NYSE:TACTransAlta Stock Price, Forecast & News

TransAlta's stock was trading at $5.55 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, TAC shares have increased by 10.5% and is now trading at $6.13. 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) released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, May, 12th. The utilities provider reported ($0.01) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates 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 paid a dividend of $0.03 per share on Wednesday, July 1st. This represents a $0.12 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.96%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, May 29th. View TransAlta's dividend history.

6 equities research analysts have issued 12-month price targets for TransAlta's stock. Their forecasts range from $8.50 to $11.00. On average, they expect TransAlta's share price to reach $9.90 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 61.5% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for TransAlta.

Media headlines about TAC stock have trended somewhat negative on Saturday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm rates the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring 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 news sentiment score of -1.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned headlines about the utilities provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days. View the latest news about TransAlta.

TransAlta saw a drop in short interest in June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totaling 415,200 shares, a drop of 28.3% from the May 31st total of 579,400 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 631,200 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.7 days. Currently, 0.2% of the company's shares are sold short. View TransAlta's Current Options Chain.

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

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 $6.13.

TransAlta has a market capitalization of $1.69 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]