Talen Energy/$TLN
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About Talen Energy
Talen Energy Corp is an independent power producer and energy infrastructure company based in the United States. It owns and operates several gigawatts of power infrastructure in the United States, including 2.2GW of nuclear power and a dispatchable fossil fleet. The company produces and sells electricity, capacity, and ancillary services into wholesale U.S. power markets, with its generation fleet principally located in the Mid-Atlantic, Ohio, and Montana. Talen's operating segments are: PJM and Others. The PJM segment, which generates maximum revenue, is engaged in electricity generation, marketing activities, and commodity risk and fuel management within the PJM market and is comprised of Susquehanna and Talen's natural gas and coal generation facilities in PJM.
- Ticker
- $TLN
- Sector
- Energy
- Primary listing
- NASDAQ
- Employees
- 1,880
- Headquarters
- Houston, United States
- Website
- www.talenenergy.com
Talen Energy Metrics
BasicAdvanced
$14B
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-$4.05
1.67
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Price and volume
Market cap
$14B
Beta
1.67
52-week high
$451.28
52-week low
$279.77
Average daily volume
832K
Financial strength
Current ratio
0.781
Quick ratio
0.399
Long term debt to equity
5.823
Total debt to equity
5.841
Interest coverage (TTM)
0.31%
Profitability
EBITDA (TTM)
590
Gross margin (TTM)
42.10%
Net profit margin (TTM)
-4.95%
Operating margin (TTM)
4.22%
Effective tax rate (TTM)
-49.19%
Revenue per employee (TTM)
$1,990,000
Management effectiveness
Return on assets (TTM)
0.92%
Return on equity (TTM)
-12.82%
Valuation
Price to revenue (TTM)
3.572
Price to book
8.66
Price to tangible book (TTM)
8.69
Price to free cash flow (TTM)
30.1
Free cash flow yield (TTM)
3.32%
Free cash flow per share (TTM)
9.711
Growth
Revenue change (TTM)
75.80%
Earnings per share change (TTM)
-206.40%
3-year revenue growth (CAGR)
9.21%
10-year revenue growth (CAGR)
-1.41%
3-year earnings per share growth (CAGR)
31.08%
10-year earnings per share growth (CAGR)
5.15%
Bulls say / Bears say
Talen raised its 2026 outlook to $2.025–$2.225 billion of adjusted EBITDA and $1.2–$1.35 billion of adjusted free cash flow, indicating stronger near-term cash-generation expectations. (Talen Energy)
The completed Cornerstone acquisition added approximately 2.6 GW of generation, while Talen’s 2028/2029 PJM auction position cleared 10,180 MW and is expected to generate about $1.208 billion of capacity revenue, strengthening contracted cash-flow visibility. (Talen Energy)
Talen continues to return capital while expanding its platform: it repurchased approximately 550,000 shares for $200 million in Q2 2026 and retained $1.7 billion under its share-repurchase authorization through year-end 2028. (Talen Energy)
Talen reported a $92 million GAAP net loss in Q2 2026, while interest expense rose to $214 million from $62 million a year earlier, highlighting earnings sensitivity to financing costs and derivative volatility. (Talen Energy)
The Cornerstone acquisition was funded partly with $4 billion of new senior unsecured notes carrying 6.125% and 6.375% coupons; the resulting debt load raises execution and deleveraging risk if power-market cash flows weaken. (SEC filing)
Talen had hedged approximately 85% of expected generation for 2026, but only 70% for 2027 and 30% for 2028, leaving a growing portion of future earnings exposed to volatile wholesale power prices and capacity-market outcomes. (Talen Energy)
Data summarised monthly by Lightyear AI. Last updated on 14 Sept 2026.
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Funds containing Talen Energy
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Fund name | Fund size | $TLN weighting |
|---|---|---|
SPDR S&P 400 US Mid Cap$SPY4 | $6.3B | 0.38% |
SPDR S&P 400 US Mid Cap£SPX4 | £4.7B | 0.38% |
iShares MSCI World Small Cap$WSML | $9B | 0.11% |
iShares MSCI World Small Cap€IUSN | €7.8B | 0.11% |
iShares MSCI World Small Cap£WLDS | £6.7B | 0.11% |
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