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Talen Energy

NSQ:TLN · US87422Q1094
Independent Power and Renewable Electricity ProducersLarge

360

38
EV / EBIT72
Price / Owner Earnings5
Owner Earnings Yield52
Dividend Yield25
Price/Sales29
EV / Gross Profit30
Price/Book9
Return on Capital59
Cash Return on Capital60
Return on Equity15
EBIT Margin23
Gross Profitability83
Accruals1
Owner Earnings Margin56
Sales growth98
Profit Growth59
Long-Term EPS Growth92
Owner Earnings Growth19
Reinvestment78
Price momentum89
Debt load2
Refinancing13
Debt Payback8
Liquidity22
Analyst ratings81
Opinion Changes50
Price Target Upside87
Market mood99
Value Creation8/20creating some value
  • Creates more value than its capital costs
  • Owner earnings growing
  • Owner earnings per share growing
  • Reinvests at strong returns
  • Solid earnings base

What this means

Talen Energy clears its cost of capital, but the record is mixed across the five tests. Real value creation, just not yet consistent.

Profile

CountryUSA
IndustryIndependent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers
SizeLarge
TypePublic Company
ExchangeNASDAQGS
Founded2014
Employees799
ISINUS87422Q1094
Last UpdateApr 2, 2026
Themes
Onshore and Offshore WindPower GridUtility Scale SolarEnergy StorageConventional NuclearClean EnergyEnergyEnergy ManagementOil and Gas

Description

Talen Energy Corporation (Talen) operates as an independent power producer and energy infrastructure company. The company owns and operates approximately 13.1 GW of power infrastructure in the United States, including 2.2 GW of nuclear power, and a…

Analysis

Middle-of-the-road

Talen Energy Corporation sits in the middle of our grid: average quality, average price, no obvious signal in either direction.

On valuation, the picture is expensive. The owner-earnings multiple stands at 97.5×; owner earnings: the cash an owner could take out each year. The implied growth embedded in that price is around 28% a year, against analyst forecasts of 42%. The price, in other words, assumes less than the experts do.

Growth is solid; the safety picture is fragile. The company scores 8/20 on our value-creation score: creating some value. Analysts lean positive.

No flags apply to this company at this time: accounts, balance sheet, and cash quality all pass. A clean bill of health is meaningful, not just the absence of a warning. This analysis describes numbers; it is not investment advice.

360° rank · history

1007550250
59
2026

All-time high

59

Jun 2026

All-time low

58

Mar 2026

Average rank

59

across all years

Detailed & Historical Ranks

Deep dive into 15 detailed ranks and 3 years of history.

Current202520242023
Price/Sales
29
Price/Earnings
45
Price/Book
9
Dividend Yield
25
Value (overall)
13

Cells are coloured by rank band (red weak → green strong). Sentiment & 360° history begins 2023.

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Make Sense of the Ranks

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360° View
1 · Watch OutGood· 100
Value
1 · ExpensiveGood Value· 100
Quality
1 · Weak FundamentalsHigh Quality· 100
Growth
1 · Tough TimesHigh Growth· 100
Safety
1 · High LeverageWell-Financed· 100
Sentiment
1 · SkepticismPositive· 100
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