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

Maple Leaf Foods opened trading today at $23.82 and closed at $23.67. It traded at a low of $23.67 to a high of $23.96.

The price dipped -0.63% from the previous day's close of $23.82.

During the day across North America, the TSX Composite closed 0.74% at 22465.37, the S&P 500 closed -0.21% at 5297.10, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed -0.10% at 39869.38 and the Nasdaq Composite closed -0.26% at 16698.32.

Maple Leaf Foods has listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) under the ticker MFI.

A total of 54,218 shares was traded during the session, with total trades of 381. On average, Maple Leaf Foods has traded 92,019 shares over the last 5-days and 166,723 year-to-date.

The TSX market on the whole today saw 2,556 price advancers against 2,627 declines and 117 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 eased -9.31% in the last 12 months, while in 2024, they have dipped -6.22%.

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 $2.92 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 7.00 analysts, Maple Leaf Foods gets an average recommendation of "Strong Buy" according to Zacks. From those 7 analysts, 7 have buy ratings.

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