Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. CIG scored 66.6, TLN scored 36.6 — CIG leads.
Compare another set
CIG
Companhia Energética de Minas Gerais - CEMIG
Utilities - Regulated Electric · Quality-Growth
66.6
$2.40 · $6.9B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
30.0
CIG leads
TLN
Talen Energy Corporation
Utilities - Independent Power Producers · Quality-Growth
36.6
$378.57 · $17.9B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
Fastest growthTLN+108.9%
Strongest balance sheetCIG0.78
Highest qualityCIG81 / 100
Largest discount to fair valueCIG-19%
Side by side · every name on one set of axes
The model, pillar by pillar (0–100 each)
CIG
stronger →← stronger
TLN
81
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
28
60
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
68
83
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
26
CIG is stronger on 2 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
CIG
TLN
$518mC+
FCF
$568mC+
+7.4%B
Rev
+108.9%A
0.78A
D/E
5.84D
7.7xA
P/E
—
0.33A
PEG
—
—
P/S
4.6xC
Winner per row is the stronger grade; where grades tie, the better figure breaks it. A true tie or a missing value shows no highlight.
Valuation · DCF cross-check
CIG
TLN
19% below
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
104% above
~1%/yr
Growth the price impliesyr-1 FCF growth, fading to 4% · lower = less priced in
~35%/yr
+17%
1-yr DCF upside
-62%
+24%
5-yr DCF upside
-51%
+35%
10-yr DCF upside
-30%
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Model signals
CIG
Why this score
Durable high returns
Cut its dividend
Foreign reporter (BRL)
TLN
Why this score
Diluting shareholders
The companies
CIGCompanhia Energética de Minas Gerais - CEMIG
Utilities - Regulated Electric · $2.40 · beta 0.06
Why now
Utilities - Regulated Electric · market cap $6.9b. 13% off the 52-week high of $2.76. PEG 0.33 — paying under fair value for the growth rate. 3 sell-side analysts publish a mean 1-yr target of $2.05 (implying -14% upside).
Moat
ROE 16% is above 15% — the equity base is compounding at a rate the market struggles to discount accurately.
Risk
Dividend payout 79% of earnings on a 6.2% yield — distribution coverage is thin; one earnings stumble could force a dividend cut.
TLNTalen Energy Corporation
Utilities - Independent Power Producers · $378.57 · beta 1.62
Why now
Utilities - Independent Power Producers · market cap $17.9b. 16% off the 52-week high of $449.84. Revenue growing +109% — in hypergrowth territory. 17 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $455.65 (implying +20% upside).
Moat
Turnaround / out-of-favor name — GAAP-unprofitable for now, so the durability case is forward-looking: it rests on a recovery (margin normalization, a cyclical upturn or restructuring) or an un-monetized asset (IP / network effects / first-mover position) rather than on current reported results.
Risk
D/E 5.84 is elevated — limits strategic flexibility and raises refinancing exposure if rates stay higher for longer. Currently unprofitable (margin -4.7%) — path to GAAP profitability is the core thesis risk. Beta 1.62 implies above-market volatility — position-size to the drawdowns this name will produce in a market correction, not to its bull-case return.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
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Where CIG and TLN diverge
On the headline score the gap is 30.0 points in favor of CIG. They get there differently, though — each leads on a different pillar, so the better pick depends on which you weight.
ValueCIG 83.1 · TLN 26.1CIG +57.0
QualityCIG 81.0 · TLN 27.6CIG +53.4
GrowthCIG 60.2 · TLN 68.1TLN +7.9
Pillars run 0–100. Value is judged against each company's own sector, so a Value score is a statement about a company relative to its own industry rather than to the other name here. A wide Value gap usually means the market already prices the difference in quality or growth — which is the trade-off this comparison comes down to.
Common questions
Is CIG or TLN the better stock?
CIG scores higher: CIG 66.6, TLN 36.6 out of 100 on the Bull Rankings quality-growth score, which blends business quality, growth and valuation into one number. A higher score means a stronger business at a more reasonable price — it is not a price target or a recommendation.
Where do CIG and TLN differ most?
The widest gap is value, where CIG leads by 57 points on the 0–100 pillar scale. Neither name sweeps: they trade the lead across the three pillars, so the comparison is a trade-off rather than one being better on every measure.
How are CIG and TLN scored?
Each carries the same 0–100 quality-growth score used everywhere on the site, built from three pillars — quality (profitability and returns on capital), growth (revenue and earnings), and value (what you pay for them) — combined as a geometric mean, so a weak pillar cannot be papered over by a strong one.
How current is this comparison?
The whole universe is re-scored every trading day after the US market close, so the scores and fundamentals here reflect the latest published edition.