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PBF vs. APA, CVI, DINO, DK, MPC, MUR, PARR, PSX, VLO, and XOM

Should you be buying PBF Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PBF Energy include APA (APA), CVR Energy (CVI), HF Sinclair (DINO), Delek US (DK), Marathon Petroleum (MPC), Murphy Oil (MUR), Par Pacific (PARR), Phillips 66 (PSX), Valero Energy (VLO), and Exxon Mobil (XOM). These companies are all part of the "energy" sector.

PBF Energy vs. Its Competitors

APA (NASDAQ:APA) and PBF Energy (NYSE:PBF) are both mid-cap energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.

APA presently has a consensus price target of $23.50, indicating a potential upside of 23.04%. PBF Energy has a consensus price target of $25.08, indicating a potential upside of 3.79%. Given APA's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe APA is more favorable than PBF Energy.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
APA
3 Sell rating(s)
10 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
PBF Energy
6 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.64

In the previous week, APA had 12 more articles in the media than PBF Energy. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for APA and 5 mentions for PBF Energy. PBF Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat APA's score of 0.76 indicating that PBF Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
APA
10 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
PBF Energy
3 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

APA has a net margin of 9.75% compared to PBF Energy's net margin of -3.30%. APA's return on equity of 23.22% beat PBF Energy's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
APA9.75% 23.22% 7.63%
PBF Energy -3.30%-15.67%-6.91%

APA pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. PBF Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. APA pays out 36.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. PBF Energy pays out -12.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. PBF Energy has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years.

APA has higher earnings, but lower revenue than PBF Energy. PBF Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than APA, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
APA$9.74B0.71$804M$2.786.87
PBF Energy$33.12B0.08-$533.80M-$9.10-2.66

APA has a beta of 1.25, meaning that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PBF Energy has a beta of 0.84, meaning that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.

83.0% of APA shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.3% of PBF Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of APA shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.3% of PBF Energy shares are owned by company 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.

Summary

APA beats PBF Energy on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding PBF and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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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PBF vs. The Competition

MetricPBF EnergyOIL REFING&MKTG IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$2.70B$30.51B$7.81B$21.10B
Dividend Yield4.72%3.73%10.93%3.59%
P/E Ratio-2.6634.8166.8928.44
Price / Sales0.080.5239,885.8758.59
Price / Cash14.3910.9736.3422.92
Price / Book0.491.704.004.69
Net Income-$533.80M$2.55B$4.26B$995.51M
7 Day Performance-0.87%-1.23%1.33%1.65%
1 Month Performance10.88%4.36%3.25%4.54%
1 Year Performance-40.27%-5.99%13.91%9.99%

PBF Energy Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PBF
PBF Energy
2.061 of 5 stars
$24.17
+3.6%
$25.08
+3.8%
-40.0%$2.70B$33.12B-2.663,855Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
APA
APA
2.7559 of 5 stars
$18.60
-1.2%
$23.44
+26.0%
-38.9%$6.73B$9.74B6.692,305Ex-Dividend
Analyst Forecast
CVI
CVR Energy
1.7168 of 5 stars
$28.39
-0.8%
$23.80
-16.2%
+4.6%$2.85B$7.61B-14.411,595Upcoming Earnings
DINO
HF Sinclair
4.4822 of 5 stars
$44.40
+1.0%
$48.45
+9.1%
-13.3%$8.37B$28.58B-57.665,297News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Downgrade
DK
Delek US
2.3223 of 5 stars
$24.76
+0.5%
$19.77
-20.1%
-1.0%$1.50B$11.85B-2.231,987Analyst Forecast
MPC
Marathon Petroleum
4.2878 of 5 stars
$174.86
+0.4%
$183.43
+4.9%
+0.0%$53.72B$140.41B24.5918,300Positive News
Analyst Forecast
MUR
Murphy Oil
4.7393 of 5 stars
$24.29
-0.8%
$29.46
+21.3%
-35.0%$3.47B$3.03B9.34690Positive News
PARR
Par Pacific
1.2479 of 5 stars
$32.41
+1.5%
$26.68
-17.7%
+26.6%$1.67B$7.97B-28.681,787
PSX
Phillips 66
4.5808 of 5 stars
$125.95
+0.0%
$135.27
+7.4%
-12.3%$51.32B$145.50B28.6913,200Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
VLO
Valero Energy
4.436 of 5 stars
$146.09
0.0%
$152.40
+4.3%
-9.7%$45.76B$128.38B51.629,922Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Downgrade
XOM
Exxon Mobil
4.9405 of 5 stars
$107.91
+0.1%
$125.42
+16.2%
-6.0%$465.06B$349.59B14.3161,000Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Revision

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