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Talos Energy Inc. key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, Talos Energy Inc. had return on equity of -20.1%, an operating margin of -31.5%, debt equal to 57.7% of equity and a current ratio of 1.30. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.

Financial ratios

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Fiscal year2016Dec 20162017Dec 20172018Dec 20182019Dec 20192020Dec 20202021Dec 20212022Dec 20222023Dec 20232024Dec 20242025Dec 2025LTMJun 2026
Operating margin−31.2%11.0%28.4%23.5%−73.2%30.1%44.6%14.4%8.8%−31.5%−12.7%
Net margin−80.4%−15.2%24.9%6.5%−80.8%−14.7%23.1%12.8%−3.9%−27.8%−20.5%
Return on equity——46.5%5.6%−46.4%−21.7%39.7%11.3%−3.1%−20.1%−19.3%
Return on assets—−5.1%11.9%2.3%−17.2%−6.5%13.1%4.8%−1.4%−8.4%−7.4%
Asset turnover—0.330.480.360.210.440.570.370.360.300.36
Current ratio—0.451.100.790.550.570.610.730.911.301.61
Debt to equity0.0%—66.7%69.3%107.2%135.5%54.8%49.5%45.3%57.7%61.5%
Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest)n/m0.6x2.8x2.2xn/m2.8x5.9x1.2x0.9xn/mn/m
Effective tax rate——1.3%———0.7%−47.8%———

Returns use average equity or assets over the year. Return on equity is left blank when equity is negative or so small that the ratio says nothing (above ±200%); interest cover is left blank above 200 times. Price-based ratios such as P/E are on the valuation page.

Financial health

3 of 7 checks passed · June 30, 2026
What it owns · $5.4bn
Short-term assets $1.1bnLonger-term assets $4.3bn
What it owes, and who funded it · $5.4bn
Short-term liabilities $679mLonger-term liabilities $2.7bnShareholders' equity $2.0bn
  • Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $1.1bn of assets due within a year against $679m of liabilities due within a year.
  • Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $1.1bn short-term assets against $2.7bn of longer-dated liabilities.
  • More cash than debt $578m of cash against $1.2bn of debt.
  • Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 60% of equity.
  • Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 126% to 60% over five years.
  • A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $791m of operating cash flow against $1.2bn of debt.
  • Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of −$251m against $160m of interest.

From Talos Energy Inc.'s latest balance sheet as filed. Checks are fixed, documented rules (methodology), counted only where the company reports the figures — a dot means the filing doesn't break the item out. Descriptions of reported data, not advice.

Moat

26 /100

Weak moat

How hard Talos Energy's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 9 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.

  • Returns on capital 0 / 20

    Net income has been a median -0.3% of total assets over 9 years.

  • Durability 5 / 20

    Operating margin has been a median 16.2%; its worst year was -12.7%.

  • Cash conversion 6 / 20

    Free cash flow was positive in 5 of 9 years, at a median 0.7% of revenue.

  • Discipline 10 / 20

    The diluted share count rose 192.0% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 0.9% of revenue.

AI disruption exposure: Low. In this industry, the business rests on physical assets, regulated networks or products AI itself depends on.

A rules-based reading of reported figures, not a forecast and not investment advice. How the score is built: methodology.

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Figures from Talos Energy Inc.'s SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 26, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Talos Energy Inc.