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TLN vs. TRP, EXC, VG, XEL, CQP, FTS, KEP, LNT, EVRG, and EBR

Should you be buying Talen Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Talen Energy include TC Energy (TRP), Exelon (EXC), Venture Global (VG), Xcel Energy (XEL), Cheniere Energy Partners (CQP), Fortis (FTS), Korea Electric Power (KEP), Alliant Energy (LNT), Evergy (EVRG), and Centrais El�tricas Brasileiras (EBR). These companies are all part of the "utilities" industry.

Talen Energy vs. Its Competitors

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

TC Energy has a net margin of 29.17% compared to Talen Energy's net margin of 28.51%. Talen Energy's return on equity of 11.47% beat TC Energy's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Talen Energy28.51% 11.47% 3.36%
TC Energy 29.17%11.41%3.36%

TC Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Talen Energy. TC Energy 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
Talen Energy$2.12B6.67$998M$9.6332.21
TC Energy$10.05B4.90$3.43B$3.0315.64

Talen Energy has a beta of 1.85, indicating that its share price is 85% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TC Energy has a beta of 0.76, indicating that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Talen Energy had 28 more articles in the media than TC Energy. MarketBeat recorded 44 mentions for Talen Energy and 16 mentions for TC Energy. TC Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.44 beat Talen Energy's score of 0.97 indicating that TC Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Talen Energy
18 Very Positive mention(s)
14 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
TC Energy
12 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

0.4% of Talen Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.1% of TC Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Talen Energy currently has a consensus target price of $289.92, indicating a potential downside of 6.52%. TC Energy has a consensus target price of $62.00, indicating a potential upside of 30.82%. Given TC Energy's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe TC Energy is more favorable than Talen Energy.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Talen Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
14 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
TC Energy
1 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.82

Summary

Talen Energy beats TC Energy on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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$14.96B$9.46B$7.66B$9.40B
Dividend YieldN/A4.69%10.95%4.03%
P/E Ratio32.2131.2264.7719.22
Price / Sales6.6760.0439,835.9299.38
Price / Cash18.9419.0235.0928.17
Price / Book11.374.523.855.70
Net Income$998M$274.67M$4.25B$257.84M
7 Day Performance15.66%1.83%0.13%2.96%
1 Month Performance7.44%3.59%-0.16%13.26%
1 Year Performance148.09%36.54%10.71%17.12%

Talen Energy Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
TLN
Talen Energy
1.6014 of 5 stars
$310.14
-5.6%
$289.92
-6.5%
N/A$14.96B$2.12B32.211,894Positive News
Analyst Revision
TRP
TC Energy
3.9857 of 5 stars
$48.40
+2.4%
$62.00
+28.1%
+15.3%$50.34B$10.05B15.976,668Positive News
Analyst Revision
EXC
Exelon
4.4544 of 5 stars
$43.43
-0.2%
$47.40
+9.1%
+21.0%$43.84B$23.03B16.1420,014Analyst Revision
VG
Venture Global
3.5359 of 5 stars
$16.90
-5.5%
$16.77
-0.8%
N/A$40.90B$4.97B0.001,500Lockup Expiration
XEL
Xcel Energy
3.4728 of 5 stars
$69.17
+0.8%
$75.80
+9.6%
+27.9%$39.89B$13.70B20.3411,380Positive News
CQP
Cheniere Energy Partners
1.5091 of 5 stars
$55.14
+2.0%
$55.80
+1.2%
N/A$26.69B$8.70B13.261,714
FTS
Fortis
4.1864 of 5 stars
$47.21
0.0%
$72.00
+52.5%
+18.8%$23.77B$8.40B19.929,848Analyst Upgrade
KEP
Korea Electric Power
2.8702 of 5 stars
$13.73
+1.5%
N/A+88.9%$17.62B$93.51T4.7048,440Positive News
Gap Up
LNT
Alliant Energy
4.1284 of 5 stars
$62.59
+0.8%
$64.23
+2.6%
+17.7%$16.08B$3.98B21.582,998Positive News
Dividend Announcement
EVRG
Evergy
3.5553 of 5 stars
$68.50
-0.7%
$73.19
+6.8%
+24.7%$15.76B$5.85B18.034,731
EBR
Centrais El�tricas Brasileiras
1.2396 of 5 stars
$6.93
-2.2%
N/A+5.5%$15.60B$41.88B9.127,710

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