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TLN (Talen Energy) Interest Coverage : 1.03 (As of Mar. 2025)


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What is Talen Energy Interest Coverage?

Interest Coverage is a ratio that determines how easily a company can pay interest expenses on outstanding debt. It is calculated by dividing a company's Operating Income by its Interest Expense. Talen Energy's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was $76 Mil. Talen Energy's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was $-74 Mil. Talen Energy's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was 1.03. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

The historical rank and industry rank for Talen Energy's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

TLN' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.29   Med: 3.07   Max: 6.95
Current: 0.32


TLN's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
95.68% of 324 companies
in the Utilities - Independent Power Producers industry
Industry Median: 2.975 vs TLN: 0.32

Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.


Talen Energy Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Talen Energy's Interest Coverage 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.

Note: For Interest Coverage, "No debt" indicates no long-term debt. An indication of "No Debt" does not necessarily mean that the company has no long-term debt obligations; it could be due to missing data in the quarterly or annual report. Use caution when interpreting this information.

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Talen Energy Interest Coverage Chart

Talen Energy Annual Data
Trend Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 3.20 2.93 0.29 N/A 0.69

Talen Energy Quarterly Data
Sep13 Dec13 Mar14 Jun14 Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15 Sep15 Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
Interest Coverage 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 Premium Member Only 2.71 - 0.85 0.25 1.03

Competitive Comparison of Talen Energy's Interest Coverage

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

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

* The bar in red indicates where Talen Energy's Interest Coverage falls into.


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Talen Energy Interest Coverage Calculation

Interest Coverage is a ratio that determines how easily a company can pay interest expenses on outstanding debt. It is calculated by dividing a company's Operating Income (EBIT) by its Interest Expense:

If Interest Expense is negative and Operating Income is positive, then

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income /Interest Expense

Else if Interest Expense is negative and Operating Income is negative, then

The company did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

Else if Interest Expense is 0 and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation is 0, then

The company had no debt (1).


Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.

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

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2024, Talen Energy's Interest Expense was $-238 Mil. Its Operating Income was $165 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $2,987 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2024 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2024 )
=-1*165/-238
=0.69

Talen Energy's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Mar. 2025, Talen Energy's Interest Expense was $-74 Mil. Its Operating Income was $76 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $2,975 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2025 )/Interest Expense (Q: Mar. 2025 )
=-1*76/-74
=1.03

* 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.

The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's Financial Strength is.


Talen Energy  (NAS:TLN) Interest Coverage Explanation

Ben Graham requires that a company has a minimum interest coverage of 5 with the companies he invested. If the interest coverage is less than 2, the company is burdened by debt. Any business slow or recession may drag the company into a situation where it cannot pay the interest on its debt.

Interest Coverage is an important factor when GuruFocus ranks a company's overage Financial Strength .


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Talen Energy Business Description

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Address
2929 Allen Parkway, Suite 2200, Houston, TX, USA, 77019
Talen Energy Corp is an independent power producer and energy 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.