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TLN vs. EPD, AEP, ET, TRP, EXC, XEL, VG, CQP, FTS, and KEP

Should you be buying Talen Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Talen Energy include Enterprise Products Partners (EPD), American Electric Power (AEP), Energy Transfer (ET), TC Energy (TRP), Exelon (EXC), Xcel Energy (XEL), Venture Global (VG), Cheniere Energy Partners (CQP), Fortis (FTS), and Korea Electric Power (KEP). These companies are all part of the "utilities" industry.

Talen Energy vs. Its Competitors

Enterprise Products Partners (NYSE:EPD) and Talen Energy (NASDAQ:TLN) are both large-cap energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, risk and dividends.

Enterprise Products Partners has a net margin of 10.71% compared to Talen Energy's net margin of 8.75%. Enterprise Products Partners' return on equity of 19.88% beat Talen Energy's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Enterprise Products Partners10.71% 19.88% 7.73%
Talen Energy 8.75%17.81%4.52%

Enterprise Products Partners has a beta of 0.66, indicating that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Talen Energy has a beta of 1.9, indicating that its share price is 90% more volatile than the S&P 500.

26.1% of Enterprise Products Partners shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.4% of Talen Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 32.6% of Enterprise Products Partners shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Talen Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Enterprise Products Partners had 14 more articles in the media than Talen Energy. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for Enterprise Products Partners and 16 mentions for Talen Energy. Enterprise Products Partners' average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat Talen Energy's score of 1.26 indicating that Enterprise Products Partners is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Enterprise Products Partners
27 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Talen Energy
8 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Enterprise Products Partners has higher revenue and earnings than Talen Energy. Enterprise Products Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Talen Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Enterprise Products Partners$56.22B1.20$5.90B$2.6911.60
Talen Energy$2.09B8.04$998M$3.53104.46

Enterprise Products Partners presently has a consensus price target of $36.25, indicating a potential upside of 16.17%. Talen Energy has a consensus price target of $292.58, indicating a potential downside of 20.65%. Given Enterprise Products Partners' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Enterprise Products Partners is more favorable than Talen Energy.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Enterprise Products Partners
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.80
Talen Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
14 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Summary

Enterprise Products Partners beats Talen Energy on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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TLN vs. The Competition

MetricTalen EnergyOther Alt Energy IndustryEnergy SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$16.82B$10.11B$7.71B$9.72B
Dividend YieldN/A4.56%10.93%4.13%
P/E Ratio104.6953.5375.9024.71
Price / Sales8.0457.2826,420.4796.36
Price / Cash21.6020.6335.1828.01
Price / Book13.524.783.985.77
Net Income$998M$274.52M$4.26B$266.86M
7 Day Performance-5.62%0.10%0.80%0.56%
1 Month Performance33.52%-0.18%-0.14%0.34%
1 Year PerformanceN/A53.54%9.91%23.14%

Talen Energy Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
TLN
Talen Energy
1.2806 of 5 stars
$368.74
-1.6%
$292.58
-20.7%
N/A$16.82B$2.09B104.691,894Positive News
Earnings Report
Analyst Upgrade
EPD
Enterprise Products Partners
4.6727 of 5 stars
$31.04
+1.0%
$36.25
+16.8%
+9.6%$67.32B$54.76B11.547,800
AEP
American Electric Power
4.283 of 5 stars
$115.00
+1.3%
$111.29
-3.2%
+15.3%$61.50B$20.67B16.8116,330Positive News
Ex-Dividend
ET
Energy Transfer
4.3139 of 5 stars
$17.78
-0.1%
$22.58
+27.0%
+10.3%$61.02B$82.67B13.4716,248Positive News
Earnings Report
Ex-Dividend
TRP
TC Energy
4.3039 of 5 stars
$48.55
+0.4%
$62.00
+27.7%
+14.1%$50.49B$14.30B16.576,668Positive News
EXC
Exelon
4.0534 of 5 stars
$45.17
+1.1%
$47.20
+4.5%
+20.9%$45.60B$23.77B17.1720,014Positive News
XEL
Xcel Energy
3.2438 of 5 stars
$74.24
+1.0%
$76.00
+2.4%
+26.5%$42.82B$13.96B20.5711,380News Coverage
Positive News
VG
Venture Global
4.5586 of 5 stars
$14.96
+0.3%
$16.85
+12.6%
N/A$36.20B$6.45B0.001,500Positive News
CQP
Cheniere Energy Partners
1.8346 of 5 stars
$57.31
+0.8%
$55.80
-2.6%
N/A$27.74B$9.40B13.781,714News Coverage
Earnings Report
Ex-Dividend
FTS
Fortis
4.8108 of 5 stars
$50.42
+1.1%
$72.00
+42.8%
+18.3%$25.39B$11.73B20.759,848
KEP
Korea Electric Power
1.8376 of 5 stars
$13.51
+2.9%
N/A+94.1%$17.34B$68.46B4.6348,440Upcoming Earnings

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