TransAlta
NYSE:
TAC-USD
$6.43
0.00%
TransAlta is an utilities - independent power producers business based in the US. TransAlta shares (TAC.US) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US dollars. Its last market close was $6.43 – an increase of 3.38% over the previous day. TransAlta employs 1,257 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $3.4 billion.
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Is it a good time to buy TransAlta stock?
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Use our graph to track the performance of TAC stocks over time.
Share price volatility
Over the last 12 months, TransAlta's shares have ranged in value from as little as $6 up to $10.2389. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".
Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while TransAlta's is 0.886. This would suggest that TransAlta's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).
Historical closes compared with the last close of $6.43
| 1 week (2024-04-11) | 6.11% |
|---|---|
| 1 month (2024-03-18) | 1.58% |
| 3 months (2024-01-18) | -15.17% |
| 6 months (2023-10-18) | -18.30% |
| 1 year (2023-04-16) | -29.19% |
| 2 years (2022-04-18) | -41.39% |
| 3 years (2021-04-18) | -34.05% |
| 5 years (2019-04-17) | -8.79% |
The gauge below shows real-time ratings that are based on 26 popular indicators such as moving averages, for specific time periods. It's not a recommendation but is simply technical analysis that can form part of your research.
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Is TransAlta under- or over-valued?
Valuing a stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge value. Check out the TransAlta P/E ratio, PEG ratio and EBITDA
TransAlta's current stock price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 4x. In other words, TransAlta stocks trade at around 4x recent earnings.
That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the United States stock markets on average as of November 09, 2023 (20.44). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.
TransAlta's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is a whopping $1.7 billion.
The EBITDA is a measure of a TransAlta's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
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