TransAlta vs Talen Energy
TAC and TLN side by side, both in electric services. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How TAC and TLN compare
Talen Energy grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (60.8% versus −15.5% for TransAlta).
Talen Energy scores higher on the StockData Score (2 against 0 for TransAlta), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | TAC | TLN |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | – | $18.0B |
| Share price | $13.21 | $376.01 |
| Change, 1 year | −13.4% | 2.3% |
| Change, 5 years | 21.1% | 1819% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.71 | 2.50 |
| Employees | – | 1,880 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 0 | 2 (better) |
| Valuation score | 0 | 0 |
| Growth score | 0 | 2 (better) |
| Performance score | 0 | 0 |
| Health score | 0 | 0 |
| Dividend score | 0 | 0 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/S | – | 5.2× |
| P/B | – | 11.1× |
| EV/EBITDA | – | 65.5× |
| P/FCF | – | 31.7× |
| FCF yield | – | 3.2% |
| Fair value | – | $119.71 |
| Margin of safety | – | −214% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | −15.5% | 60.8% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 2.7% (better) | −10.4% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | −160% | – |
| EPS growth (TTM) | −208% | – |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 59.0% | – |
| Operating margin | 5.8% (better) | 2.6% |
| Net margin | −5.7% | – |
| FCF margin | 16.5% | 16.5% (better) |
| Return on equity | −8.8% | – |
| Return on invested capital | 2.2% (better) | 0.92% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 2.57 (better) | 5.92 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 4.71 (better) | 22.35 |
| Interest coverage | 0.4× | – |
| Current ratio | 0.73 | 0.78 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | – | 0.95 |
| Piotroski F-score | 4 | 4 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Buyback yield | – | 1.7% |
| Shareholder yield | – | 1.7% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 79.9% | 101% |
| Held by insiders | 9.1% | 1.6% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | – | −$988K |
| Superinvestors holding | 1 | 3 (better) |
| Short interest, % of float | – | 9.7% |
Go deeper
- TAC stock overview
- TAC income statement
- TAC valuation and score
- TLN stock overview
- TLN income statement
- TLN valuation and score
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