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TransAlta Corp (TA.TO) — chart, structure and Closelooknet read

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Signals for this name

Every Closelooknet reading that exists for TA.TO, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 61/100 · S&P 500 fund at 75, bullish alignedEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-10-06
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 98th percentile of the window, +5.7% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-10-06
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.74 · up 0.17 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-10-06
Who it is priced against Utilities - Independent Power Producers · 6 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Utilities - Independent Power Producers

This name carries no Closelooknet score, so its cohort ranks on trend state — distance to the 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score it does not have.

Compared against TA.TO on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelooknet scores where it exists.

Company snapshot — TransAlta Corp

TA.TO in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelooknet stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
TransAlta generates and sells electric power, working through five segments: Hydro, Wind and Solar, Gas, Energy Transition and Energy Marketing. The first four each hold generation assets in Alberta, elsewhere in Canada, the United States and Western Australia, covering hydroelectric dams, wind and solar farms, gas-fired plants and newer battery-storage facilities. The Energy Marketing arm trades electricity, natural gas and environmental products rather than generating power itself. The company was founded in 1909 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.
Where it sits in the stack
TransAlta carries no seat in our AI build-out index; it belongs instead to the utilities sleeve of our universe, classed as an independent power producer rather than a data-centre supplier or hardware name.
Who it is priced against
The diary has no peer group on file for it from the usual sort; the comparison the wider market draws is with Capital Power, another Alberta-based independent power producer.
Why Closelooknet tracks it
TransAlta holds no index seat and carries no Closelooknet score yet; the diary has not quoted it in an edition and is not tracking its coverage across our modules.
What the diary watches
The diary watches whether the mix across its Hydro, Wind and Solar, Gas and Energy Transition segments keeps tilting toward renewables and battery storage, and whether the shares extend their recent bounce or stay well below the 50-day and 200-day averages.

TransAlta Corp (TA.TO) trades on the TO exchange in Canada.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelooknet’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 1.45%, quarterly · last 0.0700 CAD on 2026-09-01

Dividends and capital return

What TA.TO pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 0.27 CAD per share · a 1.45% yield on the 2026-10-06 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-10-06
  • Change on the year +42.2% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 0.19 CAD per share
  • Last distribution 0.0700 CAD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-09-01
  • By calendar year 2025: 0.25 CAD (partial) · 2026: 0.20 CAD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2025-02-28

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-10-07

Quick answers

What is TransAlta Corp (TA.TO)?

TransAlta Corp trades as TA.TO on the TO exchange (Canada) in the Closelooknet research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-10-07.

Is TA.TO in a Closelooknet index?

Not currently — TransAlta Corp is tracked in the Closelooknet research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelooknet functional index as of 2026-10-07.

Where does TA.TO trade against its moving averages?

Recovery attempt under the 200-day: Trades +8.7% vs the 50-day and +4.7% vs the 200-day average, 24.5% below the 52-week high and +20.2% off the 52-week low; a death cross printed 18 sessions ago. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-10-06 — a technical state from the nightly Closelooknet bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

How does TransAlta Corp compare with its peers?

Against its peer group (Utilities - Independent Power Producers), TransAlta Corp (TA.TO) sits 24.5% below its 52-week high, 8.7% above its 50-day average; Capital Power Corporation (CPX.TO) is 16.3% below, Oklo Inc. (OKLO) is 80.1% below, Talen Energy Corporation (TLN) is 17.1% below. Put any of them next to TA.TO in the chart grid (2×1 or 2×2) and the page lays the companies side by side: performance, trend, valuation, margins and our money-flow reading.

What does TransAlta Corp do?

TransAlta generates and sells electric power, working through five segments: Hydro, Wind and Solar, Gas, Energy Transition and Energy Marketing. The first four each hold generation assets in Alberta, elsewhere in Canada, the United States and Western Australia, covering hydroelectric dams, wind and solar farms, gas-fired plants and newer battery-storage facilities. The Energy Marketing arm trades electricity, natural gas and environmental products rather than generating power itself. The diary has no peer group on file for it from the usual sort; the comparison the wider market draws is with Capital Power, another Alberta-based independent power producer.

Where does TransAlta Corp sit in the AI build-out?

TransAlta carries no seat in our AI build-out index; it belongs instead to the utilities sleeve of our universe, classed as an independent power producer rather than a data-centre supplier or hardware name. TransAlta holds no index seat and carries no Closelooknet score yet; the diary has not quoted it in an edition and is not tracking its coverage across our modules.

Does TransAlta Corp pay a dividend?

TransAlta Corp has paid 0.27 CAD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 1.45% on the 2026-10-06 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.0700 CAD on 2026-09-01. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for TA.TO, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelooknet structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelooknet universe

then Utilities - Independent Power Producers, then Utilities. Scored names rank on their Closelooknet score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.