TLN vs. ETR, DTE, PPL, FE, EIX, CNP, ES, FTS, NRG, and AGR
Should you be buying Talen Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Talen Energy include Entergy (ETR), DTE Energy (DTE), PPL (PPL), FirstEnergy (FE), Edison International (EIX), CenterPoint Energy (CNP), Eversource Energy (ES), Fortis (FTS), NRG Energy (NRG), and Avangrid (AGR). These companies are all part of the "electric services" industry.
Talen Energy vs.
Entergy (NYSE:ETR) and Talen Energy (NASDAQ:TLN) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, media sentiment, valuation and community ranking.
Entergy received 248 more outperform votes than Talen Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.83% of users gave Talen Energy an outperform vote while only 49.46% of users gave Entergy an outperform vote.
Talen Energy has a net margin of 50.48% compared to Entergy's net margin of 14.83%. Entergy's return on equity of 9.53% beat Talen Energy's return on equity.
In the previous week, Entergy had 5 more articles in the media than Talen Energy. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Entergy and 6 mentions for Talen Energy. Talen Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat Entergy's score of 0.28 indicating that Talen Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
88.1% of Entergy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.4% of Talen Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Entergy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Entergy has higher revenue and earnings than Talen Energy. Talen Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Entergy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Entergy currently has a consensus target price of $77.37, indicating a potential downside of 5.83%. Talen Energy has a consensus target price of $225.10, indicating a potential downside of 4.19%. Given Talen Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Talen Energy is more favorable than Entergy.
Summary
Entergy and Talen Energy tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:TLN) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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