Head to Head Contrast: Heliogen (NYSE:HLGN) versus Talen Energy (OTCMKTS:TLNE)

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings for Talen Energy and Heliogen, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Talen Energy	0	0	3	0	3.00
Heliogen	0	1	0	0	2.00

Talen Energy currently has a consensus target price of $101.00, suggesting a potential upside of ∞. Given Talen Energy’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Talen Energy is more favorable than Heliogen.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Talen Energy and Heliogen”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	$2.55 billion	0.00	$613.00 million	N/A	N/A
Heliogen	$3.92 million	2.59	-$129.60 million	($22.66)	-0.08

Talen Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Heliogen.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

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

Profitability

This table compares Talen Energy and Heliogen’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Talen Energy	N/A	1.87%	0.67%
Heliogen	N/A	-418.04%	-126.13%

Summary

Talen Energy beats Heliogen on 7 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

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.