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Company snapshot — TransAlta Corp

TA.TO in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook 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 Closelook tracks it
TransAlta holds no index seat and carries no Closelook 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, classified under Utilities.

The Closelook company score reads 30/100 composite (momentum 29, quality 29, valuation 44) across 7 modules — the full breakdown, chart structure and analog history load live above.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelook’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.

Signals for this name

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

Who it is priced against Utilities · Canada · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Utilities · Canada

Scored names in the same sector and country from the Closelook universe.

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

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 55/100 · S&P 500 fund at 58, above its 50- and 200-day averagesEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-17
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 94th percentile of the window, +2.7% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-17
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.00 · down 0.41 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-17

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-18

Quick answers

What is TransAlta Corp (TA.TO)?

TransAlta Corp trades as TA.TO on the TO exchange (Canada) and is classified under Utilities in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-18.

Is TA.TO in a Closelook index?

Not currently — TransAlta Corp is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-18.

What is TransAlta Corp's Closelook composite score?

30 out of 100, with momentum 29, quality 29 and valuation 44 sub-scores, as of 2026-09-18. Scores are Closelook's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

Where does TA.TO trade against its moving averages?

Downtrend stack: Trades -3.2% vs the 50-day and -4.1% vs the 200-day average, 30.3% below the 52-week high and +10.8% off the 52-week low; a death cross printed 5 sessions ago. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-17 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

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 Closelook score yet; the diary has not quoted it in an edition and is not tracking its coverage across our modules.

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 Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

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