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TLN (Talen Energy) Debt-to-EBITDA : 1.89 (As of Sep. 2024)


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What is Talen Energy Debt-to-EBITDA?

Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

Talen Energy's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was $9.0 Mil. Talen Energy's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was $2,616.0 Mil. Talen Energy's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was $1,388.0 Mil. Talen Energy's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was 1.89.

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt. According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.

The historical rank and industry rank for Talen Energy's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

TLN' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.04   Med: 7.29   Max: 11.85
Current: 2.04

During the past 5 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Talen Energy was 11.85. The lowest was 2.04. And the median was 7.29.

TLN's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
75.07% of 337 companies
in the Utilities - Independent Power Producers industry
Industry Median: 4.35 vs TLN: 2.04

Talen Energy Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Talen Energy's Debt-to-EBITDA 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.

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Talen Energy Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Talen Energy Annual Data
Trend Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15
Debt-to-EBITDA
- 2.96 11.85 3.15 11.43

Talen Energy Quarterly Data
Dec11 Dec12 Jun13 Sep13 Dec13 Mar14 Jun14 Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15 Sep15 Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Sep23 Jun24 Sep24
Debt-to-EBITDA Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 5.18 2.77 - 0.93 1.89

Competitive Comparison of Talen Energy's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Utilities - Independent Power Producers subindustry, Talen Energy's Debt-to-EBITDA, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-EBITDA 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's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Utilities - Independent Power Producers Industry

For the Utilities - Independent Power Producers industry and Utilities sector, Talen Energy's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Talen Energy's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.



Talen Energy Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

Talen Energy's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2015 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(1007 + 3804) / 421
=11.43

Talen Energy's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(9 + 2616) / 1388
=1.89

* 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.

In the calculation of annual Debt-to-EBITDA, the EBITDA of the last fiscal year is used. In calculating the annualized quarterly data, the EBITDA data used here is four times the quarterly (Sep. 2024) EBITDA data.


Talen Energy  (NAS:TLN) Debt-to-EBITDA Explanation

In the calculation of Debt-to-EBITDA, we use the total of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divided by EBITDA. In some calculations, Total Liabilities is used to for calculation.


Be Aware

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt.

According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.


Talen Energy Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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Talen Energy Business Description

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1780 Hughes Landing, Suite 800, The Woodlands, TX, USA, 77380
Talen Energy Corp is an independent power producer and infrastructure company. The company owns and operates approximately 10.7 gigawatts of power infrastructure in the United States. The group produces and sells electricity, capacity, and ancillary services into wholesale U.S. power markets, including PJM and WECC, with its generation fleet located in the Mid-Atlantic and Montana.