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TransAlta (TransAlta) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 7.93 (As of May. 19, 2024)


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What is TransAlta Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2024-05-19), TransAlta's current share price is $7.22. TransAlta's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $0.91. TransAlta's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 7.93.

The historical rank and industry rank for TransAlta's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF or its related term are showing as below:

TAC' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 6.77   Med: 18.57   Max: 75.36
Current: 7.99

During the past years, TransAlta's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 75.36. The lowest was 6.77. And the median was 18.57.

TAC's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked better than
66.94% of 121 companies
in the Utilities - Independent Power Producers industry
Industry Median: 14.66 vs TAC: 7.99

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller. He uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings per share of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF. The Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted free cash flow per share of a company over the past 10 years.

TransAlta's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $0.420. Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share for the past 10 years together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share, which is $0.91 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2024.

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TransAlta Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

The historical data trend for TransAlta's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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TransAlta Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Chart

TransAlta Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only - 11.96 15.11 11.12 8.75

TransAlta Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 10.66 11.41 9.44 8.75 7.06

Competitive Comparison of TransAlta's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Utilities - Independent Power Producers subindustry, TransAlta's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


TransAlta's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Utilities - Independent Power Producers Industry

For the Utilities - Independent Power Producers industry and Utilities sector, TransAlta's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where TransAlta's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF falls into.



TransAlta Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF takes the Free Cash Flow per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/FCF calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPFCF Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF.

TransAlta's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=7.22/0.91
=7.93

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

TransAlta's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as:

For example, TransAlta's adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was:

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare=Free Cash Flow per Share/CPI of Mar. 2024 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar. 2024)
=0.42/126.2576*126.2576
=0.420

Current CPI (Mar. 2024) = 126.2576.

TransAlta Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201406 -0.221 99.473 -0.281
201409 0.220 99.394 0.279
201412 0.226 98.367 0.290
201503 0.066 99.789 0.084
201506 -0.490 100.500 -0.616
201509 0.174 100.421 0.219
201512 0.028 99.947 0.035
201603 0.488 101.054 0.610
201606 0.102 102.002 0.126
201609 0.339 101.765 0.421
201612 0.034 101.449 0.042
201703 0.563 102.634 0.693
201706 -0.104 103.029 -0.127
201709 0.161 103.345 0.197
201712 0.008 103.345 0.010
201803 1.066 105.004 1.282
201806 0.103 105.557 0.123
201809 0.160 105.636 0.191
201812 0.070 105.399 0.084
201903 0.118 106.979 0.139
201906 0.384 107.690 0.450
201909 0.611 107.611 0.717
201912 0.000 107.769 0.000
202003 0.362 107.927 0.423
202006 0.115 108.401 0.134
202009 0.345 108.164 0.403
202012 -0.304 108.559 -0.354
202103 0.466 110.298 0.533
202106 -0.124 111.720 -0.140
202109 1.404 112.905 1.570
202112 -0.251 113.774 -0.279
202203 1.043 117.646 1.119
202206 -0.749 120.806 -0.783
202209 -0.221 120.648 -0.231
202212 -0.244 120.964 -0.255
202303 0.477 122.702 0.491
202306 -0.525 124.203 -0.534
202309 1.442 125.230 1.454
202312 0.174 125.072 0.176
202403 0.420 126.258 0.420

Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.


TransAlta  (NYSE:TAC) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Explanation

Compared with the regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF smoothed out the fluctuations of free cash flow during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF should give similar results to regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow.


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TransAlta (TransAlta) Business Description

Address
110 - 12th Avenue SW, Station M, Calgary, AB, CAN, T2P 2M1
TransAlta is an independent power producer based in Alberta, Canada. The company operates a diverse and growing fleet of electrical power generation assets in Canada, the United States, and Australia consisting of hydro, wind, solar, battery storage, gas and energy transition facilities. The majority of the company's revenues are derived from the sale of generation capacity, electricity, thermal energy, environmental attributes, and byproducts of power generation.