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How good a business is TLN?
Talen Energy Corporation earns 0.63% on the capital it employs against a 9.0% cost of capital, so growth costs more than it returns.
0.63%
Return on invested capital · cost of capital 9.0% · 8.4 points below what the capital costs: growth destroys value
- Operating margin
- 2.6%
Operating margin · Utilities - Independent Power Producers median 6.1% · 12 months to Q2 2026
- Share count, year on year
- −4.2%
Share count, year on year · bought back, each share owns more of the company
| Year | Operating margin |
|---|---|
| FY2013 | −6.5% |
| FY2014 | 8.7% |
| FY2015 | −0.87% |
| FY2022 | 7.8% |
| FY2024 | 11% |
| FY2025 | −3.5% |
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- Operating margin12 months to Q2 2026
- 2.6%
- Net margin12 months to Q2 2026
- −5.4%
- Free cash flow margin
- 17%
- Revenue, trailing twelve months
- $3.44B
- Free cash flow, trailing twelve months
- $568M
- Net income, trailing twelve months
- −$185M
- Return on invested capitaloperating profit after tax ÷ debt + equity − cash
- 0.63%
Margins, capital and share counts from the statements as filed with the SEC; cash conversion from the cash flow statement.
Utilities - Independent Power Producers
Ranks #1 of 6 by Smart Score