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How TransAlta Corporation stacks up
TAC · against 98 other Utilities companies of similar size
Valuation
25/ 100
Near the bottom of its peers.
Ranked #86 of 99 · scores higher than 13% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the valuation score6 peers with a valuation score of 20–29, including TAC · Click a bar to see the companies
Why valuation scores 25?
Weighted metrics compared with all Utilities companies.Mainly because of its earnings yield, which is weaker than most Utilities peers.
- Negative (a loss or cash outflow), so it counts as zero whatever the share price. Earnings yield: -2.5% vs peer median 4.8%
- EBITDA yield is close to the peer norm. EBITDA yield: 8.1% vs peer median 8.6%
- more free cash flow for the price paid: stronger than 77% of peers. Free cash flow yield: 7.2% vs peer median 0.0%
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 | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earnings yieldHigher is better · 98 reported | Not reported | 5.6% | — | — | 30% |
| EBITDA yieldHigher is better · 99 reported | 8.6% | 9.4% | 40% | 50% | |
| Free cash flow yieldHigher is better · 47 reported | 7.5% | 0.6% | 76% | 20% | |
| Book yieldHigher is better · 92 reported | Not reported | 67.6% | — | — | Context only |
A metric that is not reported is left out of the score; the other weights are rescaled.
Ranking by valuation score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around TAC| Rank | Company | Market cap | Valuation | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 55.0B HKD (≈$7.0B) | 99 | 63 | |
| 2 | 45.8B HKD (≈$5.9B) | 94 | 61 | |
| 2 | 4.84T CLP (≈$5.3B) | 94 | 72 | |
| 4 | 2.00T CLP (≈$2.2B) | 92 | 78 | |
| 5 | 134.5B TRY (≈$4.0B) | 91 | 75 | |
| 82 | 47.0B CNY (≈$6.6B) | 30 | 48 | |
| 82 | 3.4B USD | 30 | 63 | |
| 84 | 4.9B USD | 28 | 41 | |
| 85 | 15.2B CNY (≈$2.1B) | 27 | 28 | |
| 86 | 4.2B USD | 25 | 13 | |
| 87 | 219.1B INR (≈$2.6B) | 24 | 52 | |
| 88 | 5.8B USD | 21 | 41 | |
| 89 | 10.3B SGD (≈$7.8B) | 20 | 18 | |
| 90 | 32.7B CNY (≈$4.6B) | 16 | 29 |
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