Transalta (TAC) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2025)
Transalta's (TAC) quarterly Return on Capital Employed came in at 7.49% in Q4 2025, down 954.0% YoY from 0.88% in Q4 2024, and down 6.96% on a QoQ basis from 8.05% in Q3 2025.
Transalta (TAC) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2025) Analysis & Trends
Transalta (TAC) has 10 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 7.49% in Q4 2025.
- Quarterly Return on Capital Employed fell 954.0% year-over-year to 7.49% in Q4 2025, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 was 7.49% (down 954.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 1.91%, down 705.0% from the prior year.
- Return on Capital Employed slipped to 7.49% in Q4 2025, from 8.05% in the prior quarter.
- In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 30.16% in Q4 2023 to a low of 3.27% in Q4 2021.
- A 5-year average of 10.65% and a median of 9.06% in 2025 frame the typical range for Return on Capital Employed.
- Annual changes were most pronounced in 2023 — Return on Capital Employed jumped 1995 bps — and 2024, when it tumbled 1313 bps.
- Tracing TAC's Return on Capital Employed over 5 years: stood at 3.27% in 2021, then surged by 413 bps to 10.21% in 2022, then surged by 195 bps to 30.16% in 2023, then slumped by 44 bps to 17.03% in 2024, then plunged by 56 bps to 7.49% in 2025.
- The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 7.49% (Q4 2025), 8.05% (Q3 2025), and 9.06% (Q2 2025), per Business Quant data.
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| 5 | Transalta | 3.74 Bn | 3.48 Bn | 313.03 Mn | - |
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Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Dec 31, 2025 | 7.49% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 8.05% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 9.06% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 13.83% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 17.03% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 30.16% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 10.21% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 3.23% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | -3.27% |
| Dec 31, 2020 | 1.57% |
| Dec 31, 2019 | 5.75% |
| Dec 31, 2018 | 4.22% |
| Dec 31, 2017 | 3.48% |
| Dec 31, 2016 | 7.94% |