Transalta (TAC) Operating Margin (2009 - 2026)
Transalta's (TAC) quarterly Operating Margin came in at 31.86% in Q1 2026, up 53.0% YoY from 20.82% in Q1 2025, and up 28.94% on a QoQ basis from 24.71% in Q4 2025.
Transalta (TAC) Operating Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Transalta (TAC) has 18 years of Operating Margin data on file, last reported at 31.86% in Q1 2026.
- Quarterly Operating Margin rose 53.0% year-over-year to 31.86% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 19.88% (down 1362.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 5.82%, down 1474.0% from the prior year.
- Operating Margin improved to 31.86% in Q1 2026, from 24.71% in the prior quarter.
- In the past five years, Operating Margin ranged from a high of 87.74% in Q2 2023 to a low of 0.46% in Q2 2025.
- A 5-year average of 36.75% and a median of 31.86% in 2026 frame the typical range for Operating Margin.
- Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Operating Margin surged 6717 bps — and 2025, when it tumbled 4995 bps.
- Tracing TAC's Operating Margin over 5 years: stood at 2.83% in 2022, then surged by 1840 bps to 54.96% in 2023, then sank by 62 bps to 20.74% in 2024, then climbed by 19 bps to 24.71% in 2025, then advanced by 29 bps to 31.86% in 2026.
- The last three Operating Margin figures came in at 31.86% (Q1 2026), 24.71% (Q4 2025), and 23.9% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.
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Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 29.57% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 31.86% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 24.71% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 23.90% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | -0.46% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 31.33% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 20.74% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 34.64% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 49.48% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 47.38% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 54.96% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 57.92% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 87.74% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 55.83% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 2.83% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 19.05% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 27.29% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 55.51% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 4.10% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | -48.12% |