Growth Metrics

Transalta (TAC) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2025)

Transalta filings provide 10 years of Return on Capital Employed readings, the most recent being 1.95% for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Capital Employed fell 717.0% to 1.95% in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was 1.95%, a 717.0% decrease, with the full-year FY2025 number at 1.91%, down 704.0% from a year prior.
  • Return on Capital Employed hit 1.95% in Q4 2025 for Transalta, up from 1.74% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 14.84% in Q4 2023 to a low of 8.59% in Q4 2021.
  • Median Return on Capital Employed over the past 5 years was 2.95% (2025), compared with a mean of 3.85%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Capital Employed: crashed -742bps in 2021 and later surged 1587bps in 2022.
  • Transalta's Return on Capital Employed stood at 8.59% in 2021, then soared by 185bps to 7.28% in 2022, then skyrocketed by 104bps to 14.84% in 2023, then tumbled by -39bps to 9.12% in 2024, then tumbled by -79bps to 1.95% in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Return on Capital Employed were 1.95% (Q4 2025), 1.74% (Q3 2025), and 2.95% (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.