High Liner Foods (TSE:HLF) Shares Cross Above 200 Day Moving Average – What’s Next?

Posted by Defense World Staff on Jan 30th, 2025

Shares of High Liner Foods Inc (TSE:HLF – Get Free Report) crossed above its 200-day moving average during trading on Wednesday . The stock has a 200-day moving average of C$14.10 and traded as high as C$15.79. High Liner Foods shares last traded at C$15.64, with a volume of 10,865 shares trading hands.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Separately, BMO Capital Markets upped their price target on shares of High Liner Foods from C$14.50 to C$16.40 in a report on Thursday, December 19th.

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High Liner Foods Trading Up 0.1 %

The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 61.80, a current ratio of 2.88 and a quick ratio of 0.38. The company’s 50 day moving average is C$15.57 and its two-hundred day moving average is C$14.10. The firm has a market cap of C$468.11 million, a P/E ratio of 8.10 and a beta of 0.89.

High Liner Foods (TSE:HLF – Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Friday, November 8th. The company reported C$0.27 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of C$0.38 by C($0.11). High Liner Foods had a net margin of 4.82% and a return on equity of 12.18%. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $0.19 earnings per share. On average, sell-side analysts predict that High Liner Foods Inc will post 1.9858934 earnings per share for the current year.

High Liner Foods Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Sunday, December 15th. Investors of record on Sunday, December 1st were paid a $0.17 dividend. This represents a $0.68 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.35%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, November 29th. This is a boost from High Liner Foods’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.15. High Liner Foods’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 31.09%.

About High Liner Foods

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High Liner Foods is the leading North American processor and marketer of value-added frozen seafood. Their retail branded products are sold throughout the United States, Canada and Mexico under the High Liner, Fisher Boy, Sea Cuisine and C. Wirthy & Co labels, and are available in most grocery and club stores.