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TLN (Talen Energy) Net-Net Working Capital : $-69.87 (As of Jun. 2024)


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What is Talen Energy Net-Net Working Capital?

In calculating the Net-Net Working Capital (NNWC), Benjamin Graham assumed that a company's accounts receivable is only worth 75% its value, its inventory is only worth 50% of its value, but its liabilities have to be paid in full. In addition, Graham believed that preferred stock belongs on the liability side of the balance sheet, not as part of capital and surplus. This is a conservative way of estimating the company's value.

Talen Energy's Net-Net Working Capital for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2024 was $-69.87.

The industry rank for Talen Energy's Net-Net Working Capital or its related term are showing as below:

TLN's Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital is not ranked *
in the Utilities - Independent Power Producers industry.
Industry Median: 7.14
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital only.

Talen Energy Net-Net Working Capital Historical Data

The historical data trend for Talen Energy's Net-Net Working Capital 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 Net-Net Working Capital Chart

Talen Energy Annual Data
Trend Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15
Net-Net Working Capital
- -60.38 -68.04 -73.44 -62.05

Talen Energy Semi-Annual Data
Dec11 Dec12 Jun13 Dec13 Jun14 Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Jun24
Net-Net Working Capital Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -73.44 -56.52 -62.05 -49.80 -69.87

Competitive Comparison of Talen Energy's Net-Net Working Capital

For the Utilities - Independent Power Producers subindustry, Talen Energy's Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital 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 Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital Distribution in the Utilities - Independent Power Producers Industry

For the Utilities - Independent Power Producers industry and Utilities sector, Talen Energy's Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Talen Energy's Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital falls into.



Talen Energy Net-Net Working Capital Calculation

Talen Energy's Net-Net Working Capital (NNWC) per share for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2015 is calculated as

Net-Net Working Capital(A: Dec. 2015 )
=(Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities+0.75 * Accounts Receivable+0.5 * Total Inventories-Total Liabilities
-Preferred Stock-Minority Interest)/Shares Outstanding (EOP)
=(141+0.75 * 205+0.5 * 508-8523
-0-0)/128.509
=-62.05

Talen Energy's Net-Net Working Capital (NNWC) per share for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2024 is calculated as

Net-Net Working Capital(Q: Jun. 2024 )
=(Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities+0.75 * Accounts Receivable+0.5 * Total Inventories-Total Liabilities
-Preferred Stock-Minority Interest)/Shares Outstanding (EOP)
=(632+0.75 * 104+0.5 * 280-4510
-0-61)/53.255
=-69.87

* 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.

In calculating the Net-Net Working Capital (NNWC), Benjamin Graham assumed that a company's accounts receivable is only worth 75% its value, its inventory is only worth 50% of its value, but its liabilities have to be paid in full.

In addition, Graham believed that preferred stock belongs on the liability side of the balance sheet, not as part of capital and surplus. In "Security Analysis", preferred stock is dubbed "an imperfect creditorship position" that is best placed on the balance sheet alongside funded debt.

This is a conservative way of estimating the company's value.


Talen Energy  (NAS:TLN) Net-Net Working Capital Explanation

One research study, covering the years 1970 through 1983 showed that portfolios picked at the beginning of each year, and held for one year, returned 29.4 percent, on average, over the 13-year period, compared to 11.5 percent for the S&P 500 Index. Other studies of Graham's strategy produced similar results.

Benjamin Graham looked for companies whose market values were less than two-thirds of their net-net value. They are collected under our Net-Net screener.


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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.