# Talen Energy Corporation Common Stock (TLN) — Stock CV

Talen Energy Corporation is a $17.8B utility company. Revenue grew 60.8% over the last year, it currently loses money, and its net debt equals ~10.7 years of free cash flow.

> 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.

## Identity

- **Ticker**: TLN
- **Sector**: Utilities
- **Industry**: Electric Services
- **Headquarters**: HOUSTON, TX
- **Employees**: 1 880
- **Website**: https://www.talenenergy.com
- **Market cap**: $17.8B
- **Last price**: $375.52
- **Financial profile**: Strained

## Vitals (TTM)

- **Revenue**: $3.44B
- **Net income**: -$185M
- **Free cash flow**: $568M
- **Net debt**: $6.09B
- **Revenue growth (YoY)**: 60.8%

## Skills (profile scores, 0–100)

| Pillar | Score |
|---|---|
| Valuation | 44 |
| Growth | 12 |
| Profitability | 5 |
| Health | 12 |
| Quality | 42 |
| Moat | 18 |

## Qualifications (beginner checklist) — 3 of 9 passed

- [x] Revenue growing — +60.8% YoY
- [ ] Profitable — -$185M TTM
- [ ] Profit growing — -121.9% YoY
- [x] Generates cash — $568M TTM
- [ ] Debt under control — ~10.7y of cash flow to repay
- [x] Established company — $17.8B market cap
- [ ] Not printing shares — +10059.5% shares over ~5y
- [ ] Proven track record — 2/5 profitable years
- [ ] Financially stable — Altman Z 0.8 — distress

## Experience (career milestones)

- **FY2024** — Best year on record: $998M net income
- **FY2023** — Turned profitable: $134M net income after a loss year
- **FY2021** — Revenue already above $1B: $1.77B in first reported year

## Strengths

- High gross margin (59.0%)
- Revenue growing 60.8% year over year
- Strong cash conversion — FCF is 16.5% of revenue

## Watch-outs

- Not profitable — 5.4% net margin
- Altman Z-Score 0.82 — elevated financial-distress risk
- Net debt would take ~16.4 years of free cash flow to repay
- Thin interest coverage (0.1×)
- Loss-making in 3 of the recent years

## Track record

| Year | Revenue | Net income | Free cash flow |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | $1.77B | -$977M | -$125M |
| FY2022 | $2.41B | -$1.29B | $516M |
| FY2023 | $2.44B | $134M | $67.0M |
| FY2024 | $2.12B | $998M | $171M |
| FY2025 | $2.58B | -$219M | $606M |

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