PBF vs. CVI, DK, REX, CLNE, GEVO, GPRE, MPC, PSX, VLO, and SUN
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), Gevo (GEVO), Green Plains (GPRE), Marathon Petroleum (MPC), Phillips 66 (PSX), Valero Energy (VLO), and Sunoco (SUN).
PBF Energy vs.
PBF Energy (NYSE:PBF) and CVR Energy (NYSE:CVI) are both mid-cap energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, earnings, community ranking, valuation and media sentiment.
PBF Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. CVR Energy pays an annual dividend of $9.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 35.0%. PBF Energy pays out -12.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CVR Energy pays out -458.9% 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 and CVR Energy has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. CVR Energy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
PBF Energy has a beta of 0.82, suggesting that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CVR Energy has a beta of 1.13, suggesting that its share price is 13% 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.
96.3% of PBF Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.9% of CVR Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.3% of PBF Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of CVR Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
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.
In the previous week, PBF Energy had 8 more articles in the media than CVR Energy. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for PBF Energy and 6 mentions for CVR Energy. PBF Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat CVR Energy's score of 1.06 indicating that PBF Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
PBF Energy presently has a consensus price target of $23.18, suggesting a potential upside of 9.43%. CVR Energy has a consensus price target of $23.00, suggesting a potential downside of 10.87%. Given PBF Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe PBF Energy is more favorable than CVR Energy.
PBF Energy received 227 more outperform votes than CVR Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.05% of users gave PBF Energy an outperform vote while only 52.44% of users gave CVR Energy an outperform vote.
Summary
CVR Energy beats PBF Energy on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:PBF) was last updated on 6/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
