PBF vs. CVI, DK, REX, CLNE, GPRE, GEVO, MPC, PSX, VLO, and DINO
Should you be buying PBF Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PBF Energy include CVR Energy (CVI), Delek US (DK), REX American Resources (REX), Clean Energy Fuels (CLNE), Green Plains (GPRE), Gevo (GEVO), Marathon Petroleum (MPC), Phillips 66 (PSX), Valero Energy (VLO), and HF Sinclair (DINO).
PBF Energy vs. Its Competitors
PBF Energy (NYSE:PBF) and CVR Energy (NYSE:CVI) are both mid-cap energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability and media sentiment.
96.3% of PBF Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.9% of CVR Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 5.3% of PBF Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of CVR Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
PBF Energy currently has a consensus target price of $23.18, suggesting a potential downside of 2.64%. CVR Energy has a consensus target price of $23.00, suggesting a potential downside of 22.19%. Given PBF Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe PBF Energy is more favorable than CVR Energy.
PBF Energy has a beta of 0.84, indicating that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CVR Energy has a beta of 1.16, indicating that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.
CVR Energy has lower revenue, but higher earnings than PBF Energy. CVR Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PBF Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, CVR Energy had 2 more articles in the media than PBF Energy. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for CVR Energy and 1 mentions for PBF Energy. CVR Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat PBF Energy's score of 0.70 indicating that CVR Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
CVR Energy has a net margin of -2.68% compared to PBF Energy's net margin of -3.30%. CVR Energy's return on equity of -12.66% beat PBF Energy's return on equity.
Summary
CVR Energy beats PBF Energy on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NYSE:PBF) was last updated on 7/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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