TransAlta Q3 Adj. EPS $0.18 Beats $0.07 Estimate, Sales $536.000M Down From $615.000M YoY

TransAlta (TSX:TA) reported quarterly earnings of $0.18 per share which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $0.07 by 157.14 percent. This is a 1000 percent increase over losses of $(0.02) per share from the same period last year. The company reported $536.000 million in sales this quarter. This is a 12.85 percent decrease over sales of $615.000 million the same period last year.