Comparing Talen Energy (OTCMKTS:TLNE) and Heliogen (NYSE:HLGN)

Heliogen (NYSE:HLGN) and Talen Energy (OTCMKTS:TLNE) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings and profitability.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for Heliogen and Talen Energy, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Heliogen	0	1	0	0	2.00
Talen Energy	0	0	3	0	3.00

Talen Energy has a consensus price target of $101.00, indicating a potential upside of ∞. Given Talen Energy’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Talen Energy is more favorable than Heliogen.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Heliogen and Talen Energy”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Heliogen	$3.92 million	2.62	-$129.60 million	($22.66)	-0.08
Talen Energy	$2.55 billion	0.00	$613.00 million	N/A	N/A

Talen Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Heliogen.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

27.6% of Heliogen shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.4% of Talen Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 3.8% of Heliogen shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Heliogen and Talen Energy’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Heliogen	N/A	-418.04%	-126.13%
Talen Energy	N/A	1.87%	0.67%

Summary

Talen Energy beats Heliogen on 7 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Heliogen

Heliogen, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, develops and commercializes concentrated solar energy in the United States. It is developing a modular, AI-enabled, concentrated solar energy plant that will use an array of mirrors to reflect sunlight and capture, concentrate, store and convert it into cost-effective energy on demand. The company offers heliostat fields, and associated control systems, solar receivers, thermal energy storage, and heat engines. Its solutions include carbon-free steam production, a system that produces heat or steam for use in industrial processes; net zero power generation system, a turbine generator with the baseline system, which achieves net-zero emissions in electricity production; and green hydrogen production, and electrolyzer with the baseline system that produces green hydrogen fuel. The company also offers professional services, such as turnkey project construction, project site development, and research and development studies. It serves the food and beverage, mining and mineral processing, oil and gas, transportation, chemicals, cement, and metals manufacturing industries. The company was formerly known as Edison Microgrids, Inc. and changed its name to Heliogen, Inc. in November 2019. The company is headquartered in Pasadena, California.

About Talen Energy

Talen Energy Corporation, an independent power producer and infrastructure company, produces and sells electricity, capacity, and ancillary services into wholesale power markets in the United States. The company operates nuclear, fossil, solar, and coal power plants. It is also developing battery storage projects. The company owns and operates approximately 10.7 GW of power infrastructure. Talen Energy Corporation is headquartered in Houston, Texas.