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TransAlta Corporation

$TAC·$3.7B·Independent Power Producers·Utilities
$12.10-0.9%YTD-0.2%1Y-0.5%
Mentions · last 7 days
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Price updated 6h ago·X counts updated 2d ago
TATAC
$TACTransAlta Corporation
$12.10-0.90%46 posts+84%
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AI verdict & sentimentAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

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Today's AI verdict on what's driving $TAC, plus how loud the X conversation is and which way it's leaning.

AI analysis

TickerTalks’ read on the fundamentals and what’s driving the move.

Proven numbersStalledAI verdict · as of 2026-08-20

The move has stalled — likely just drifts unless something new shows up.

TransAlta's chart is flat despite its underlying power-generation exposure — the $TAC crypto noise is not the story.

TransAlta is a Canadian independent power producer whose ticker is being hijacked by a crypto/USDT pair pump, and the equity story is much more grounded than the chatter suggests.

  • Latest quarterly revenue of $566M with quarterly EPS of $0.04 reflects a business in the middle of its transition from thermal generation toward wind, hydro, and battery storage — margins are compressed while that shift is funded.
  • Gross margin near 32% is respectable for an IPP, but debt-to-equity above 3.1 is elevated — the balance sheet is a real constraint on organic development or M&A, particularly in a rising-rate environment.
  • Both YTD and trailing-year returns near zero capture the frustrating reality: the underlying power-demand narrative from AI data centers should benefit an IPP with existing interconnection, but the market is not paying up for that optionality yet.
  • The X chatter on $TAC is entirely about a crypto pair being pumped by a whale, with 3D/weekly bullish framing and TAC/USDT long entries — that has nothing to do with TransAlta the equity and should be discounted entirely.
  • The stalled read fits a name where the operating story is solid but the multiple isn't moving until either a large PPA is signed or the balance sheet gets relieved.

The risk is that Canadian regulated-utility policy or Alberta merchant power dynamics shift; the upside is a large hyperscaler PPA that would rerate the whole thermal-transition story.

What to watch: Any large hyperscaler PPA announcement, Alberta merchant-power capacity-market changes, and Q3 free-cash-flow trend against the transition capex plan.

On the calendar: Q3 2026 earnings, expected early November

sentiment mismatch

X sentiment

What the X crowd is saying right now — descriptive, summarised from the day’s posts.

Bearish sentiment7 posts analyzed · as of 2026-08-24

TAC Protocol was hacked with more than 400M TAC minted causing the token to crash over 40%. The TAC team is investigating the exploited vulnerability on the Cosmos-based EVM side affecting only TAC supply, and coordinated with validators for a temporary chain-halt. Bulls call for buying the dip with 'big bounce soon' but bears call for delisting and 'what a scam.' Comparisons to BounceBit/BB losing ~$3M and MANTRA's fast recovery are made. Descriptive: token dump on security incident.

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What it does

Plain-English summary of the business — what they sell and how they make money.

Canadian power generator owning hydro, wind, solar, and natural gas plants across Canada, the U.S., and Australia; actively transitioning from coal.

Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Where Independent Power Producers sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $TAC.

Independent Power Producers · Utilities

No material change from last week — hyperscalers need 24/7 carbon-free electricity that nuclear plants uniquely provide, and VST/TLN are competing to capture co-location and long-term offtake..

What this means for $TAC

Partial — Canadian power generator owning hydro, wind, solar, and natural gas plants across Canada, the U.S., and Australia; actively transitioning from coal; partial earnings exposure to independent power producers demand dynamics through its product portfolio.

Industry benchmark

6-name peer basket
-31.3%YTD
-33.6%1Y

Fundamentals & catalyst

Profitability, valuation, and the next earnings event — at a glance, with rule-of-thumb signals.

