Do analysts rate TAC or KEP?

TransAlta currently has a consensus target price of $22.25, indicating a potential upside of 62.14%. Given TransAlta's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe TransAlta is more favorable than Korea Electric Power. Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score TransAlta 1 Sell rating(s) 1 Hold rating(s) 6 Buy rating(s) 1 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.78 Korea Electric Power 1 Sell rating(s) 3 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 1.75

TransAlta (TAC) Competitors

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TAC vs. KEP, DTM, WTRG, ENLT, and BEP

Should you buy TransAlta stock or one of its competitors? MarketBeat compares TransAlta with other companies and stocks that may be similar based on industry, sector, market capitalization, business model, investor interest, or shared news coverage. Companies and stocks commonly compared with TransAlta include Korea Electric Power (KEP), DT Midstream (DTM), Essential Utilities (WTRG), Enlight Renewable Energy (ENLT), and Brookfield Renewable Partners (BEP). These companies are all part of the "utilities" industry.

How does TransAlta compare to Korea Electric Power?

TransAlta (NYSE:TAC) and Korea Electric Power (NYSE:KEP) are both utilities companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.

Korea Electric Power has a net margin of 8.95% compared to TransAlta's net margin of -9.46%. Korea Electric Power's return on equity of 18.25% beat TransAlta's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
TransAlta	-9.46%	9.52%	0.66%
Korea Electric Power	8.95%	18.25%	3.45%

TransAlta currently has a consensus target price of $22.25, indicating a potential upside of 62.14%. Given TransAlta's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe TransAlta is more favorable than Korea Electric Power.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
TransAlta	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.78
Korea Electric Power	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.75

TransAlta pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Korea Electric Power pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. TransAlta pays out -37.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Korea Electric Power pays out 10.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. TransAlta has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years.

Korea Electric Power has higher revenue and earnings than TransAlta. TransAlta is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Korea Electric Power, 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	$1.72B	2.52	-$98.77M	-$0.54	N/A
Korea Electric Power	$68.57B	0.23	$5.98B	$4.78	2.55

In the previous week, Korea Electric Power had 5 more articles in the media than TransAlta. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Korea Electric Power and 0 mentions for TransAlta. Korea Electric Power's average media sentiment score of 0.61 beat TransAlta's score of 0.00 indicating that Korea Electric Power is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
TransAlta	Neutral
Korea Electric Power	Positive

TransAlta has a beta of 0.69, suggesting that its stock price is 31% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Korea Electric Power has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the broader market.

59.0% of TransAlta shares are held by institutional investors. 13.1% of TransAlta shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Korea Electric Power shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Korea Electric Power beats TransAlta on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does TransAlta compare to DT Midstream?

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

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 company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of DT Midstream shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

TransAlta currently has a consensus target price of $22.25, suggesting a potential upside of 62.14%. DT Midstream has a consensus target price of $154.46, suggesting a potential upside of 5.15%. Given TransAlta's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe TransAlta is more favorable than DT Midstream.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
TransAlta	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.78
DT Midstream	1 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.57

DT Midstream has a net margin of 36.28% compared to TransAlta's net margin of -9.46%. DT Midstream's return on equity of 9.53% beat TransAlta's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
TransAlta	-9.46%	9.52%	0.66%
DT Midstream	36.28%	9.53%	4.60%

DT Midstream has lower revenue, but higher earnings than TransAlta. 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	$1.72B	2.52	-$98.77M	-$0.54	N/A
DT Midstream	$1.28B	11.74	$441M	$4.52	32.50

TransAlta pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. DT Midstream pays an annual dividend of $3.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. TransAlta pays out -37.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. DT Midstream pays out 77.9% 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 raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years and DT Midstream has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years.

In the previous week, DT Midstream had 5 more articles in the media than TransAlta. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for DT Midstream and 0 mentions for TransAlta. DT Midstream's average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat TransAlta's score of 0.00 indicating that DT Midstream is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
TransAlta	Neutral
DT Midstream	Positive

TransAlta has a beta of 0.69, indicating that its share price is 31% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, DT Midstream has a beta of 0.72, indicating that its share price is 28% less volatile than the broader market.

Summary

DT Midstream beats TransAlta on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does TransAlta compare to Essential Utilities?

