TransAlta and its subsidiaries are engaged in the production and sale of electric energy. Co. has 3 segments: the Generation segment which owns and operates hydro, wind, geothermal, biomass, natural gas and coal-fired facilities, and mining operations; the Energy Trading segment which is engaged in the wholesale trading of electricity ; and the Corporate segment which provides finance, tax, treasury, legal, regulatory, environmental, health and safety, sustainable development, corporate communications, government and investor relations, information technology, risk management, human resources, internal audit, and other administrative support to the Generation and Energy Trading groups. The TAC stock yearly return is shown above.
The yearly return on the TAC stock yearly return page and across the coverage universe of our site,
is a measure of the annual return over the calendar year 2017 for the given stock.
When performing this calculation it is important to factor in dividends, because a financial instrument's annual return is
more than just the change in price if that instrument pays a dividend or coupon.
One way to factor dividends into the return is simply to count them as cash — we don't do
that here. Instead, our website aims to empower investors
by performing the TAC annual return calculation with any dividends reinvested as applicable (on ex-dates).
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