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$17.35 to C$17.79
• 50-Day Range: C$16.22 to C$19.36
• 52-Week Range: C$12.12 to C$25.03
• Volume: 980,393 shs
• Average Volume: 1.34 million shs
• Market Capitalization: C$5.25 billion
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: 1.47%
• Price Target: C$24.44
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

TransAlta Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

TransAlta scored higher than 55% 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: 4.0 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

TransAlta has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.88, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 7 buy ratings, 1 hold rating, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

TransAlta has a consensus price target of C$24.44, representing about 38.7% upside from its current price of C$17.63.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

TransAlta has only been the subject of 3 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 -23.51, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of TransAlta is -23.51, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

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 3.55. 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 1.57%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

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

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.1 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.37

News Sentiment

TransAlta has a news sentiment score of 0.37. 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 0.63 average news sentiment score of Utilities companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 7 news articles for TransAlta this week, compared to 3 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 2 people have searched for TA on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of 0% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

Only 1 people have added TransAlta to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of 0% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, TransAlta insiders have sold 784.52% more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought C$172,400.00 in company stock and sold C$1,524,909.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

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

Percentage Held by Institutions

34.78% of the stock of TransAlta is held by institutions.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 5/06/2026
• Today: 5/17/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: TSE
• Sector: Utilities
• Industry: Utilities - Independent Power Producers
• Sub-Industry: Utilities
• Current Symbol: TSE:TA
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.transalta.com
• Phone: +1-403-2674724
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 1,257
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for TransAlta: C$24.44
• High Price Target: C$28.00
• Low Price Target: C$18.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +38.7%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.88
• Research Coverage: 8 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): C($0.75)
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: -0.07
• Net Income: C$212.05 million
• Net Margins: -7.73%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: -11.56%
• Return on Assets: 7.07%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 317.20
• Current Ratio: 0.76
• Quick Ratio: 0.62

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: C$2.21 billion
• Price / Sales: 2.37
• Cash Flow: C$4.15 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 4.25
• Book Value: C$4.97 per share
• Price / Book: 3.55

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 297,800,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: C$5.25 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.54