Essential Utilities (NYSE:WTRG) and TransAlta (NYSE:TAC) are both utilities companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends and institutional ownership.

Essential Utilities pays an annual dividend of $1.37 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. TransAlta pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Essential Utilities pays out 69.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. TransAlta pays out -37.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Essential Utilities has increased its dividend for 32 consecutive years and TransAlta has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Essential Utilities is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

74.8% of Essential Utilities shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.0% of TransAlta shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Essential Utilities shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.1% of TransAlta shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Essential Utilities has a net margin of 21.82% compared to TransAlta's net margin of -9.46%. TransAlta's return on equity of 9.52% beat Essential Utilities' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Essential Utilities	21.82%	8.34%	2.97%
TransAlta	-9.46%	9.52%	0.66%

Essential Utilities has higher revenue and earnings than TransAlta. TransAlta is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Essential Utilities, 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
Essential Utilities	$2.47B	4.29	$616.37M	$1.97	18.99
TransAlta	$1.72B	2.52	-$98.77M	-$0.54	N/A

In the previous week, Essential Utilities had 2 more articles in the media than TransAlta. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Essential Utilities and 0 mentions for TransAlta. Essential Utilities' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled TransAlta'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Essential Utilities	Neutral
TransAlta	Neutral

Essential Utilities currently has a consensus price target of $42.80, indicating a potential upside of 14.38%. TransAlta has a consensus price target of $22.25, indicating a potential upside of 62.14%. Given TransAlta's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe TransAlta is more favorable than Essential Utilities.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Essential Utilities	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.56
TransAlta	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.78

Essential Utilities has a beta of 0.66, meaning that its share price is 34% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, TransAlta has a beta of 0.69, meaning that its share price is 31% less volatile than the broader market.

Summary

Essential Utilities beats TransAlta on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does TransAlta compare to Enlight Renewable Energy?

TransAlta (NYSE:TAC) and Enlight Renewable Energy (NASDAQ:ENLT) are both utilities companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, profitability and media sentiment.

Enlight Renewable Energy has lower revenue, but higher earnings than TransAlta. TransAlta is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Enlight Renewable Energy, 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	$1.72B	2.52	-$98.77M	-$0.54	N/A
Enlight Renewable Energy	$582.26M	18.91	$132.10M	$0.43	215.98

TransAlta has a beta of 0.69, indicating that its share price is 31% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Enlight Renewable Energy has a beta of 1.56, indicating that its share price is 56% more volatile than the broader market.

TransAlta presently has a consensus target price of $22.25, indicating a potential upside of 62.14%. Enlight Renewable Energy has a consensus target price of $63.17, indicating a potential downside of 31.98%. Given TransAlta's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe TransAlta is more favorable than Enlight Renewable Energy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
TransAlta	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.78
Enlight Renewable Energy	2 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.14

Enlight Renewable Energy has a net margin of 9.47% compared to TransAlta's net margin of -9.46%. TransAlta's return on equity of 9.52% beat Enlight Renewable Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
TransAlta	-9.46%	9.52%	0.66%
Enlight Renewable Energy	9.47%	2.48%	0.61%

59.0% of TransAlta shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.9% of Enlight Renewable Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.1% of TransAlta shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Enlight Renewable Energy had 3 more articles in the media than TransAlta. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Enlight Renewable Energy and 0 mentions for TransAlta. Enlight Renewable Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.62 beat TransAlta's score of 0.00 indicating that Enlight Renewable Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
TransAlta	Neutral
Enlight Renewable Energy	Very Positive

Summary

TransAlta beats Enlight Renewable Energy on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does TransAlta compare to Brookfield Renewable Partners?

Brookfield Renewable Partners (NYSE:BEP) and TransAlta (NYSE:TAC) are both utilities companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.

