Q1 Earnings Forecast for TransAlta Issued By Atb Cap Markets

TransAlta Co. (TSE:TA) (NYSE:TAC) – Stock analysts at Atb Cap Markets lowered their Q1 2025 earnings per share estimates for TransAlta in a research note issued to investors on Thursday, February 20th. Atb Cap Markets analyst N. Heywood now expects that the company will earn $0.22 per share for the quarter, down from their prior forecast of $0.27. Atb Cap Markets also issued estimates for TransAlta’s Q4 2025 earnings at $0.12 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $0.17 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $0.04 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $0.17 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $0.15 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $0.53 EPS.

Several other analysts have also commented on the stock. Desjardins raised their price target on shares of TransAlta from C$15.50 to C$16.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research report on Wednesday, December 18th. TD Securities raised their target price on TransAlta from C$18.00 to C$19.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, February 11th. Royal Bank of Canada upped their price target on TransAlta from C$14.00 to C$16.00 in a report on Wednesday, November 6th. BMO Capital Markets raised their price objective on TransAlta from C$17.00 to C$22.00 in a report on Monday, December 16th. Finally, Cibc World Mkts raised TransAlta from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, February 18th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, five have issued a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of C$18.36.

TransAlta Price Performance

Shares of TSE TA opened at C$15.37 on Monday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 229.66, a current ratio of 0.74 and a quick ratio of 0.62. The stock has a market capitalization of C$4.62 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 21.91, a PEG ratio of -0.07 and a beta of 0.93. The firm’s 50 day simple moving average is C$18.08 and its 200-day simple moving average is C$15.32. TransAlta has a 12 month low of C$8.22 and a 12 month high of C$21.22.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, Senior Officer Jane Nyla Fedoretz sold 8,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, December 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of C$16.30, for a total value of C$130,400.00. Also, Director John Harry Kousinioris sold 45,000 shares of TransAlta stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, December 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of C$17.67, for a total value of C$795,150.00. Over the last ninety days, insiders sold 109,781 shares of company stock worth $2,040,692. 0.21% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

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.