Ratings TransAlta Corporation

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TA

CA89346D1078

Market Closed - Toronto S.E. Other stock markets 04:00:00 2024-04-26 pm EDT			5-day change	1st Jan Change
9.06 ^CAD	-2.79%		+1.91%	-17.79%

Apr. 25	Transcript : TransAlta Corporation - Shareholder/Analyst Call
Apr. 25	North American Morning Briefing : More Tech Earnings in Focus With GDP Data Adding to the Uncertainty	DJ

Strengths

The company's EBITDA/Sales ratio is relatively high and results in high margins before depreciation, amortization and taxes.
Given the positive cash flows generated by its business, the company's valuation level is an asset.
Over the past year, analysts have regularly revised upwards their sales forecast for the company.
For the past year, analysts covering the stock have been revising their EPS expectations upwards in a significant manner.
Analysts covering this company mostly recommend stock overweighting or purchase.
The average target price set by analysts covering the stock is above current prices and offers a tremendous appreciation potential.
There is high visibility into the group's activities for the coming years. Outlooks on future revenues from analysts covering the equity remain similar. Such hardly dispersed estimates support highly predictable sales for the current and upcoming fiscal years.

Weaknesses

As estimated by analysts, this group is among those businesses with the lowest growth prospects.
The company is in a hindered financial situation with significant debt and rather low EBITDA levels.
For the last twelve months, the analysts covering the company have given a bearish overview of EPS estimates, resulting in frequent downward revisions.
Over the past four months, analysts' average price target has been revised downwards significantly.
The average consensus view of analysts covering the stock has deteriorated over the past four months.
Over the past twelve months, analysts' opinions have been revised negatively.
The price targets of various analysts who make up the consensus differ significantly. This reflects different assessments and/or a difficulty in valuing the company.

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