Talos Energy Inc. (TALO) Stock

Talos Energy Inc. (TALO) is a Energy stock trading at $14.93 (as of 2026-07-24), with a market capitalization of $2.49B. Figures are sourced from first-party U.S. SEC EDGAR filings and market data.

Talos Energy Inc., an independent exploration and production company, focuses on the exploration and production of oil and natural gas properties in the United States Gulf of Mexico and offshore Mexico. As of December 31, 2021, the company had proved reserves of 161.59 million barrels of oil equivalent, consisting of 107,764 thousand barrels of crude oil, 236,353 million cubic feet of natural gas, and 14,435 thousand barrels of crude oil. The company was founded in 2011 and is based in Houston, Texas.

Understand Talos Energy Inc.: how it makes money

Talos Energy is an independent exploration and production company, focused on producing oil and natural gas from properties in the US Gulf of Mexico and offshore Mexico, and it makes money through upstream oil and gas operations.

Talos is an upstream oil and gas producer, so its profit model is driven by how its Gulf of Mexico and offshore Mexico exploration and production activities translate into realized upstream results.

Business quality (Weak): Limited disclosed detail here: the only hard numbers provided are latest-quarter revenue (about 0.5B) and operating margin (-25.3%), and a clean segment split is not available from the provided facts.

Bull case

  • Clear operating focus: Talos concentrates on exploration and production of oil and natural gas in the US Gulf of Mexico and offshore Mexico.

Bear case

  • Loss-making quarter: Latest-quarter operating margin is -25.3% (2026-03-31), indicating operating losses relative to revenue.
Valuation — source: SEC EDGAR (first-party)
Price$14.93
Market Cap$2.49B
EV / EBITDA11.8
Price / Book1.33
Price / Sales1.43
DCF Value (model)$114.37
DCF Upside vs Price666.0%
Profitability & Growth — source: SEC EDGAR
Revenue (TTM)$1.78B
Net Margin-27.8%
Revenue Growth (YoY)-7.9%
EPS Growth (YoY)2940.0%
Financial Health — source: SEC EDGAR
Altman Z-Score0.24 (distress)
Valuation vs Sector & Industry
Sector P/E (Energy)19.0
Industry P/E (Petroleum & Natural Gas)19.0
Smart-Money Activity — SEC Form 4 / 13F / Congressional disclosures
Top Institutional HolderBlackRock, Inc. ($308.26M)
Institutional Holders Tracked10
Company
SectorEnergy
IndustryPetroleum & Natural Gas
CEOPaul R. A. Goodfellow
Employees700
CountryUS
IPO Date2018-05-10

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Data as of 2026-07-24.

Figures sourced from U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC EDGAR) filings and market data. Not personalized investment advice.