Transalta Corp (NYSE: TAC) started the day on Wednesday, with a price decrease of -5.67% at $12.81, before settling in for the price of $13.58 at the close. Taking a more long-term approach, TAC posted a 52-week range of $7.82-$17.88.
It was noted that the giant of the Utilities sector posted annual sales growth of 25.30% over the last 5 years. Meanwhile, its Annual Earning per share during the time was 25.30%. Nevertheless, stock’s Earnings Per Share (EPS) this year is 10.65%. This publicly-traded company’s shares outstanding now amounts to $296.70 million, simultaneously with a float of $295.16 million. The organization now has a market capitalization sitting at $3.80 billion. At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average stood at $15.40, while the 200-day Moving Average is $12.00.
Transalta Corp (TAC) Ownership Facts and Figures
Now let’s turn our focus to how large-scale investors are working with this stock of the Utilities – Independent Power Producers Industry. Transalta Corp’s current insider ownership accounts for 0.52%, in contrast to 84.57% institutional ownership.
Transalta Corp (TAC) Earnings and Revenue Records
Transalta Corp’s EPS increase for this current 12-month fiscal period is 10.65% and is forecasted to reach 0.30 in the upcoming year. Considering the longer run, market analysts have predicted that Company’s EPS will increase by 7.41% through the next 5 years, which can be compared against the 25.30% growth it accomplished over the previous five years trading on the market.
Transalta Corp (NYSE: TAC) Trading Performance Indicators
Let’s observe the current performance indicators for Transalta Corp (TAC). It’s Quick Ratio in the last reported quarter now stands at 0.71. Another valuable indicator worth pondering is a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for trailing twelve months, which is currently 2.14. Similarly, its price to free cash flow for trailing twelve months is now 15.26.
In the same vein, TAC’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) trailing twelve months is recorded -0.47, a figure that is expected to reach 0.09 in the next quarter, and analysts are predicting that it will be 0.30 at the market close of one year from today.
Technical Analysis of Transalta Corp (TAC)
If we take a close look at the recent performances of Transalta Corp (NYSE: TAC), its last 5-days Average volume was 1.37 million that shows plunge from its year to date volume of 1.63 million. During the previous 9 days, stock’s Stochastic %D was recorded 5.26% While, its Average True Range was 24.27.
Raw Stochastic average of Transalta Corp (TAC) in the period of the previous 100 days is set at 15.79%, which indicates a major rise in contrast to 3.19% during the last 2-weeks. If we go through the volatility metrics of the stock, In the past 14-days, Company’s historic volatility was 0.52 that was higher than 0.49 volatility it exhibited in the past 100-days period.
