Company Analysis

Talos Energy, Inc. (TALO)

NYSE: TALO · Crude Petroleum & Natural Gas · Houston, TX · filing with the SEC since 2017
Grade3.9
◀ Past 4.8● Present 3.5▶ Future 3.0

The grade of Talos Energy, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
3.9/10
◀ Past4.840% of the headline
● Present3.535% of the headline
▶ Future3.025% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

4.8/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
5.0/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

1 warning event since 2017; the latest 2018-05-16.

weight 45% of this tense · 50th percentile among 83 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Talos Energy, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 1 warning event: an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, the latest 2018-05-16) (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
5.7/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+23.9% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 4 of 10.

weight 33% of this tense · 57th percentile among 74 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Talos Energy, Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $259 million in fiscal 2016 to $1.8 billion in fiscal 2025, up 23.9% a year; it rose in 6 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 37% from fiscal 2019 to fiscal 2020; net income was positive in 4 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span23.9%top 22% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 28% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profitbottom 19% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak36.6%top 41% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
2.9/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count grew 27.9% a year. 9% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 3 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 29th percentile among 61 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Talos Energy, Inc.'s diluted share count grew about 27.9% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 9% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 3 sales and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-10-29 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearsbottom 15% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowbottom 43% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

3.5/1035% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
3.7/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE -23%: lost 23¢ per shareholder dollar. Leverage 61%: owes 61¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 37th percentile among 76 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Talos Energy, Inc. lost about 23 cents for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 61 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 0.3% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 26% of its family
  • return on equitybottom 13% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 28% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
4.8/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

bottom 48% of 76 in its family; net margin -27.8%.

weight 33% of this tense · 48th percentile among 76 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Talos Energy, Inc.'s standing among 76 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $1.8 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 39% by size; a net margin of -27.8% ranks in the bottom 19%; revenue growth of 2.5% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 36% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$1.78Btop 39% of its family
  • net margin-27.8%bottom 19% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth2.5%top 36% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
1.2/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 12% of 51 in its family for leadership.

weight 22% of this tense · 12th percentile among 51 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Talos Energy, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: no one files under a chief executive's title, so that part is not read; the 13 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 3.7 years (bottom 15%); 14 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 13 people in charge now (bottom 9%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge14 in three years among 13 peoplebottom 9% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed3.7 yearsbottom 15% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

3.0/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
6.2/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 38% of 74 in its family for room to expand.

weight 22% of this tense · 62nd percentile among 74 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Talos Energy, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $363 million against debt of $1.2 billion leaves -15.6% of its assets as net cash, bottom 45% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 52.6% of revenue (top 22%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-15.6%bottom 45% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue52.6%top 22% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
2.9/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 29% of 72 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 29th percentile among 72 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Talos Energy, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 2.5% a year over the last three filed years against 23.9% over all 10, slowing (bottom 33% of its family); the newest year grew -9.8% (bottom 25%) (its annual reports). Talos Energy, Inc. reported 3 product lines in fiscal 2025: Oil and Condensate at $1.6 billion (88%), Natural Gas Production at $169 million (10%), Natural Gas Liquids Reserves at $50 million (3%); 1 of 3 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-21.4 points a yearbottom 33% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth-9.8%bottom 25% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
1.4/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

bottom 14% of 69 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 45% of this tense · 14th percentile among 69 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Talos Energy, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $1.8 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 17.5% below the $2.2 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 20% of its family); net income of $494 million against a prior three-year average of $164 million (bottom 8%); a net margin of -27.8% against 10.7% before (bottom 15%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-17.5%bottom 20% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average-401%bottom 8% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average-38.5 pointsbottom 15% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

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