PBF Energy (PBF) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

PBF Energy, Inc. is an independent petroleum refiner organized in 2008 and headquartered in Parsippany, New Jersey. The company began trading on the New York Stock Exchange in July 2012 under the ticker symbol PBF. Since its formation, PBF Energy has grown through acquisitions and operational optimization, positioning itself as a leading supplier of refined petroleum products in the United States.

The company owns and operates five refineries located along the U.S. Gulf Coast, East Coast and in the Pacific Northwest, with a combined crude oil processing capacity of approximately 900,000 barrels per day. These facilities convert a broad slate of domestic and imported crudes into a range of fuels and specialty products, including unleaded gasoline, ultra-low sulfur diesel, jet fuel, heating oil, asphalt and other petrochemical intermediates.

Complementing its refining operations, PBF Energy sponsors PBF Logistics LP, a publicly traded master limited partnership that owns and manages pipelines, storage terminals and marine docks. This logistics platform helps secure feedstock supply and product off-take, enhancing the company’s ability to deliver refined products to wholesale customers, distributors and regional markets throughout the United States.

Leadership at PBF Energy is anchored by Thomas J. Nimbley, who has served as President and Chief Executive Officer since January 2015. Under his stewardship, the company has focused on streamlining operations, reducing costs and expanding its asset footprint to capture margin opportunities across varied market conditions.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $38.80 to $40.81
• 50-Day Range: $37.27 to $51.19
• 52-Week Range: $17.53 to $52.18
• Volume: 2.40 million shs
• Average Volume: 3.18 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $4.76 billion
• P/E Ratio: 10.85
• Dividend Yield: 2.73%
• Price Target: $35.92
• Consensus Rating: Reduce

PBF Energy Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

PBF Energy scored higher than 83% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 48th out of 249 stocks in the energy sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.0 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Reduce

Consensus Rating

PBF Energy has received a consensus rating of Reduce. The company's average rating score is 1.93, and is based on 1 strong buy rating, 2 buy ratings, 7 hold ratings, and 5 sell ratings.

Downside Risk

PBF Energy has a consensus price target of $35.92, representing about 10.7% downside from its current price of $40.25.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

PBF Energy has been the subject of 9 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 3.1 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: -21.94%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for PBF Energy are expected to decrease by -21.94% in the coming year, from $6.70 to $5.23 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of PBF Energy is 10.85, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 44.79.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of PBF Energy is 10.85, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Energy sector average P/E ratio of about 21.15.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

PBF Energy has a PEG Ratio of 0.15. PEG Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

PBF Energy has a P/B Ratio of 0.84. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 4.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

10.18% of the float of PBF Energy has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

PBF Energy has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.2, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in PBF Energy has recently decreased by 6.35%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Yield

PBF Energy pays a meaningful dividend of 2.74%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

PBF Energy has only been increasing its dividend for 2 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of PBF Energy is 29.65%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, PBF Energy will have a dividend payout ratio of 21.03% next year. This indicates that PBF Energy will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.2 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.20

News Sentiment

PBF Energy has a news sentiment score of 1.20. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.67 average news sentiment score of Energy companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 4 news articles for PBF Energy this week, compared to 7 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 2 people have searched for PBF on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -60% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

3 people have added PBF Energy to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 200% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.6 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, PBF Energy insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $445,714,251.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

5.50% of the stock of PBF Energy is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

96.29% of the stock of PBF Energy is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Record date for 3/11 Dividend: 2/25/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 3/11 Dividend: 2/25/2026
• Dividend Payable: 3/11/2026
• Last Earnings: 4/30/2026
• Record date for 5/29 Dividend: 5/14/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 5/29 Dividend: 5/14/2026
• Today: 5/25/2026
• Dividend Payable: 5/29/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 7/30/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Energy
• Industry: OIL REFING&MKTG
• Sub-Industry: Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing
• Current Symbol: NYSE:PBF
• CIK: 1534504
• Web: www.pbfenergy.com
• Phone: (973) 455-7500
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 3,678
• Year Founded: 2008

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for PBF Energy: $35.92
• High Price Target: $50.00
• Low Price Target: $21.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: -10.7%
• Consensus Rating: Reduce
• Rating Score (0-4): 1.93
• Research Coverage: 15 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $3.71
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 10.85
• Forward P/E Ratio: 6.01
• P/E Growth: 0.15
• Net Income: -$158.50 million
• Net Margins: 1.46%
• Pretax Margin: 1.89%
• Return on Equity: -4.12%
• Return on Assets: -1.66%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.50
• Current Ratio: 1.31
• Quick Ratio: 0.62

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $29.33 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.16
• Cash Flow: $1.61 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 24.98
• Book Value: $47.78 per share
• Price / Book: 0.84

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 118,310,000
• Free Float: 111,801,000
• Market Cap: $4.76 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.15