Transalta (TAC) Operating Margin (2010 - 2026)

Transalta (TAC) posted Operating Margin of 32.92% for Q1 2026, up 16.68% on a QoQ basis from 28.21% in Q4 2025, and down 125.0% year-over-year from 131.68% in Q1 2025.

Transalta (TAC) Operating Margin (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Transalta's Operating Margin history runs 17 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 32.92% for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Operating Margin fell 125.0% year-over-year to 32.92% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 21.01% (down 1328.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 5.82%, down 1474.0% from the prior year.
  • Operating Margin was 32.92% for Q1 2026 at Transalta, up from 28.21% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Operating Margin topped out at 90.53% in Q2 2023 and bottomed at 0.46% in Q2 2025.
  • A 5-year average of 36.46% and a median of 34.17% in 2025 frame the typical range for Operating Margin.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2023 — Operating Margin soared 6848 bps — and 2025, when it slumped 4995 bps.
  • Transalta's Operating Margin stood at 2.83% in 2022, then jumped by 1694 bps to 50.84% in 2023, then sank by 59 bps to 20.74% in 2024, then soared by 36 bps to 28.21% in 2025, then increased by 17 bps to 32.92% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows TAC's Operating Margin at 32.92% in Q1 2026, 28.21% in Q4 2025, and 23.9% in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Operating Margin (Qtr)
1 Vistra 52.84 Bn 51.14 Bn 4.94 Bn 26.58%
2 Nrg Energy 28.17 Bn 28.12 Bn 1.40 Bn 3.20%
3 Talen Energy 15.71 Bn 15.67 Bn - 18.60%
4 Oklo 7.13 Bn 7.13 Bn - -
5 Transalta 3.99 Bn 3.46 Bn 263.24 Mn 32.92%
6 Kenon Holdings 3.66 Bn 1.86 Bn 48.00 Mn 1.89%
7 Digi Power X 264.61 Mn 206.80 Mn -801,636.00 -87.43%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 32.92%
Dec 31, 2025 28.21%
Sep 30, 2025 23.90%
Jun 30, 2025 -0.46%
Mar 31, 2025 34.17%
Dec 31, 2024 20.74%
Sep 30, 2024 34.64%
Jun 30, 2024 49.48%
Mar 31, 2024 47.38%
Dec 31, 2023 50.84%
Sep 30, 2023 57.92%
Jun 30, 2023 90.53%
Mar 31, 2023 55.83%
Dec 31, 2022 2.83%
Sep 30, 2022 19.05%
Jun 30, 2022 22.05%
Mar 31, 2022 49.80%
Dec 31, 2021 4.10%
Sep 30, 2021 -48.12%
Jun 30, 2021 12.60%