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TAC vs. DTM, ELPC, KNTK, BEP, ENLC, CWEN, ENIC, TXNM, BIPC, and ELP

Should you be buying TransAlta stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of TransAlta include DT Midstream (DTM), Companhia Paranaense de Energia (ELPC), Kinetik (KNTK), Brookfield Renewable Partners (BEP), EnLink Midstream (ENLC), Clearway Energy (CWEN), Enel Chile (ENIC), TXNM Energy (TXNM), Brookfield Infrastructure (BIPC), and Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL (ELP). These companies are all part of the "utilities" industry.

TransAlta vs.

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.

TransAlta has a beta of 0.71, meaning that its stock price is 29% 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.

TransAlta currently has a consensus target price of $19.75, indicating a potential upside of 120.67%. DT Midstream has a consensus target price of $108.36, indicating a potential upside of 6.03%. 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)
1 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.60
DT Midstream
2 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.36

TransAlta pays an annual dividend of $0.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. DT Midstream pays an annual dividend of $3.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. TransAlta pays out -900.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. DT Midstream pays out 89.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. TransAlta has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years and DT Midstream has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years.

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.

In the previous week, DT Midstream had 16 more articles in the media than TransAlta. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for DT Midstream and 6 mentions for TransAlta. TransAlta's average media sentiment score of 1.73 beat DT Midstream's score of 1.11 indicating that TransAlta is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
TransAlta
6 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
DT Midstream
11 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
TransAlta$2.66B1.00$514.86M-$0.02-447.50
DT Midstream$1.04B9.94$384M$3.6727.85

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
TransAlta6.38% 18.47% 2.09%
DT Midstream 41.19%9.31%4.53%

TransAlta received 251 more outperform votes than DT Midstream when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.16% of users gave TransAlta an outperform vote while only 42.57% of users gave DT Midstream an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
TransAltaOutperform Votes
294
55.16%
Underperform Votes
239
44.84%
DT MidstreamOutperform Votes
43
42.57%
Underperform Votes
58
57.43%

Summary

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

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TAC vs. The Competition

MetricTransAltaElectric services IndustryUtilities SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$2.65B$14.53B$16.11B$19.30B
Dividend Yield1.85%4.99%5.71%3.83%
P/E Ratio21.8319.4420.2734.53
Price / Sales1.0016.0021.4834.84
Price / Cash3.9010.0718.7117.51
Price / Book5.172.372.114.69
Net Income$514.86M$690.28M$661.92M$1.02B
7 Day Performance-1.65%-1.23%0.81%-2.43%
1 Month Performance4.26%10.61%2.64%6.27%
1 Year Performance29.06%42.75%8.86%5.78%

TransAlta Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
TAC
TransAlta
3.3374 of 5 stars
$8.95
+0.9%
$19.75
+120.7%
+26.4%$2.65B$2.66B21.831,220Positive News
DTM
DT Midstream
3.9356 of 5 stars
$100.26
-1.0%
$108.27
+8.0%
+55.2%$10.19B$1.04B24.39360Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
ELPC
Companhia Paranaense de Energia
N/A$7.79
-3.0%
N/A+21.0%$8.33B$22.65B11.136,320Positive News
Gap Down
KNTK
Kinetik
4.4289 of 5 stars
$43.35
+3.9%
$57.89
+33.6%
+9.9%$6.84B$1.58B15.99200Trending News
Analyst Upgrade
Analyst Revision
BEP
Brookfield Renewable Partners
3.7365 of 5 stars
$23.44
+0.9%
$29.67
+26.6%
-19.5%$6.66B$5.96B-26.343,200Positive News
Gap Down
ENLC
EnLink Midstream
N/A$14.56
+2.9%
$15.33
+5.3%
+10.3%$6.65B$6.65B69.331,130High Trading Volume
CWEN
Clearway Energy
2.1222 of 5 stars
$28.51
-1.3%
$34.71
+21.8%
+8.3%$5.76B$1.41B27.4160
ENIC
Enel Chile
1.9238 of 5 stars
$3.95
-0.3%
$3.90
-1.3%
+27.3%$5.46B$3.90B6.482,160Positive News
High Trading Volume
TXNM
TXNM Energy
1.3973 of 5 stars
$53.10
+0.4%
$53.57
+0.9%
N/A$4.92B$1.97B27.651,635Trending News
Analyst Downgrade
High Trading Volume
BIPC
Brookfield Infrastructure
N/A$39.11
+0.7%
N/A+9.2%$4.65B$3.69B27.161,700News Coverage
Positive News
ELP
Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL
1.0178 of 5 stars
$8.38
-3.1%
N/A+18.1%$4.58B$22.65B49.276,320

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This page (NYSE:TAC) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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