Brookfield Renewable Partners presently has a consensus target price of $38.00, indicating a potential upside of 8.27%. TransAlta has a consensus target price of $22.25, indicating a potential upside of 62.14%. Given TransAlta's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe TransAlta is more favorable than Brookfield Renewable Partners.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Brookfield Renewable Partners	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.69
TransAlta	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.78

Brookfield Renewable Partners pays an annual dividend of $1.57 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. TransAlta pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Brookfield Renewable Partners pays out -506.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. TransAlta pays out -37.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Brookfield Renewable Partners has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years and TransAlta has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Brookfield Renewable Partners is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

63.2% of Brookfield Renewable Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.0% of TransAlta shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.1% of TransAlta shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Brookfield Renewable Partners had 1 more articles in the media than TransAlta. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Brookfield Renewable Partners and 0 mentions for TransAlta. Brookfield Renewable Partners' average media sentiment score of 0.50 beat TransAlta's score of 0.00 indicating that Brookfield Renewable Partners is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Brookfield Renewable Partners	Positive
TransAlta	Neutral

Brookfield Renewable Partners has a net margin of 8.28% compared to TransAlta's net margin of -9.46%. TransAlta's return on equity of 9.52% beat Brookfield Renewable Partners' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Brookfield Renewable Partners	8.28%	1.57%	0.53%
TransAlta	-9.46%	9.52%	0.66%

Brookfield Renewable Partners has higher revenue and earnings than TransAlta. Brookfield Renewable Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TransAlta, 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
Brookfield Renewable Partners	$6.41B	1.65	$3M	-$0.31	N/A
TransAlta	$1.72B	2.52	-$98.77M	-$0.54	N/A

Brookfield Renewable Partners has a beta of 1.09, indicating that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, TransAlta has a beta of 0.69, indicating that its stock price is 31% less volatile than the broader market.

Summary

Brookfield Renewable Partners beats TransAlta on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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TAC vs. The Competition

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Metric	TransAlta	UTIL Industry	Utilities Sector	NYSE Exchange
Market Cap	$4.33B	$29.08B	$18.69B	$23.20B
Dividend Yield	1.47%	3.45%	3.99%	4.06%
P/E Ratio	-25.40	22.33	20.27	31.22
Price / Sales	2.52	5.00	27.62	106.85
Price / Cash	9.03	9.28	19.26	24.45
Price / Book	10.89	3.22	2.47	4.70
Net Income	-$98.77M	$1.56B	$785.96M	$1.07B
7 Day Performance	1.09%	1.12%	-0.19%	0.62%
1 Month Performance	1.16%	-0.91%	-1.86%	0.73%
1 Year Performance	24.73%	17.24%	13.96%	23.38%

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Company	MarketRank	Share Price	Analysts' Price Target	1Y Price Performance	Market Cap	Revenue	P/E Ratio	Employee Count	Indicator(s)
TAC TransAlta	4.2186 of 5 stars	$13.72 +0.2%	$22.25 +62.1%	+24.7%	$4.33B	$1.72B	N/A	1,205
KEP Korea Electric Power	2.7689 of 5 stars	$13.28 -2.4%	N/A	+16.4%	$17.04B	$68.57B	2.82	48,650	News Coverage
DTM DT Midstream	3.802 of 5 stars	$140.68 0.0%	$154.46 +9.8%	+38.5%	$14.36B	$1.24B	31.14	360	Positive News Gap Down
WTRG Essential Utilities	3.999 of 5 stars	$37.72 +0.4%	$42.80 +13.5%	-2.0%	$10.71B	$2.47B	19.16	3,303
ENLT Enlight Renewable Energy	2.6521 of 5 stars	$88.86 -7.9%	$63.17 -28.9%	+316.6%	$10.53B	$582.26M	206.61	100	Positive News

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Is TAC or KEP more profitable?

Do analysts rate TAC or KEP?

Is TAC or KEP a better dividend stock?

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, TAC or KEP?

Does the media refer more to TAC or KEP?

Which has more risk & volatility, TAC or KEP?

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in TAC or KEP?

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Do insiders & institutionals believe in TAC or DTM?

Do analysts recommend TAC or DTM?

Is TAC or DTM more profitable?

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Does the media refer more to TAC or DTM?

Which has more volatility & risk, TAC or DTM?

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Is WTRG or TAC a better dividend stock?

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of WTRG or TAC?

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Does the media refer more to WTRG or TAC?

Do analysts prefer WTRG or TAC?

Which has more volatility and risk, WTRG or TAC?

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Is TAC or ENLT more profitable?

Do institutionals and insiders believe in TAC or ENLT?

Does the media prefer TAC or ENLT?

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