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NYSE:TAC

TransAlta (TAC) Competitors

$9.45
+0.02 (+0.21%)
(As of 05/26/2023 07:00 PM ET)
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Today's Range
$9.38
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$9.48
50-Day Range
$7.78
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$9.96
52-Week Range
$7.55
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$11.85
Volume
133,400 shs
Average Volume
322,196 shs
Market Capitalization
$2.49 billion
P/E Ratio
32.59
Dividend Yield
1.69%
Price Target
$16.10
ProfileAnalyst RatingsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsInsider TradesInstitutional OwnershipHeadlinesSEC FilingsShort InterestSocial Media

TAC vs. PAM, OTTR, KEN, PNM, HE, ENIC, ELP, BKH, POR, and CIG

Should you be buying TransAlta stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of TransAlta include Pampa Energía (PAM), Otter Tail (OTTR), Kenon (KEN), PNM Resources (PNM), Hawaiian Electric Industries (HE), Enel Chile (ENIC), Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL (ELP), Black Hills (BKH), Portland General Electric (POR), and CEMIG (CIG). These companies are all part of the "electric services" industry.

TransAlta vs.

TransAlta (NYSE:TAC) and Pampa Energía (NYSE:PAM) are both mid-cap utilities companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.

TransAlta currently has a consensus target price of $16.10, suggesting a potential upside of 70.37%. Given TransAlta's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe TransAlta is more favorable than Pampa Energía.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
TransAlta
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Pampa Energía
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

Pampa Energía received 12 more outperform votes than TransAlta when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.66% of users gave Pampa Energía an outperform vote while only 54.20% of users gave TransAlta an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
TransAltaOutperform Votes
271
54.20%
Underperform Votes
229
45.80%
Pampa EnergíaOutperform Votes
283
61.66%
Underperform Votes
176
38.34%

In the previous week, TransAlta had 3 more articles in the media than Pampa Energía. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for TransAlta and 1 mentions for Pampa Energía. TransAlta's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Pampa Energía's score of -0.02 indicating that TransAlta is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
TransAlta Positive
Pampa Energía Neutral

64.4% of TransAlta shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 12.1% of Pampa Energía shares are held by institutional investors. 13.1% of TransAlta shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 55.5% of Pampa Energía shares are held by company 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.

TransAlta has a beta of 1.06, meaning that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pampa Energía has a beta of 0.78, meaning that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Pampa Energía has a net margin of 26.95% compared to TransAlta's net margin of 3.90%. Pampa Energía's return on equity of 21.01% beat TransAlta's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
TransAlta 3.90% 9.56% 1.27%
Pampa Energía 26.95% 21.01% 10.10%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
TransAlta$2.29 billion1.09$38.46 million$0.2932.59
Pampa Energía$1.83 billion1.11$456 million$9.044.06

Summary

TransAlta and Pampa Energía tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.


New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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TAC vs. The Competition

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MetricTransAltaElectric services IndustryUtilities SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$2.49B$12.87B$13.25B$14.27B
Dividend Yield1.71%5.03%4.19%4.08%
P/E Ratio32.5913.12101.6320.58
Price / Sales1.0912.471,503.018.81
Price / Cash5.368.0249.0015.16
Price / Book3.151.472.006.84
Net Income$38.46M$275.33M$446.71M$891.72M
7 Day Performance-2.98%-1.39%-1.56%-1.22%
1 Month Performance5.94%-2.43%-2.97%-2.03%
1 Year Performance-17.68%-9.11%-9.95%-10.36%

TransAlta Competitors List

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CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PAM
Pampa Energía
0 of 5 stars		$36.29
+1.5%		$23.00
-36.6%		+53.1%$2.01B$1.83B4.011,907Short Interest ↑
OTTR
Otter Tail
1.5489 of 5 stars		$77.28
+0.9%		$71.50
-7.5%		+14.4%$3.22B$1.46B11.802,422Short Interest ↑
KEN
Kenon
1.9217 of 5 stars		$26.86
-5.3%		N/A-54.7%$1.45B$573.96M4.63228Short Interest ↑
PNM
PNM Resources
2.288 of 5 stars		$45.75
+0.2%		$51.10
+11.7%		-4.9%$3.93B$2.25B18.901,500Short Interest ↑
HE
Hawaiian Electric Industries
1.91 of 5 stars		$36.28
0.0%		$40.75
+12.3%		-17.6%$3.98B$3.74B17.533,756
ENIC
Enel Chile
0 of 5 stars		$2.92
+0.7%		N/A+117.8%$4.04B$5.43B2.752,158
ELP
Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL
0 of 5 stars		$7.43
+1.0%		N/A-3.7%$4.07B$4.25B23.225,875
BKH
Black Hills
2.3808 of 5 stars		$62.51
-0.5%		$67.29
+7.6%		-21.6%$4.17B$2.55B16.032,982
POR
Portland General Electric
2.0553 of 5 stars		$49.43
+0.0%		$50.75
+2.7%		-0.7%$4.78B$2.65B18.112,873Positive News
CIG
CEMIG
2.3304 of 5 stars		$2.37
-0.8%		N/A-3.7%$5.22B$6.68B8.464,969Short Interest ↓

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This page (NYSE:TAC) was last updated on 5/30/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff

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