PBF Energy (PBF) Competitors

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

Which has more risk and volatility, CVI or PBF?

CVR Energy has a beta of 1.02, suggesting that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PBF Energy has a beta of 0.76, suggesting that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate CVI or PBF?

CVR Energy currently has a consensus price target of $23.00, suggesting a potential downside of 0.95%. PBF Energy has a consensus price target of $22.91, suggesting a potential upside of 7.76%. Given PBF Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe PBF Energy is more favorable than CVR Energy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CVR Energy	5 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.29
PBF Energy	6 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.64

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, CVI or PBF?

CVR Energy has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
CVR Energy	$7.39B	0.32	$769M	-$1.97	-11.79
PBF Energy	$31.54B	0.08	-$533.80M	-$9.10	-2.34

Do institutionals and insiders believe in CVI or PBF?

98.9% of CVR Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.3% of PBF Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of CVR Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.3% of PBF Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CVI or PBF?

PBF Energy received 227 more outperform votes than CVR Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.12% of users gave PBF Energy an outperform vote while only 52.56% of users gave CVR Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
CVR Energy	Outperform Votes 236 52.56%	Underperform Votes 213 47.44%
PBF Energy	Outperform Votes 463 55.12%	Underperform Votes 377 44.88%

Is CVI or PBF a better dividend stock?

CVR Energy pays an annual dividend of $9.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 38.9%. PBF Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. CVR Energy pays out -458.9% 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. CVR Energy has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years and PBF Energy has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. CVR Energy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media favor CVI or PBF?

In the previous week, PBF Energy had 4 more articles in the media than CVR Energy. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for PBF Energy and 9 mentions for CVR Energy. PBF Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.46 beat CVR Energy's score of 1.33 indicating that PBF Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
CVR Energy	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
PBF Energy	9 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is CVI or PBF more profitable?

CVR Energy has a net margin of 0.09% compared to PBF Energy's net margin of -1.61%. CVR Energy's return on equity of -5.12% beat PBF Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CVR Energy	0.09%	-5.12%	-1.21%
PBF Energy	-1.61%	-7.40%	-3.40%

Summary

CVR Energy beats PBF Energy on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.