Analyzing Talen Energy (NASDAQ:TLN) and Woodside Energy Group (NYSE:WDS)

Talen Energy (NASDAQ:TLN) and Woodside Energy Group (NYSE:WDS) are both large-cap energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability and risk.

Risk & Volatility

Talen Energy has a beta of 2.15, suggesting that its stock price is 115% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Woodside Energy Group has a beta of 0.29, suggesting that its stock price is 71% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

0.4% of Talen Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.2% of Woodside Energy Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Talen Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Woodside Energy Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Talen Energy and Woodside Energy Group”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Talen Energy	$2.58 billion	6.41	-$219.00 million	($4.94)	-73.75
Woodside Energy Group	$12.98 billion	3.37	$2.72 billion	N/A	N/A

Woodside Energy Group has higher revenue and earnings than Talen Energy.

Profitability

This table compares Talen Energy and Woodside Energy Group’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%
Woodside Energy Group	N/A	N/A	N/A

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations for Talen Energy and Woodside Energy Group, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Talen Energy	1	2	12	0	2.73
Woodside Energy Group	0	1	0	1	3.00

Talen Energy presently has a consensus price target of $437.17, suggesting a potential upside of 20.00%. Given Talen Energy’s higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Talen Energy is more favorable than Woodside Energy Group.

Summary

Talen Energy beats Woodside Energy Group on 7 of the 13 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 Woodside Energy Group

Woodside Energy Group Ltd engages in the exploration, evaluation, development, production, and marketing of hydrocarbons in the Asia Pacific, Africa, the Americas, and the Europe. The company produces liquefied natural gas, pipeline gas, crude oil and condensate, and natural gas liquids. It holds interests in the Pluto LNG, North West Shelf, Wheatstone and Julimar-Brunello, Bass Strait, Ngujima-Yin FPSO, Okha FPSO, Pyrenees FPSO, Macedon, Shenzi, Mad dog, Greater Angostura, as well as Scarborough, Sangomar, Trion, Calypso, Browse, Liard, Atlantis, Woodside Solar opportunity, and Sunrise and Troubadour. The company involves in development of new energy products and carbon services. The company was formerly known as Woodside Petroleum Ltd and changed its name to Woodside Energy Group Ltd in May 2022. Woodside Energy Group Ltd was founded in 1954 and is headquartered in Perth, Australia.