Key ratios

P/E
-26.6How much investors are paying per dollar of profit the company actually earned in the last 12 months. Lower means the stock looks cheaper relative to earnings.~15–25 is typical for the S&P 500; high-growth names trade 30+; hyper-growth or speculative can be 100+ or negative.
ROIC
-0.7%What percentage return the business earns on every dollar of capital (equity + debt) deployed in operations. The cleanest measure of business quality.Above ~15% is high-quality; consistently above 25% suggests a real moat. Below the company's cost of capital is value-destroying.
Op margin
-2.6%Operating profit (after sales, marketing, R&D, and overhead but before interest and taxes) as a percentage of revenue. The clearest view of how well the underlying business is run.Mature business above 20% is healthy; software businesses can run 30%+; commodity / retail businesses operate in single digits.
FCF yield
8.6%Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex) divided by the company's market cap. The cash-on-cash return you'd get owning the whole business at today's price.Above ~5% is attractive; below ~2% means you're paying up for growth. Capital-light businesses (software) run higher than capital-heavy ones (utilities).
P/S
2.7Same idea as P/E but per dollar of revenue. Useful for companies that aren't profitable yet, where P/E is meaningless.Under ~2 is cheap; software / SaaS often runs 8–15; well above 20 implies the market is pricing in very high future growth.
ROE
-11.6%Net income as a percentage of shareholders' equity. Similar to ROIC but counts only the equity side.Above 20% is strong, but can be inflated by leverage — a heavily indebted company can show high ROE with weak underlying ROIC.
Gross margin
32.4%Revenue minus the direct cost of producing what was sold, as a percentage of revenue. The first read on whether the product is structurally profitable.Software / SaaS is typically 70%+; consumer goods 30–50%; commodity / hardware businesses can be under 20%.
D/E
3.2Total debt divided by shareholders' equity. Measures how much the business runs on borrowed money versus owner capital.Under 1 is conservative; 1–2 is typical for mature businesses; over 2 is leveraged and more sensitive to interest rates.

Past earnings

QuarterReportedActualEstimateSurprise
Q2 2026Jul 31, 2026$0.13$0.11+18.2%
Q1 2026May 6, 2026$0.04$0.01+300.0%
Q4 2025Feb 27, 2026$-0.04$0.05-180.0%
Q3 2025Nov 6, 2025$-0.01$0.06-116.7%
Next earningsThu, Nov 5·consensus EPS $0.05

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q1 FY26$566.5M-25.3%43.0%4.2%$0.04$93.2M
Q4 FY25$598.5M-11.7%23.0%-15.0%$-0.21$146.9M
Q3 FY25$615.0M-3.6%28.3%1.8%$-0.21$196.0M
Q2 FY25$433.0M-25.6%77.1%-0.5%$-0.38$79.0M

Forward consensus

5-year forecast · up to 2 analysts
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$2.1B$2.0B – $2.3B$0.37$0.35 – $0.402
FY27$2.3B$2.2B – $2.5B$0.53$0.49 – $0.572
FY28$2.6B$2.5B – $2.8B$0.74$0.69 – $0.801
FY29$2.2B$2.1B – $2.3B$0.97$0.91 – $1.051
FY30$2.2B$2.0B – $2.3B$1.20$1.12 – $1.301

Setup & momentum

Volume, range, and moving-average position — the technical setup driving short-term moves.

Right now

Vol vs 30dToday's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.0.7×Today's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.
52w rangeWhere the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.11%Where the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.
vs 50d MALatest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.-8.8%Latest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.
vs 200d MALatest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.-8.7%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

Float & profile

FloatHigh float · 264.8M shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today0.4% of floatToday's volume as a percent of the free float. Above 5% on a single day is unusually high turnover for the available share count.β0.475-year weekly beta vs the S&P 500. Above 1.5 means the stock typically moves more than the index; below 0.8 moves less.

SEC filings

Material 8-K, 13D, S-3, and 424B5 events from the last 180 days — the filings that actually move the price.

No material 8-K / SC 13D / S-3 / 424B5 filings in the last 180 days.

+ 30 other (25 6-Ks · 2 SUPPLs · 2 13Gs · 1 40-F) in window

Recent news

Latest headlines from major outlets, sourced and timestamped — context for whatever just moved.

Nexxen Reports Record Second Quarter 2026 Financial Resultsglobenewswire.com·13d agoTaboola Reports Strong Q2 2026 Financial Results, & Raises Full-Year ex-TAC Gross Profit and Adjusted EBITDA Guidanceglobenewswire.com·20d agoTransAlta Q2: Strong Execution Through Temporary Headwindsseekingalpha.com·22d agoTransAlta Q2 Earnings Call Highlightsmarketbeat.com·24d agoTransAlta Reports Strong Second Quarter Results and Reaffirms Guidanceglobenewswire.com·25d ago

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