TransAlta (TAC) Competitors $13.85 -0.06 (-0.43%) (As of 12/20/2024 05:31 PM ET) Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrends TAC vs. LNT, WES, EVRG, AGR, EBR, WTRG, SBS, DTM, KEP, and KNTKShould you be buying TransAlta stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of TransAlta include Alliant Energy (LNT), Western Midstream Partners (WES), Evergy (EVRG), Avangrid (AGR), Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás (EBR), Essential Utilities (WTRG), Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP (SBS), DT Midstream (DTM), Korea Electric Power (KEP), and Kinetik (KNTK). These companies are all part of the "utilities" industry. TransAlta vs. Alliant Energy Western Midstream Partners Evergy Avangrid Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás Essential Utilities Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP DT Midstream Korea Electric Power Kinetik TransAlta (NYSE:TAC) and Alliant Energy (NASDAQ:LNT) are both utilities companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking and earnings. Is TAC or LNT more profitable? Alliant Energy has a net margin of 16.66% compared to TransAlta's net margin of 5.72%. TransAlta's return on equity of 17.46% beat Alliant Energy's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets TransAlta5.72% 17.46% 1.84% Alliant Energy 16.66%10.56%3.31% Which has more risk and volatility, TAC or LNT? TransAlta has a beta of 0.91, indicating that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alliant Energy has a beta of 0.59, indicating that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500. Is TAC or LNT a better dividend stock? TransAlta pays an annual dividend of $0.17 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Alliant Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. TransAlta pays out 45.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Alliant Energy pays out 74.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Alliant Energy has increased its dividend for 21 consecutive years. Alliant Energy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth. Does the MarketBeat Community favor TAC or LNT? TransAlta received 259 more outperform votes than Alliant Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.47% of users gave TransAlta an outperform vote while only 36.14% of users gave Alliant Energy an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformTransAltaOutperform Votes28955.47% Underperform Votes23244.53% Alliant EnergyOutperform Votes3036.14% Underperform Votes5363.86% Which has better earnings & valuation, TAC or LNT? Alliant Energy has higher revenue and earnings than TransAlta. Alliant Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TransAlta, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioTransAlta$2.79B1.48$514.86M$0.3737.43Alliant Energy$3.97B3.81$703M$2.5822.85 Does the media favor TAC or LNT? In the previous week, Alliant Energy had 5 more articles in the media than TransAlta. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Alliant Energy and 6 mentions for TransAlta. Alliant Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat TransAlta's score of 0.92 indicating that Alliant Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment TransAlta 3 Very Positive mention(s) 2 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Alliant Energy 5 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 2 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Do institutionals & insiders believe in TAC or LNT? 59.0% of TransAlta shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.9% of Alliant Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 13.1% of TransAlta shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Alliant Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. Do analysts rate TAC or LNT? Alliant Energy has a consensus target price of $63.39, indicating a potential upside of 7.53%. Given Alliant Energy's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Alliant Energy is more favorable than TransAlta.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score TransAlta 0 Sell rating(s) 1 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 1 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.00Alliant Energy 0 Sell rating(s) 6 Hold rating(s) 3 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.33 SummaryAlliant Energy beats TransAlta on 13 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks. Ad Brownstone ResearchMedia Humiliated: Demo of Elon’s Tech Proves They’re WrongElon Musk believes his new AI product will be worth an incredible $9 trillion. But the mainstream media is not buying it.Click here to watch this demo and decide for yourself. Get TransAlta News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for TAC and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart TAC vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricTransAltaElectric services IndustryUtilities SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$4.13B$13.89B$13.85B$19.18BDividend Yield1.24%4.51%4.11%3.60%P/E Ratio37.4314.8795.3641.24Price / Sales1.488,149.6523.3317.60Price / Cash4.628.7318.3821.28Price / Book8.012.122.205.32Net Income$514.86M$666.62M$632.94M$989.88M7 Day Performance3.44%-1.38%-1.92%-3.54%1 Month Performance26.83%0.95%-2.58%-3.68%1 Year Performance70.04%36.12%1.52%12.14% TransAlta Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)TACTransAlta2.3209 of 5 stars$13.85-0.4%N/A+72.0%$4.13B$2.79B37.431,257Analyst DowngradeNews CoverageHigh Trading VolumeLNTAlliant Energy4.3393 of 5 stars$60.35-0.2%$63.39+5.0%+17.3%$15.49B$4.03B23.433,281Positive NewsWESWestern Midstream Partners2.4505 of 5 stars$39.23-1.3%$37.88-3.5%+38.1%$14.93B$3.11B10.141,377Positive NewsEVRGEvergy3.0442 of 5 stars$61.67-0.4%$61.88+0.3%+20.3%$14.18B$5.78B16.714,658Positive NewsAGRAvangrid3.3474 of 5 stars$35.71+0.3%$34.67-2.9%+12.1%$13.82B$8.31B12.237,999News CoverageEBRCentrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás1.0352 of 5 stars$5.84-1.0%N/A-30.3%$13.44B$38.08B0.008,328News CoverageWTRGEssential Utilities4.6269 of 5 stars$38.76+0.2%$44.00+13.5%-0.8%$10.64B$2.05B19.353,258Analyst RevisionPositive NewsSBSCompanhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP1.6568 of 5 stars$14.65-0.7%N/A-3.0%$10.01B$5.12B5.7511,170Analyst UpgradePositive NewsDTMDT Midstream3.963 of 5 stars$99.64-0.3%$84.78-14.9%+88.5%$9.68B$976M24.48360Analyst UpgradeNews CoveragePositive NewsKEPKorea Electric Power1.8069 of 5 stars$7.53+1.5%N/A+1.0%$9.67B$91.66T3.4448,696News CoverageGap DownKNTKKinetik2.599 of 5 stars$56.44-0.7%$49.00-13.2%+73.0%$8.89B$1.45B20.73200Analyst Forecast Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Alliant Energy Competitors Western Midstream Partners Competitors Evergy Competitors Avangrid Competitors Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás Competitors Essential Utilities Competitors Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP Competitors DT Midstream Competitors Korea Electric Power Competitors Kinetik Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Bank Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Toy Stocks Growth Stocks Airline Stocks Chinese Stocks EV Charging Stocks Defense Stocks Lithium Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks This page (NYSE:TAC) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersAmazon coin set to soar 25X – starting December 16th?This tiny 3-cent crypto just partnered with one of the biggest companies in the world… Amazon. 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