Heliogen (NYSE:HLGN) and Talen Energy (OTCMKTS:TLNE) Financial Review

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

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for Heliogen and Talen Energy, as reported by MarketBeat.

	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, suggesting a potential upside of ∞. Given Talen Energy’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Talen Energy is more favorable than Heliogen.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Heliogen and Talen Energy”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Heliogen	$3.92 million	2.59	-$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.

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%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

27.6% of Heliogen shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.4% of Talen Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.8% of Heliogen shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

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.