, the shares have decreased -5.08 percent in the last 12 months, while in 2023, they have decreased -7.89%.

It announced a 0.02 dividend on July 27/23, with an September 14/23 ex-date and October 02/23 pay day.

Following today's trading, Baytex Energy Corp has a market capitalization of $4.70 billion on a float of 856,923 shares outstanding. Its annual EPS is $1.57.

Baytex Energy Corp is a TSX Oil & Gas E&P company headquartered in Calgary, CAN.

Baytex Energy Corp is holding an average recommendation of "Moderate Buy" from 10.00 analysts according to Zacks. From those 10 analysts, 5 have buy ratings and 5 analysts gave hold ratings.

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