TransAlta (TAC) Competitors

TransAlta (NYSE:TAC) and DT Midstream (NYSE:DTM) are both utilities companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, dividends and valuation.

Is TAC or DTM a better dividend stock?

TransAlta pays an annual dividend of $0.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. DT Midstream pays an annual dividend of $3.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. TransAlta pays out 43.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. DT Midstream pays out 91.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Which has better valuation & earnings, TAC or DTM?

TransAlta has higher revenue and earnings than DT Midstream. TransAlta is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than DT Midstream, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
TransAlta	$2.85B	0.97	$514.86M	$0.41	22.61
DT Midstream	$981M	10.44	$384M	$3.60	28.00

Which has more risk and volatility, TAC or DTM?

TransAlta has a beta of 0.72, meaning that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DT Midstream has a beta of 0.77, meaning that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor TAC or DTM?

TransAlta received 250 more outperform votes than DT Midstream when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.08% of users gave TransAlta an outperform vote while only 43.00% of users gave DT Midstream an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
TransAlta	Outperform Votes 293 55.08%	Underperform Votes 239 44.92%
DT Midstream	Outperform Votes 43 43.00%	Underperform Votes 57 57.00%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in TAC or DTM?

59.0% of TransAlta shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.5% of DT Midstream shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.1% of TransAlta shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of DT Midstream shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts recommend TAC or DTM?

TransAlta currently has a consensus target price of $19.50, indicating a potential upside of 110.36%. DT Midstream has a consensus target price of $108.27, indicating a potential upside of 7.41%. Given TransAlta's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe TransAlta is more favorable than DT Midstream.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
TransAlta	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
DT Midstream	2 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.36

Does the media favor TAC or DTM?

In the previous week, DT Midstream had 9 more articles in the media than TransAlta. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for DT Midstream and 16 mentions for TransAlta. DT Midstream's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat TransAlta's score of 0.31 indicating that DT Midstream is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
TransAlta	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
DT Midstream	13 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is TAC or DTM more profitable?

DT Midstream has a net margin of 41.19% compared to TransAlta's net margin of 6.38%. TransAlta's return on equity of 18.47% beat DT Midstream's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
TransAlta	6.38%	18.47%	2.09%
DT Midstream	41.19%	9.31%	4.53%

Summary

DT Midstream beats TransAlta on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.