TransAlta (TA) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

TransAlta owns, operates and develops a diverse fleet of electrical power generation assets in Canada, the United States and Australia with a focus on long-term shareholder value. TransAlta provides municipalities, medium and large industries, businesses and utility customers with affordable, energy efficient and reliable power. Today, TransAlta is one of Canada's largest producers of wind power and Alberta's largest producer of thermal generation and hydro-electric power. For over 114 years, TransAlta has been a responsible operator and a proud member of the communities where we operate and where our employees work and live. TransAlta aligns its corporate goals with the UN Sustainable Development Goals and the Future-Fit Business Benchmark, which also defines sustainable goals for businesses.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: C$18.65 to C$19.00
• 50-Day Range: C$16.02 to C$19.25
• 52-Week Range: C$15.62 to C$21.07
• Volume: 197,460 shs
• Average Volume: 1.73 million shs
• Market Capitalization: C$5.94 billion
• P/E Ratio: 170.82
• Dividend Yield: 1.44%
• Price Target: C$24.50
• Consensus Rating: Buy

TransAlta Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

TransAlta scored higher than 52% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.7 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

TransAlta has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on 1 strong buy rating, 6 buy ratings, 1 hold rating, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

TransAlta has a consensus price target of C$24.50, representing about 30.0% upside from its current price of C$18.84.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

TransAlta has only been the subject of 1 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of TransAlta is 171.27, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 26.43.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of TransAlta is 171.27, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Utilities sector average P/E ratio of about 35.15.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Due to a projected decrease in earnings for TransAlta, their PEG ratio cannot be calculated.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

TransAlta has a P/B Ratio of 3.07. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for TA.

Dividend

• Score: 0.8 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

TransAlta pays a meaningful dividend of 1.47%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

TransAlta does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of TransAlta is 245.45%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

News and Social Media

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• News Sentiment: N/A

News Sentiment

TransAlta has a news sentiment score of -0.93. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.50 average news sentiment score of Utilities companies.

Search Interest

4 people have searched for TA on MarketBeat in the last 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

2 people have added TransAlta to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 100% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Insider Trading: Acquiring Shares

Net Insider Buying

Over the last three months, insiders have purchased a net C$80,100.00 in company stock, which represents 0.0013% of the company's market cap.

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, TransAlta insiders have bought more of their company's stock than they have sold. Specifically, they have bought C$80,100.00 in company stock and sold C$0.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

0.21% of the stock of TransAlta is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

29.78% of the stock of TransAlta is held by institutions.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 11/03/2026
• Today: 11/13/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: TSE
• Sector: Utilities
• Industry: Independent Power & Renewable Electricity Producers
• Sub-Industry: Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders
• Current Symbol: TSE:TA
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.transalta.com
• Phone: +1-403-2674724
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 1,350
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for TransAlta: C$24.50
• High Price Target: C$28.00
• Low Price Target: C$19.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +29.9%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.00
• Research Coverage: 8 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): C$0.11
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 171.45
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: -0.07
• Net Income: C$212.05 million
• Net Margins: 4.71%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 6.38%
• Return on Assets: 7.07%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 225.67
• Current Ratio: 0.87
• Quick Ratio: 0.62

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: C$2.19 billion
• Price / Sales: 2.73
• Cash Flow: C$4.44 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 4.25
• Book Value: C$6.13 per share
• Price / Book: 3.08

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 316,300,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: C$5.97 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.31