TAC — TransAlta Corp

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Trend Edge Setup Score

Trend Edge rates TAC Bearish with a Setup Score of 28, net conviction 19, actionability 42. How the Setup Score works →

Total Setup Score28
Directional BiasBearish
Net Conviction19
Actionability42 (in range)

Key signals behind this score

About TransAlta Corp

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) located in Alberta and Canada. The Wind and Solar segment has a net ownership interest of approximately 2,587 MW located in Alberta, Canada, the Unites States, and Western Australia, as well a… Read full Trend Edge analysis →

Trend Edge Proprietary Indicators

Key Metrics

Current Price$12.64
Market Cap$3.98B
Float265.8M
Shares Outstanding316.3M
P/E (Forward)78.13
Price/Sales (TTM)1.76
vs. Analyst Target+6.4% to analyst PT
Profit Margin-1.01%
Operating Margin (TTM)33.27%
Revenue (TTM)$2.27B
Earnings Growth (YoY)-71.60%
Dividend Rate0.2%
Analyst Target Price$13.45 (11 analysts)

Financial History

Annual Revenue & Earnings History

YearRevenueNet IncomeGross ProfitEBITDA
2020 $2.10B -$287M $1.13B $687M
2021 $2.72B -$537M $1.49B $552M
2022 $2.98B $50.0M $1.64B $1.16B
2023 $3.35B $695M $2.18B $1.71B
2024 $2.85B $229M $1.79B $1.10B
2025 $2.40B -$138M $784M $784M

Recent Quarterly Revenue & Net Income

QuarterRevenueNet Income
Sep 2025 $615M -$49.0M
Dec 2025 $599M -$36.0M
Mar 2026 $566M $13.0M
Jun 2026 $487M $49.0M

Ownership & Float

Insider Ownership0.3%
Institutional Ownership81.7%
Short Float3.1%
% of All Funds Holding2.04%
Number of Funds Holding179

Current Moving Averages

Trend Edge tracks near-term, medium-term, cyclical, and secular moving averages across weekly and monthly timeframes to identify trend structure at every horizon.

TimeframeSMAValueTrend Context
Weekly10-Week SMA$13.10Near-term / short-term trend
Weekly40-Week SMA$13.11Medium-term trend
Weekly80-Week SMA$12.41Cyclical trend (business cycle)
Weekly200-Week SMA$10.36Secular trend (multi-year)
Monthly10-Month SMA$13.25Near-term monthly trend
Monthly20-Month SMA$12.44Medium-term monthly trend
Monthly40-Month SMA$10.60Secular monthly trend

Volume Shelves — Support & Resistance

Trend Edge identifies volume shelves: price zones where historically elevated trading volume creates structural support or resistance. A volume shelf forms when a disproportionate share of cumulative volume was transacted at a specific price level, making it a high-conviction anchor for future price reactions.

Price LevelTypeVolume RatioAge
$17.60 resistance 1.29x 8 months ago
$9.80 support 1.29x 13 months ago
$7.70 support 1.25x 23 months ago

Historical Earnings Reactions (100 events)

TimeframeAvg ReturnMedianWin RateBestWorst
Gap -0.30% -0.13% 38.00% 1.85% -3.61%
1 Day -0.45% -0.29% 42.00% 4.38% -5.78%
1 Week -1.16% -0.95% 40.00% 10.69% -43.40%
2 Weeks -1.23% 0.13% 51.00% 11.84% -48.43%
1 Month -0.17% -0.30% 48.48% 34.12% -33.33%

Next earnings: October 19, 2026 (53 days away)

Seasonality & Day-of-Week Patterns

Monthly Seasonality

MonthAvg ReturnWin RateSamples
Jan-0.6%36.0%25
Feb-0.2%52.0%25
Mar-1.2%48.0%25
Apr2.2%64.0%25
May2.0%56.0%25
Jun0.6%48.0%25
Jul0.7%56.0%25
Aug-1.3%44.0%25
Sep-0.6%48.0%25
Oct-0.3%56.0%25
Nov1.5%56.0%25
Dec0.6%56.0%25

Day-of-Week Tendencies

DayAvg ReturnWin RateSamples
Monday -0.06% 46.7% 1184
Tuesday 0.03% 50.3% 1293
Wednesday 0.03% 49.2% 1294
Thursday -0.00% 47.3% 1268
Friday 0.08% 48.6% 1263

Top Institutional Holders

Institutional holder breakdown coming soon.

Total institutional ownership: 81.7%

Insider Transactions — Smart Summary

Total insider ownership: 0.3%

Full insider transaction history and smart buy/sell sentiment summary available on Trend Edge.

AI Consult Analysis

Trend Edge's AI Consult feature delivers a comprehensive, multi-layer trade plan for TransAlta Corp (TAC) powered by Claude Opus — Anthropic's most capable AI model. The analysis covers five layers: technical analysis (near-term, medium-term, cyclical, and secular trend, momentum, volume shelf support and resistance, breakout and breakdown signals), qualitative analysis (business model, competitive moat, sector dynamics), insider sentiment (buy and sell signals from executive and director transactions), share stats analysis (institutional accumulation, fund positioning, short float squeeze potential), and fundamental analysis (valuation, revenue growth, profit margin, earnings quality).

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