Talen EnergyTLN -1.46%33 Days Payable is 32.10 as of Mar. 2026, which is 49% below its 10-year median of 62.53. GuruFocus rates TLN with a GF Score™ of 33/100. The stock has 8 warning signs investors should review. Among 390 Utilities - Independent Power Producers companies, Talen Energy ranks worse than 69.49% on this metric.
Talen Energy's Days Payable
declined
from Mar. 2025 (48.63) to Mar. 2026 (32.10).
It may suggest that Talen Energyaccelerated paying its suppliers.
Talen Energy Days Payable Related Terms
Talen Energy Days Payable Historical Data
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The historical data trend for Talen Energy's Days Payable can be seen below:
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
For the Utilities - Independent Power Producers subindustry, Talen Energy's Days Payable, along with its competitors' market caps and Days Payable data, can be viewed below:
* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.
Talen Energy Days Payable vs Utilities - Independent Power Producers Industry
For the Utilities - Independent Power Producers industry and Utilities sector, Talen Energy's Days Payable distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Talen Energy's Days Payable falls into.
Days Payable indicates the number of days that the account payable relative to cost of goods sold the company has. An increase of Days Payable may suggest that the company delays paying its suppliers.
Talen Energy's Days Payable for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2025 is calculated as
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
Talen Energy (TLN) has a Days Payable of 32.10 as of Mar. 2026. Days payable represents the average amount of days a company waits to pay its invoices from suppliers. View historical data on Talen Energy and its competitors. This is 49% below median its historical median of 62.53. Over the past decade, Talen Energy's Days Payable has ranged from 43.34 to 79.01. According to the industry distribution chart, Talen Energy ranks #271 out of 390 companies in the Utilities - Independent Power Producers industry, placing it in the top 69.5%.
Is Talen Energy's Days Payable too high?
Talen Energy's current Days Payable of 32.10 is 49% below median its 10-year median of 62.53. Over the past 10 years, this metric has ranged from a low of 43.34 to a high of 79.01. The Utilities - Independent Power Producers industry median Days Payable is 79.64. Talen Energy's value of 32.10 is 59.7% below this industry median. Based on the distribution chart, Talen Energy ranks #271 out of 390 companies in the Utilities - Independent Power Producers industry, which is below the industry midpoint. Overall, Talen Energy has a GF Score™ of 33/100, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does Talen Energy's Days Payable compare to OKLO and NRG?
According to the Utilities - Independent Power Producers industry distribution chart, Talen Energy ranks #271 out of 390 companies for Days Payable. This places Talen Energy in the lower half of its industry. The industry median Days Payable is 79.64. Talen Energy's value of 32.10 is 59.7% below this benchmark. Historically, Talen Energy's own Days Payable has ranged from 43.34 to 79.01 over the past decade. While the company's 10-year median is 62.53 vs. the industry median of 79.64, Talen Energy has consistently been below the industry average. See the competitive comparison table and distribution chart on this page for a detailed peer-by-peer breakdown.
What is a good Days Payable for an Utilities - Independent Power Producers company?
The median Days Payable among Utilities - Independent Power Producers companies is 79.64, based on 390 companies in the industry. Companies in the top quartile (top 25%) have a Days Payable significantly above this median, while those in the bottom quartile fall well below. However, Days Payable should not be evaluated in isolation — investors should consider it alongside profitability, growth, and financial strength metrics. Talen Energy's current Days Payable of 32.10 is 59.7% below the industry median. Use the industry distribution chart on this page to see where any company falls relative to its peers.
What does a high Days Payable mean?
A high Days Payable can signal that a stock is expensive relative to its fundamentals. Days payable represents the average amount of days a company waits to pay its invoices from suppliers. View historical data on Talen Energy and its competitors. For the Utilities - Independent Power Producers industry, the median Days Payable is 79.64 — values significantly above this may indicate overvaluation, while values below may suggest a bargain or underlying issues. Talen Energy's current Days Payable is 32.10, which is 49% below median its own 10-year median of 62.53. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Talen Energy stock overvalued right now?
Talen Energy (TLN) has a current Days Payable of 32.10. The current Days Payable is 32.10, which is 49% below median its 10-year median of 62.53 and 59.7% below the Utilities - Independent Power Producers industry median of 79.64. Talen Energy's overall GF Score™ is 33/100 with 8 warning signs to review. Investors should evaluate multiple metrics — including profitability, growth, and financial strength — before making a decision.
How is Days Payable calculated?
Days Payable is calculated from a company's financial statements. For Talen Energy (TLN), the current Days Payable is 32.10 as of Mar. 2026. GuruFocus calculates this using data sourced from SEC filings and annual reports. See the calculation section and 30-year financial data on this page for the full breakdown.
Talen Energy Corp is an independent power producer and energy infrastructure company based in the United States. It owns and operates several gigawatts of power infrastructure in the United States, including 2.2GW of nuclear power and a dispatchable fossil fleet. The company produces and sells electricity, capacity, and ancillary services into wholesale U.S. power markets, with its generation fleet principally located in the Mid-Atlantic, Ohio, and Montana. Talen's operating segments are: PJM and Others. The PJM segment, which generates maximum revenue, is engaged in electricity generation, marketing activities, and commodity risk and fuel management within the PJM market and is comprised of Susquehanna and Talen's natural gas and coal generation facilities in PJM.
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