Q4 Earnings Estimate for TransAlta Issued By Atb Cap Markets

TransAlta Corporation (NYSE:TAC) (TSE:TA) – Equities research analysts at Atb Cap Markets raised their Q4 2025 EPS estimates for shares of TransAlta in a research note issued to investors on Thursday, November 6th. Atb Cap Markets analyst N. Heywood now expects that the utilities provider will post earnings of $0.12 per share for the quarter, up from their previous estimate of $0.09. The consensus estimate for TransAlta’s current full-year earnings is $0.41 per share. Atb Cap Markets also issued estimates for TransAlta’s Q3 2026 earnings at $0.15 EPS.

A number of other research analysts have also commented on the company. Royal Bank Of Canada restated an “outperform” rating on shares of TransAlta in a research note on Monday. CIBC restated an “outperform” rating on shares of TransAlta in a research note on Monday, October 20th. Scotiabank reiterated an “outperform” rating on shares of TransAlta in a research report on Monday, October 6th. TD Securities reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $20.00 price target (up previously from $19.00) on shares of TransAlta in a research report on Tuesday, August 5th. Finally, Weiss Ratings restated a “sell (d+)” rating on shares of TransAlta in a research note on Wednesday, October 8th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, six have given a Buy rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, TransAlta has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $19.88.

TransAlta Price Performance

Shares of TAC stock opened at $15.56 on Monday. TransAlta has a 12 month low of $7.82 and a 12 month high of $17.88. The company has a market capitalization of $4.62 billion, a P/E ratio of -37.03 and a beta of 0.80. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $14.97 and a two-hundred day moving average of $12.34. The company has a current ratio of 0.79, a quick ratio of 0.72 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 4.98.

TransAlta (NYSE:TAC) (TSE:TA) last released its earnings results on Thursday, November 6th. The utilities provider reported ($0.01) earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.06 by ($0.07). TransAlta had a negative net margin of 6.79% and a negative return on equity of 2.06%. The company had revenue of $441.57 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $558.84 million.

Institutional Trading of TransAlta

Several hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of TAC. Caitong International Asset Management Co. Ltd grew its position in TransAlta by 48,666.7% during the 1st quarter. Caitong International Asset Management Co. Ltd now owns 4,389 shares of the utilities provider’s stock worth $41,000 after acquiring an additional 4,380 shares during the last quarter. Entropy Technologies LP bought a new stake in shares of TransAlta during the first quarter worth $119,000. Savant Capital LLC bought a new stake in shares of TransAlta during the second quarter worth $127,000. Ballentine Partners LLC acquired a new stake in shares of TransAlta in the second quarter valued at $134,000. Finally, Sage Rhino Capital LLC bought a new position in shares of TransAlta in the third quarter valued at about $139,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 59.00% of the company’s stock.

TransAlta Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, January 1st. Shareholders of record on Monday, December 1st will be given a $0.065 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Monday, December 1st. This represents a $0.26 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.7%. TransAlta’s payout ratio is -37.50%.

About TransAlta

TransAlta Corporation engages in the development, production, and sale of electric energy. It operates through Hydro, Wind and Solar, Gas, Energy Transition, and Energy Marketing segments. The Hydro segment holds interest of approximately 922 megawatts (MW) of owned hydroelectric generating capacity located in Alberta, British Columbia, and Ontario.