NYSE:TACTransAlta Stock Price, Forecast & News

TransAlta's stock was trading at $5.55 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, TAC stock has increased by 17.5% and is now trading at $6.52. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

6 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for TransAlta in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 5 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for TransAlta.

TransAlta is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, August 14th 2020. View our earnings forecast for TransAlta.

TransAlta Co. (NYSE:TAC) issued its earnings results on Tuesday, May, 12th. The utilities provider reported ($0.01) EPS for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.01 by $0.02. The utilities provider earned $813.52 million during the quarter. TransAlta had a net margin of 7.04% and a return on equity of 1.61%. View TransAlta's earnings history.

TransAlta announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, April 20th. Shareholders of record on Monday, June 1st will be given a dividend of $0.03 per share on Wednesday, July 1st. This represents a $0.12 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.84%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, May 29th. View TransAlta's dividend history.

6 analysts have issued 1-year price targets for TransAlta's stock. Their forecasts range from $8.50 to $11.00. On average, they expect TransAlta's stock price to reach $9.90 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 51.8% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for TransAlta.

Media stories about TAC stock have been trending extremely negative on Sunday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. TransAlta earned a daily sentiment score of -5.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news articles about the utilities provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days. View the latest news aboutTransAlta.

TransAlta saw a decline in short interest in May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 2,890,000 shares, a decline of 28.5% from the April 30th total of 4,040,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 790,300 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 3.7 days. Currently, 1.1% of the company's stock are short sold. View TransAlta's Current Options Chain.

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TransAlta trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "TAC."

TransAlta's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include CIBC Asset Management Inc (4.29%), Bluescape Energy Partners LLC (2.36%), Toronto Dominion Bank (1.91%), Deutsche Bank AG (1.38%), Connor Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. (1.37%) and Morgan Stanley (0.94%). View institutional ownership trends for TransAlta.

TAC stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including CIBC Asset Management Inc, Bluescape Energy Partners LLC, Intact Investment Management Inc., Toronto Dominion Bank, Two Sigma Investments LP, Fiera Capital Corp, Mackenzie Financial Corp, and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board. View insider buying and selling activity for TransAlta.

TAC stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Deutsche Bank AG, Connor Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd., Morgan Stanley, Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Two Sigma Advisers LP, Spark Investment Management LLC, and Hillsdale Investment Management Inc.. View insider buying and selling activity for TransAlta.

Shares of TAC can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of TAC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $6.52.

TransAlta has a market capitalization of $1.80 billion and generates $1.77 billion in revenue each year. The utilities provider earns $61.79 million in net income (profit) each year or ($0.09) on an earnings per share basis. TransAlta employs 1,883 workers across the globe.

The official website for TransAlta is www.transalta.com.

TransAlta's mailing address is 110 12TH AVE SW BOX 1900 STATION M CALGARY ALBERTA, CALGARY A0, T2P2M1. The utilities provider can be reached via phone at 403-267-7110 or via email at [email protected]