profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Talen Energy
$378.71+4.85% today
+4.9% in 1 year
1-year low $282.151-year high $438.12
Trading in the middle of its range for the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2021 to 2025.
0%20% a year
It has no yearly profit to compare the price with.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Talen Energy sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $1.78 billion in 2021 to $2.63 billion in 2025, with -$219 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Talen Energy handed back 21% of the cash it generated last year.
Buybacks $103M
Free cash flow 2025$498M
Bought back its own shares$103M
Paid as dividends–
Cash vs. debt$689M vs. $6.8B
Talen Energy vs. similar companies
How it compares with the largest companies in its industry.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Talen Energy | No profit yet | ||
 The AES | 11.7× · Cheap | ||
 TransAlta | No profit yet | ||
 Pampa Energía | 9.0× · Cheap | ||
 Kenon Holdings | 48.6× · Expensive |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Talen Energy's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2014 | 2015 | 2021 | 2022 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | – | 1,775 | 2,412 | 2,073 | 2,626 | |
| – | – | 241 | 770 | 664 | 1,001 | |
| – | – | -446 | 104 | 165 | 16 | |
| – | – | -309 | -326 | 1,757 | 512 | |
| 410 | -341 | -989 | -1,289 | 998 | -219 | |
| 4.91 | -3.10 | -2,198.06 | -2,864.44 | 17.67 | -4.79 | |
| – | – | 13.6% | 31.9% | 32.0% | 38.1% | |
| – | – | -25.1% | 4.3% | 8.0% | 0.6% | |
| – | – | -55.7% | -53.4% | 48.1% | -8.3% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2014 | 2015 | 2021 | 2022 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 10,760 | 12,809 | – | 2 | 6,106 | 10,905 |
| Cash | 352 | 141 | – | 1 | 328 | 689 |
| Total debt | 2,848 | 4,811 | – | 4,352 | 3,004 | 6,811 |
| Total liabilities | – | – | – | 3 | 4,719 | 9,812 |
| 3,907 | 4,303 | – | -1 | 1,387 | 1,093 | |
| 84 | 110 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 46 | |
| 5.0% | -1.4% | – | -17.6% | 24.3% | 1.4% | |
| 10.5% | -7.9% | – | 128,900.0% | 72.0% | -20.0% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2014 | 2015 | 2021 | 2022 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 462 | 768 | -291 | 187 | 256 | 704 | |
| – | – | 250 | 312 | 189 | 206 | |
| – | – | -541 | -125 | 67 | 498 | |
| Dividends paid | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| – | – | – | 0 | 1,958 | 103 | |
| – | 18 | – | 0 | 33 | 526 |
Valuation
- –
- 17.0×
- –
- 14.9×
- 6.3×
- 33.1×
- 44.1×
- 3.0%
- -1.3%
- 0.0%
Profitability
- 38.1%
- 0.6%
- -8.3%
- 45.3%
- -3.3%
- -4.1%
- -1.7%
- -0.2%
- 15.9%
- –
Growth
- +10.3%
- –
- +657.4%
- –
- +0.4%
Financial health
- 2.7×
- 6.34
- 61.9%
- 4.5×
- 1.25
- 1.05
- 0.43
How it ranks in Utilities
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Bottom 2%of 399
Bottom 3%of 394
Top 24%of 399
Top 40%of 398
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $475.80
- Range
- $408.00 – $510.00
- 6 analysts
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 2026 | 5.55 | 5.28 | +5.1% |
| Feb 26, 2026 | -7.60 | 2.62 | −390.1% |
| Nov 5, 2025 | 2.38 | 3.18 | −25.2% |
| Aug 7, 2025 | -1.19 | -1.04 | −14.4% |
| May 8, 2025 | 0.82 | 1.03 | −20.4% |
| Feb 27, 2025 | 1.81 | -0.13 | +1,492.3% |
| Nov 14, 2024 | 1.64 | 0.26 | +531.0% |
| Aug 13, 2024 | 0.19 | -1.13 | +116.8% |
News
Vistra vs. Constellation vs. Talen Energy: Which Nuclear-Heavy Stock Is the Better AI-Power Bet?Yahoo Finance · Sep 17, 2026The newest story we have is from Sep 17, 2026.
Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
0/7Passes 0 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
17No pass
Benjamin Graham
6No pass
Philip Fisher
29No pass
Peter Lynch
18No pass
Joel Greenblatt
0No pass
Charlie Munger
23No pass
Terry Smith
23No pass
Questions about Talen Energy
Is Talen Energy a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers that is not profitable yet. 0 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Talen Energy AI analysis
What does Talen Energy do?
Talen Energy Corporation, an independent power producer and infrastructure company, produces and sells electricity, capacity, and ancillary services into wholesale power markets in the United States. The company operates nuclear, fossil, solar, and coal power plants. It is in Independent Power Producers, based in Houston, TX, United States, with 1,880 employees.
Does Talen Energy pay a dividend?
No. Talen Energy does not pay a dividend at the moment; in 2025 it returned $103 million to shareholders by buying back its own shares.
Is Talen Energy stock halal?
No. Talen Energy does not pass our halal screen: its debt is 41% of its market value, at or above the 33% limit. How we check
How has Talen Energy stock done over the past year?
Up 4.9% over the past twelve months, to $378.71. It traded between $282.15 and $438.12 and is 13.6% below its high.
Who are Talen Energy's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are The AES, TransAlta, Pampa Energía and Kenon Holdings. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Talen Energy's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 11, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.