At close of market on Friday, George Weston Limited (TSX:WN) stock finished trading at -2.40%, bringing the stock price to $100.14 on the Toronto Stock Exchange. The stock price saw a low of $100.13 and a high of $101.69.
The company’s stock was traded 2,098 times with a total of 599,440 shares traded.
George Weston Limited has a market cap of $15.36 billion, with 153.53 million shares in issue.
George Weston, founded in 1882, owns 50% of Loblaw, which is Canada’s largest food retailer and accounts for about 93% of George Weston’s consolidated sales. The company’s other segment, Weston Foods (4% of sales), manufactures and distributes fresh baked goods in Canada and sells frozen baked goods and biscuits in Canada and the United States. The remaining 3% of sales comes from the company’s Choice Properties business that owns and operates retail real estate.
