Financial Metrics Exploration: Understanding Transalta Corp (TAC) Through Ratios

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The closing price of Transalta Corp (NYSE: TAC) was $13.91 for the day, down -0.36% from the previous closing price of $13.96. In other words, the price has decreased by -$0.36 from its previous closing price. On the day, 1.57 million shares were traded. TAC stock price reached its highest trading level at $14.17 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $13.69.

Ratios:

Our analysis of TAC’s different ratios will help us gain a deeper understanding of the company. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 12.01 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 12.60. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.67 and its Current Ratio is at 0.74. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 2.30 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 1.59.

Valuation Measures:

Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, TAC now has a Market Capitalization of 4189844992 and an Enterprise Value of 8979663872. As of this moment, Transalta’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 36.60, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 50.04. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 2.94. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 2.02 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 6.43. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 3.217 whereas that against EBITDA is 7.843.

Stock Price History:

Over the past 52 weeks, TAC has reached a high of $14.64, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $5.94. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 24.62%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 63.71%.

Shares Statistics:

TAC traded an average of 985.74K shares per day over the past three months and 1585560 shares per day over the past ten days. A total of 298.50M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 296.23M. Insiders hold about 0.73% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 64.53% stake in the company. Shares short for TAC as of 1732838400 were 7523488 with a Short Ratio of 3.43, compared to 1730332800 on 3866752. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 7523488 and a Short% of Float of 2.53.

Dividends & Splits

With its trailing 12-month dividend rate of 0.235, TAC has a forward annual dividend rate of 0.18. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.01683381The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 1.76.

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