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Company snapshot — Talen Energy Corporation

TLN in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Talen Energy generates and sells electricity, capacity and ancillary services into US wholesale power markets, running plants fuelled by nuclear, coal, oil and natural gas. It owns and operates roughly 13.1 GW of power infrastructure and sells this output to grid operators rather than end customers directly. The company was incorporated in 2014 and is based in Houston, Texas.
Where it sits in the stack
Talen sits in the Utilities sector of our screened universe, in the US independent power producer group, with no seat in Rubin or Halo, our AI-focused indices. It belongs there as a merchant generator rather than as a build-out constituent, so the diary tracks it within utilities rather than against the AI stack.
Who it is priced against
Closelook's peer group here is drawn from Utilities names in the US, alongside international power and infrastructure companies scored in the same sector; the market's usual comparison is with Vistra as another merchant power generator.
Why Closelook tracks it
Talen carries a Closelook score, with valuation its strongest module and momentum its weakest, but it holds no seat in our indices and has drawn no quotes in our editions.
What the diary watches
Whether momentum stabilises given how weak that module reads against the stronger valuation score, and whether analyst targets keep moving relative to spot.

Talen Energy Corporation (TLN) trades on US exchanges, classified under Utilities.

The Closelook company score reads 40/100 composite (momentum 15, quality 30, valuation 41) across 7 modules — the full breakdown, chart structure and analog history load live above.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelook’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelook reading that exists for TLN, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

The Street on this name 3 analyst actions on the wire · latest: price target by Morgan Stanley, 2026-09-18

The Street on this name

Analyst actions and the latest print for TLN from the Closelook wires — third-party opinions on the record, not our readings.

  • Price target Morgan Stanley — target 514 from 503 Target raised to $514 from $503 (+75.1% to spot) 2026-09-18
  • Price target Morgan Stanley — target 503 from 508 Target cut to $503 from $508 (+61.1% to spot) 2026-08-21
  • Price target BNP Paribas — target 560 from 595 Target cut to $560 from $595 (+73.2% to spot) 2026-08-19

3 actions on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 3 target changes. Analyst wire → · Earnings wire →

Who it is priced against Utilities - Independent Power Producers · 6 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Utilities - Independent Power Producers

Names in the same industry from the Closelook universe; scored names rank on their Closelook score, the rest on trend state.

Compared against TLN on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelook scores where it exists.

Dividends and capital return no distribution in twelve months · buybacks 103 m USD in FY2025

Dividends and capital return

What TLN pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Distributions No cash distribution recorded in the price series over the last three years
  • Buybacks, FY2025 103 m USD 0.8% of today's market value
  • Share count −19.1% in FY2025 526 m USD of stock-based compensation in the year
  • Capital returned 103 m USD · 25% of free cash flow dividends and buybacks together, against the year’s free cash flow

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Weather around the name 4 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sector × region …

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 66/100 · S&P 500 fund at 64, bullish alignedEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-22
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 99th percentile of the window, +10.8% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-22
  • Sector × region Utilities in US: −1.2% week · −4.5% month · −9.4% quarter · −11.5% yearThe Sector Engine cell this name lives in, from XLU.US; the 11 × 4 matrix shows where its sector is being bought and where it is being sold. Sector Engine → 2026-09-22
  • Sovereign pressure Index -0.03 · down 0.40 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-22

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-23

Quick answers

What is Talen Energy Corporation (TLN)?

Talen Energy Corporation trades as TLN on the US exchange (US) and is classified under Utilities in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-23.

Is TLN in a Closelook index?

Not currently — Talen Energy Corporation is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-23.

What is Talen Energy Corporation's Closelook composite score?

40 out of 100, with momentum 15, quality 30 and valuation 41 sub-scores, as of 2026-09-23. Scores are Closelook's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

Where does TLN trade against its moving averages?

Downtrend stack: Trades -10.7% vs the 50-day and -16.7% vs the 200-day average, 34.7% below the 52-week high and +5.3% off the 52-week low; a death cross printed 17 sessions ago. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-22 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does Talen Energy Corporation do?

Talen Energy generates and sells electricity, capacity and ancillary services into US wholesale power markets, running plants fuelled by nuclear, coal, oil and natural gas. It owns and operates roughly 13.1 GW of power infrastructure and sells this output to grid operators rather than end customers directly. The company was incorporated in 2014 and is based in Houston, Texas. Closelook's peer group here is drawn from Utilities names in the US, alongside international power and infrastructure companies scored in the same sector; the market's usual comparison is with Vistra as another merchant power generator.

Where does Talen Energy Corporation sit in the AI build-out?

Talen sits in the Utilities sector of our screened universe, in the US independent power producer group, with no seat in Rubin or Halo, our AI-focused indices. It belongs there as a merchant generator rather than as a build-out constituent, so the diary tracks it within utilities rather than against the AI stack. Talen carries a Closelook score, with valuation its strongest module and momentum its weakest, but it holds no seat in our indices and has drawn no quotes in our editions.

Does Talen Energy Corporation pay a dividend?

No cash distribution shows in Talen Energy Corporation’s price series over the last three years. In fiscal 2025 the company bought back 103 m USD of its own shares, 25% of that year’s free cash flow. The share count fell 19.1% over the fiscal year. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What has Wall Street done on Talen Energy Corporation recently?

The most recent analyst action on Talen Energy Corporation on the Closelook wire is a price target by Morgan Stanley on 2026-09-18 (target 514 from 503). 3 actions on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 3 target changes. Analyst actions are third-party opinions recorded by the wire, not Closelook readings. The “The Street on this name” block on this page lists the moves; the full feeds are the analyst wire and the earnings wire.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for TLN, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelook universe

then Utilities - Independent Power Producers, then Utilities. Scored names rank on their Closelook score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.