There is no doubt that Talen Energy Corp (TLN) ticks all the boxes.

With 2.32 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 1.33 million shares. During the session, the Utilities – Independent Power Producers company that operates in wider Utilities sector, reached to the highest price of $179.525 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $162.3086. The 52-week range on TLN shows that it touched its highest point at $258.03 and its lowest point at $90.89 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $260.21. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.64.

Price Performance and Earnings:

Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of TLN was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -11.69%, but this was down by -3.40% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -17.83% while six-month performance fell -0.87%. The stock gained 85.73% in the past year, while it has lost -13.44% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for TLN yields 17.38 with Next year EPS estimates of 12.19. For the next quarter, that number is 1.80. This implies an EPS growth rate of -64.51% for this year and 94.45% for next year.

Float and Shares Shorts:

At present, 45.96 million TLN shares are outstanding with a float of 44.45 million shares on hand for trading. On 2025-03-14, short shares totaled 2.13 million, which was 463.99999999999994 higher than short shares on 1739491200. In addition to Mr. Mark Allen McFarland as the firm’s CEO, President & Director, Mr. Terry L. Nutt serves as its Chief Financial Officer.

Institutional Ownership:

Through their ownership of 1.00012 of TLN’s outstanding shares, institutional investors have minority control over the company.

An Overview of Recent Financials:

Understanding a company as a customer does not mean you will understand it as an investor. The wise investor uses quantitative research to analyze metrics such as revenue, net income, and earnings. In its fiscal quarter reported on 2024-12-31, TLN reported revenue of $488000000.0 and operating income of $13000000.0. The EBITDA in the recently reported quarter was $122000000.0 and diluted EPS was $nan.

Analysts Ratings:

In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential. With TLN analysts setting a high price target of 287.0 and a low target of 200.0, the average target price over the next 12 months is 259.67154. Based on these targets, TLN could surge 64.56% to reach the target high and rise by 14.68% to reach the target low. Reaching the average price target will result in a growth of 48.89% from current levels.

EPS: Estimates vs Actual

It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy. Analysts have provided yearly estimates in a range of $16.93439 being high and $13.5612 being low. For TLN, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $15.66333. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $1.09 and the low estimate is $0.33. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $0.71.