Talos Energy
TALO NYSE Oil & Gas Exploration & Production Financials FY2016βFY2025
Talos Energy's revenue fell 9.8% to $1.8 billion in fiscal 2025. Its operating margin was β31.5%, down from 8.8% a year earlier. It paid out $119 million in dividends and buybacks. The diluted share count fell 0.3%.
What Talos Energy does
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- Legal name
- Talos Energy Inc.
- Fiscal year ends
- December 31, 2025
- Latest annual report
- β
- Accession Β· CIK
- 0001193125-26-067807
0001724965
Revenue and margins
Talos Energy had $1.8B of revenue in fiscal 2025, down 9.8% on the year before.
Net income and earnings per share
Loss periods are shown in red.
Returns on capital
After-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.
Cash flow
Free cash flow was β in fiscal 2025, β of revenue. Cash from operations minus capital spending.
Dividends, buybacks and share count
Talos Energy returned $119M to shareholders in fiscal 2025. The diluted share count fell 0.3%.
Value Talos Energy yourself
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Discounted cash flow
Value per share
β
Adds net cash of β$975M and divides by 175.1M diluted shares. Ten years of cash flows plus a terminal value, discounted to today.
Balance sheet
Cash, debt and the ratios that show how comfortably Talos Energy can carry it.
| Fiscal year end | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and short-term investments | $69.9M | $44.1M | $33.6M | $108M | $363M |
| Debt incl. finance leases | $1.0B | $751M | $1.2B | $1.4B | $1.3B |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 1.2x | 0.6x | 1.3x | 1.0x | 2.0x |
| Debt / equity | 1.3x | 0.6x | 0.6x | 0.5x | 0.6x |
| Interest coverage | 2.8x | 5.9x | 1.2x | 0.9x | β3.4x |
| Current ratio | 0.6x | 0.6x | 0.7x | 0.9x | 1.3x |
| Quick ratio | 0.6x | 0.6x | 0.7x | 0.9x | 1.3x |
| Total assets | $2.8B | $3.1B | $4.8B | $6.2B | $5.6B |
| Total liabilities | $2.0B | $1.9B | $2.7B | $3.4B | $3.4B |
| Shareholders' equity | $761M | $1.2B | $2.2B | $2.8B | $2.2B |
| Net debt (β = net cash) | $933M | $707M | $1.1B | $1.2B | $975M |
Insider trades
Open-market purchases and sales by officers, directors and 10% owners, from Form 4 filings. 'Plan' marks trades under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plan.
Bought, 12 months
$0.0M
0 insiders
Sold, 12 months
$120M
4 insiders
Of sales under plans
0%
$0.0M
| Date | Insider | Trade | Shares | Price | Value | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 19, 2026 | Empresarial de Capitales S.A. de C.V. Control10% owner | Sold | 2,141,590 | $18.01 | $38.6M | Form 4 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | Empresarial de Capitales S.A. de C.V. Control10% owner | Sold | 1,381,000 | $18.52 | $25.6M | Form 4 |
| Sep 2, 2026 | William S. Moss IIISee Remarks | Sold | 120,000 | $17.32 | $2.1M | Form 4 |
| Aug 27, 2026 | Gregory BabcockSee Remarks | Sold | 61,307 | $16.74 | $1.0M | Form 4 |
| Aug 27, 2026 | John B. SpathSee Remarks | Sold | 90,000 | $16.90 | $1.5M | Form 4 |
| May 20, 2026 | Empresarial de Capitales S.A. de C.V. Control10% owner | Sold | 339,568 | $16.80 | $5.7M | Form 4 |
| May 19, 2026 | Empresarial de Capitales S.A. de C.V. Control10% owner | Sold | 150,000 | $16.38 | $2.5M | Form 4 |
| May 18, 2026 | Empresarial de Capitales S.A. de C.V. Control10% owner | Sold | 284,000 | $16.38 | $4.7M | Form 4 |
| Mar 27, 2026 | Empresarial de Capitales S.A. de C.V. Control10% owner | Sold | 1,352,000 | $16.68 | $22.6M | Form 4 |
| Mar 26, 2026 | Empresarial de Capitales S.A. de C.V. Control10% owner | Sold | 960,000 | $16.65 | $16.0M | Form 4 |
Piotroski F-score
Nine pass/fail tests of profitability, funding and efficiency. 8β9 is strong, 0β2 weak.
