How TransAlta Corporation stacks up

TAC · against 92 other Utilities companies listed in US-listed

Profitability

8/ 100

Near the bottom of its peers.

Ranked #86 of 93 · scores higher than 8% of peers

Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score

8 peers with a profitability score of 0–9, including TAC · Click a bar to see the companies

Why profitability scores 8?

Weighted metrics compared with all Utilities companies.

Mainly because of its return on assets, operating margin and return on invested capital, which are weaker than most Utilities peers.

a lower return on assets: weaker than 96% of peers. Return on assets: -1.6% vs peer median 2.7%
a thinner operating margin: weaker than 86% of peers. Operating margin: 5.8% vs peer median 18.6%
a lower return on invested capital: weaker than 78% of peers. Return on invested capital: 2.3% vs peer median 5.2%

Metric by metric

Position: dot = TAC, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.

Metric	TAC	Peer median	Better than	Weight
Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 90 reported	2.3%	5.1%	15%	33%
Operating marginHigher is better · 91 reported	5.8%	21.3%	11%	33%
Return on assetsHigher is better · 92 reported	-1.6%	2.6%	7%	33%
Return on equityHigher is better · 91 reported	-1.4%	9.3%	10%	Context only
Gross marginHigher is better · 94 reported	34.8%	43.6%	28%	Context only

Ranking by profitability score

Top 5 and the companies ranked around TAC

Rank	Company	Market cap	Profitability	Overall
1	Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESPSBS · US-listed	15.5B USD	99	72
2	Companhia Energética de Minas Gerais - CEMIGCIG · US-listed	5.1B USD	96	75
3	Central Puerto S.A.CEPU · US-listed	1.5B USD	94	93
4	Enlight Renewable Energy LtdENLT · US-listed	9.1B USD	93	52
5	AXIA EnergiaAXIA · US-listed	23.3B USD	90	78
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82	Clearway Energy, Inc.CWEN · US-listed	8.5B USD	15	34
82	Kenon Holdings Ltd.KEN · US-listed	3.4B USD	15	43
82	ReNew Energy Global PlcRNW · US-listed	2.5B USD	15	41
85	Brookfield Renewable Partners L.P.BEP · US-listed	14.7B USD	13	27
86	TransAlta CorporationTAC · US-listed	4.2B USD	8	13
87	Talen Energy CorporationTLN · US-listed	17.1B USD	4	19
88	Fervo Energy CompanyFRVO · US-listed	2.7B USD	3	34
89	Digi Power X Inc.DGXX · US-listed	230M USD	1	37
89	Fluence Energy, Inc.FLNC · US-listed	1.1B USD	1	20

Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score

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