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TLN (Talen Energy) Gross Profit : $386 Mil (TTM As of Dec. 2024)


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What is Talen Energy Gross Profit?

Talen Energy's gross profit for the three months ended in Dec. 2024 was $152 Mil. Talen Energy's gross profit for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2024 was $386 Mil.

Gross Margin % is calculated as gross profit divided by its revenue. Talen Energy's gross profit for the three months ended in Dec. 2024 was $152 Mil. Talen Energy's Revenue for the three months ended in Dec. 2024 was $488 Mil. Therefore, Talen Energy's Gross Margin % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was 31.15%.

Talen Energy had a gross margin of 31.15% for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 => Competition eroding margins

During the past 8 years, the highest Gross Margin % of Talen Energy was 58.27%. The lowest was 13.75%. And the median was 35.53%.


Talen Energy Gross Profit Historical Data

The historical data trend for Talen Energy's Gross Profit 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 Gross Profit Chart

Talen Energy Annual Data
Trend Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Gross Profit
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 2,331.00 2,611.00 770.00 - 664.00

Talen Energy Quarterly Data
Dec12 Sep13 Dec13 Mar14 Jun14 Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15 Sep15 Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Sep23 Dec23 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24
Gross Profit 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 204.00 - 58.00 176.00 152.00

Competitive Comparison of Talen Energy's Gross Profit

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

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

* The bar in red indicates where Talen Energy's Gross Profit falls into.


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Talen Energy Gross Profit Calculation

Gross Profit is the different between the sale prices and the cost of buying or producing the goods.

Talen Energy's Gross Profit for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2024 is calculated as

Gross Profit (A: Dec. 2024 )=Revenue - Cost of Goods Sold
=2073 - 1409
=664

Talen Energy's Gross Profit for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 is calculated as

Gross Profit (Q: Dec. 2024 )=Revenue - Cost of Goods Sold
=488 - 336
=152

Gross Profit for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $386 Mil.

Gross Profit is the numerator in the calculation of Gross Margin.

Talen Energy's Gross Margin % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 is calculated as

Gross Margin % (Q: Dec. 2024 )=Gross Profit (Q: Dec. 2024 ) / Revenue (Q: Dec. 2024 )
=(Revenue - Cost of Goods Sold) / Revenue
=152 / 488
=31.15 %

* 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.

A positive Gross Profit is only the first step for a company to make a net profit. The gross profit needs to be big enough to also cover related labor, equipment, rental, marketing/advertising, research and development and a lot of other costs in selling the products.


Talen Energy  (NAS:TLN) Gross Profit Explanation

Warren Buffett believes that firms with excellent long term economics tend to have consistently higher margins.

Durable competitive advantage creates a high Gross Margin % because of the freedom to price in excess of cost. Companies can be categorized by their Gross Margin %

1. Greater than 40% = Durable competitive advantage
2. Less than 40% = Competition eroding margins
3. Less than 20% = no sustainable competitive advantage
Consistency of Gross Margin is key

Talen Energy had a gross margin of 31.15% for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 => Competition eroding margins


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Talen Energy Business Description

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Address
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.