| Test | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net income is positive | β | β | β |
| Cash from operations is positive | β | β | β |
| Return on assets rose | β | β | β |
| Cash from operations exceeds net income | β | β | β |
| Debt fell relative to assets | β | β | β |
| Current ratio rose | β | β | β |
| Share count didn't rise | β | β | β |
| Gross margin rose | β | β | β |
| Revenue rose relative to assets | β | β | β |
| F-score | 4 / 8 | 4 / 8 | 5 / 8 |
| Accruals ratio | β8.4% | β18.9% | β24.4% |
| Altman Z'' | 0.69 | 0.74 | β0.31 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Talos Energy TALO | $3.1B | β9.8% | β31.5% | β | β12.4% | β | 5 | |
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| Magnolia Oil & Gas MGY | $4.8B | β0.3% | 33.5% | β | 16.8% | β | 6 | Compare β |
10 years of figures
US$ millions unless stated. Hover a ratio's name for its definition.
| Fiscal year | FY16 | FY17 | FY18 | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income statement | ||||||||||
| Revenue | $259M | $413M | $891M | $908M | $576M | $1.2B | $1.7B | $1.5B | $2.0B | $1.8B |
| Operating income | β$80.7M | $45.3M | $253M | $213M | β$421M | $375M | $736M | $210M | $173M | β$560M |
| Interest expense | $70.4M | $80.9M | $90.1M | $97.8M | $99.4M | $133M | $126M | $173M | $188M | $163M |
| Pretax income | β$208M | β$62.9M | $225M | $22.6M | β$430M | β$185M | $385M | $127M | β$71.4M | β$605M |
| Income tax | β | β | $2.9M | β$36.1M | $35.6M | β$1.6M | $2.5M | β$60.6M | $5.0M | β$109M |
| Net income | β$208M | β$62.9M | $222M | $58.7M | β$466M | β$183M | $382M | $187M | β$76.4M | β$494M |
| Diluted EPS | β$7.99 | β$2.01 | $4.81 | $1.08 | β$6.88 | β$2.24 | $4.56 | $1.55 | β$0.44 | β$2.82 |
| Diluted shares | 0.03B | 0.03B | 0.05B | 0.05B | 0.07B | 0.08B | 0.08B | 0.12B | 0.18B | 0.18B |
| Cash flow | ||||||||||
| Cash from operations | $116M | $176M | $263M | $394M | $302M | $411M | $710M | $519M | $963M | $936M |
| Depreciation and amortization | $125M | $157M | $289M | $346M | $364M | $396M | $415M | $664M | $1.0B | $1.1B |
| Stock-based compensation | $1.1M | $0.9M | $2.9M | $7.0M | $8.7M | $11.0M | $16.0M | $13.0M | $14.5M | $18.4M |
| Acquisitions | $85.9M | $2.5M | $278M | $37.9M | $316M | $5.4M | $3.5M | $0.0M | $936M | $50.0M |
| Share buybacks | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $47.5M | $45.2M | $120M |
| Dividends paid | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M |
| Dividends and buybacks | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $47.5M | $45.2M | $119M |
| Balance sheet | ||||||||||
| Cash and short-term investments | $33.4M | $32.2M | $140M | $87.0M | $34.2M | $69.9M | $44.1M | $33.6M | $108M | $363M |
| Total debt | β | $402M | $655M | $733M | $986M | $963M | $585M | $1.0B | $1.2B | $1.2B |
| Finance lease liabilities | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $79.5M | $62.0M | $40.2M | $165M | $149M | $131M | $112M |
