Transalta Corp (TA.TO) Buy, Sell or Hold

Transalta Corp (TA.TO)

18.78

-0.00 (0.00%)

as of Oct 13, 2026, 8:00:00 pm Market Open.

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DON'T BUY

Mostly a dividend story. Has been a laggard compared to most of the other utilities until very recently. No earnings driver and have some issues in the Pacific northwest.

BUY

Enbridge (ENB-T) and Transalta (TA-T) are good holds. A lot of money flowed to them from income trusts after the tax rules were changed.

COMMENT

Wrote off a coal operation in the US west, which will increase their earnings. Relatively high yield.

DON'T BUY

Has never liked TransCanada (TRP-T) Enbridge (ENB-T) or Transalta (TA-T). Finding more value elsewhere. His model price is $23.51, a positive 2.6% differential. He is finding better value elsewhere.

BUY

Very juicy yield at 4.3% which is paying you to wait. Have the prospect of re-pricing electricity they generate in Washington state which could add $0.40 to earnings.

DON'T BUY

He doesn't really like this stock.

DON'T BUY

Always thought the stock was a little more expensive than where he would be comfortable entering. Have some interesting assets but have never gotten the returns that they should get.

HOLD

A well-run company with a good dividend. Great balance sheet.

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DON'T BUY

Trading rate at his “fair market value”. Doesn't see that it has any place to go on the upside.

DON'T BUY

Benefited from the “spark spread”, cost differential between electricity and cost of production. Their use of natural gas in making electricity has been in their favour, as gas got very cheap. However, today, natural gas storage indicator showed a draw down. That will be negative for the “spark spread” this quarter. Prefers others for yield.

DON'T BUY

The knock against them has been that it isn't really a conventional utility i.e. being regulated. They are just selling power into the grid and hoping they will get a favourable price for it. Gas prices will probably go up and electricity prices will not keep pace with it so their earnings will continue to suffer.

SELL

This is a funny beast. It's in the power business, have had continual problems with one misstep after another.

DON'T BUY

Yields about 4%. Not a lot of growth. Outlook of about 5% total.

HOLD

This is a company that has reinvented itself over the last number of years. Current businesses are a bit more volatile than what they were so there could be an argument on whether the dividend was sustainable. A well situated company that is thriving in the economy.

DON'T BUY

Ultimately, they should be doing a little bit better with the low gas prices. Historically, they have been buying gas, burning it and turning it into electricity. Have been paying out a fair proportion of their cash in the form of dividends which doesn't make sense in a company that should be looking at growth.

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