What is Atb Cap Markets’ Estimate for TransAlta Q1 Earnings?

TransAlta Co. (TSE:TA) (NYSE:TAC) – Equities researchers at Atb Cap Markets lowered their Q1 2025 earnings estimates for shares of TransAlta in a report issued on Thursday, February 20th. Atb Cap Markets analyst N. Heywood now forecasts 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.

A number of other research firms also recently commented on TA. BMO Capital Markets increased their target price on shares of TransAlta from C$17.00 to C$22.00 in a research report on Monday, December 16th. Desjardins raised their price objective on shares of TransAlta from C$15.50 to C$16.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research report on Wednesday, December 18th. Cibc World Mkts raised shares of TransAlta from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, February 18th. CIBC raised shares of TransAlta from a “neutral” rating to an “outperform” rating and lowered their price objective for the stock from C$23.00 to C$19.50 in a research report on Tuesday, February 18th. Finally, Scotiabank cut shares of TransAlta from an “outperform” rating to a “sector perform” rating and raised their target price for the stock from C$19.00 to C$21.00 in a research note on Thursday, January 30th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, five have issued a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of C$18.36.

TransAlta Trading Down 2.9 %

Shares of TSE:TA opened at C$15.49 on Monday. TransAlta has a 52 week low of C$8.22 and a 52 week high of C$21.22. The company’s 50 day moving average is C$18.17 and its two-hundred day moving average is C$15.29. The company has a current ratio of 0.74, a quick ratio of 0.62 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 229.66. The company has a market cap of C$4.65 billion, a PE ratio of 22.08, a P/E/G ratio of -0.07 and a beta of 0.93.

Insider Activity at TransAlta

In related news, Senior Officer Jane Nyla Fedoretz sold 3,602 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, December 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of C$18.84, for a total value of C$67,861.68. Also, Director John Harry Kousinioris sold 45,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, December 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of C$17.67, for a total transaction of C$795,150.00. Insiders sold 109,781 shares of company stock worth $2,040,692 over the last 90 days. Company insiders own 0.21% of the company’s stock.

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.