| Current assets | β | $145M | $417M | $294M | $247M | $340M | $368M | $422M | $659M | $841M |
| Current liabilities | β | $324M | $380M | $371M | $448M | $601M | $607M | $579M | $723M | $645M |
| Inventory | $0.0M | $0.8M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M |
| Property and equipment, net | β | $1.1B | $2.1B | $2.2B | $2.5B | $2.4B | $2.6B | $4.0B | $5.2B | $4.4B |
| Total assets | β | $1.2B | $2.5B | $2.6B | $2.8B | $2.8B | $3.1B | $4.8B | $6.2B | $5.6B |
| Total liabilities | β | $1.3B | $1.5B | $1.5B | $1.9B | $2.0B | $1.9B | $2.7B | $3.4B | $3.4B |
| Shareholders' equity | $7.0M | β$54.1M | $1.0B | $1.1B | $927M | $761M | $1.2B | $2.2B | $2.8B | $2.2B |
| Margins | ||||||||||
| Operating margin | β31.2% | 11.0% | 28.4% | 23.5% | β73.2% | 30.1% | 44.6% | 14.4% | 8.8% | β31.5% |
| EBITDA margin | 17.0% | 49.1% | 60.8% | 61.6% | β9.9% | 61.9% | 69.7% | 59.9% | 60.6% | 27.9% |
| Net margin | β80.4% | β15.2% | 24.9% | 6.5% | β80.8% | β14.7% | 23.1% | 12.9% | β3.9% | β27.8% |
| Returns | ||||||||||
| Return on capital | β | β | 27.2% | 12.8% | β17.8% | 16.3% | 41.0% | 8.1% | 3.7% | β12.4% |
| Return on capital employed | β | β | 16.8% | 9.9% | β18.3% | 16.5% | 31.9% | 6.3% | 3.6% | β10.8% |
| Return on equity | β | β | 46.5% | 5.6% | β46.5% | β21.7% | 39.7% | 11.3% | β3.1% | β20.1% |
| Return on assets | β | β | 11.9% | 2.3% | β17.2% | β6.5% | 13.1% | 4.8% | β1.4% | β8.4% |
| Growth | ||||||||||
| Revenue growth | β | 59.5% | 115.9% | 1.9% | β36.6% | 116.1% | 32.7% | β11.8% | 35.4% | β9.8% |
| Net income growth | β | β | β | β73.5% | β892.8% | β | β | β51.0% | β140.8% | β |
| EPS growth | β | β | β | β77.6% | β737.0% | β | β | β66.0% | β128.4% | β |
| Share count change | β | 20.0% | 47.4% | 18.1% | 24.4% | 20.9% | 2.3% | 44.3% | 45.4% | β0.3% |
| Financial health | ||||||||||
| Net debt / EBITDA | β | 1.8x | 1.0x | 1.3x | β | 1.2x | 0.6x | 1.3x | 1.0x | 2.0x |
| Debt / equity | β | β | 0.7x | 0.8x | 1.1x | 1.3x | 0.6x | 0.6x | 0.5x | 0.6x |
| Interest coverage | β1.2x | 0.6x | 2.8x | 2.2x | β4.2x | 2.8x | 5.9x | 1.2x | 0.9x | β3.4x |
| Current ratio | β | 0.5x | 1.1x | 0.8x | 0.6x | 0.6x | 0.6x | 0.7x | 0.9x | 1.3x |
| Quick ratio | β | 0.5x | 1.1x | 0.8x | 0.6x | 0.6x | 0.6x | 0.7x | 0.9x | 1.3x |
| Capital allocation | ||||||||||
| Stock comp / revenue | 0.4% | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.8% | 1.5% | 0.9% | 1.0% | 0.9% | 0.7% | 1.0% |
| Quality scores | ||||||||||
| Piotroski F-score | β | β | β | 4.0 | 2.0 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 |
| Altman Z'' | β | β2.2 | 1.1 | 0.8 | β1.8 | β0.4 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.7 | β0.3 |
| Accruals ratio | β | β | β2.3% | β13.2% | β28.3% | β21.2% | β11.3% | β8.4% | β18.9% | β24.4% |
Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (CIK 0001724965). Data updated October 21, 2026. Quarterly fourth quarters are the full year minus the first nine months. For information only β not investment advice. Check the original filings before relying on any figure.