Talen Energy (NASDAQ:TLN – Get Free Report) and Excelerate Energy (NYSE:EE – Get Free Report) are both energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability and earnings.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
0.4% of Talen Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.8% of Excelerate Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Talen Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Excelerate Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for Talen Energy and Excelerate Energy, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Talen Energy | 1 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 2.73 |
| Excelerate Energy | 0 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2.73 |
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Talen Energy and Excelerate Energy”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Talen Energy | $2.63 billion | 5.46 | -$219.00 million | ($4.94) | -63.92 |
| Excelerate Energy | $1.23 billion | 3.21 | $39.20 million | $1.32 | 26.16 |
Excelerate Energy has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Talen Energy. Talen Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Excelerate Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Profitability
This table compares Talen Energy and Excelerate Energy’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Talen Energy | -8.49% | 22.58% | 3.93% |
| Excelerate Energy | 3.19% | 4.12% | 2.31% |
Volatility & Risk
Talen Energy has a beta of 1.94, indicating that its stock price is 94% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Excelerate Energy has a beta of 1.34, indicating that its stock price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Talen Energy beats Excelerate Energy on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Talen Energy
Talen Energy Corporation is a U.S.-based energy and power generation company. The Company owns or controls approximately 16,000 megawatts of capacity in wholesale power markets, principally in the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic and Southwest regions of the United States. The Company generates and sells electricity, capacity and related products from power plants that use fuel sources, such as nuclear, natural gas and coal. The Company’s Susquehanna nuclear power plant has approximately two boiling water reactors with a combined capacity of over 2,600 megawatts. Its fossil fuel plants are located in Athens, Barney Davis, Bayonne, Brandon Shores, Brunner Island, Camden, Colstrip and Dartmouth, among others. It has an art energy trading center located in Allentown, Pennsylvania (PA), where it manages asset load obligations, fuel supply, capacity and related products, and all supporting physical or financial transactions for its electric generation portfolio.
About Excelerate Energy
Excelerate Energy, Inc. provides flexible liquefied natural gas (LNG) solutions worldwide. The company offers regasification services, including floating storage and regasification units (FSRUs), infrastructure development, and LNG and natural gas supply, procurement, and distribution services; LNG terminal services; and natural gas supply to-power projects. Excelerate Energy, Inc. was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas. Excelerate Energy, Inc. is a subsidiary of Excelerate Energy Holdings, LLC.
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