PBF vs. FANG, 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 Diamondback Energy (FANG), 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
Diamondback Energy (NASDAQ:FANG) and PBF Energy (NYSE:PBF) are both energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
Diamondback Energy presently has a consensus price target of $192.41, suggesting a potential upside of 30.47%. PBF Energy has a consensus price target of $25.92, suggesting a potential downside of 15.12%. Given Diamondback Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Diamondback Energy is more favorable than PBF Energy.
Diamondback Energy has a beta of 1.04, indicating that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PBF Energy has a beta of 0.85, indicating that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Diamondback Energy pays an annual dividend of $4.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. PBF Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Diamondback Energy pays out 28.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. PBF Energy pays out -12.8% 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. Diamondback Energy has increased its dividend for 7 consecutive years and PBF Energy has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. PBF Energy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Diamondback Energy had 18 more articles in the media than PBF Energy. MarketBeat recorded 34 mentions for Diamondback Energy and 16 mentions for PBF Energy. Diamondback Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat PBF Energy's score of 0.67 indicating that Diamondback Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
90.0% of Diamondback Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.3% of PBF Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Diamondback Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.7% of PBF Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Diamondback Energy has a net margin of 27.25% compared to PBF Energy's net margin of -3.24%. Diamondback Energy's return on equity of 9.48% beat PBF Energy's return on equity.
Diamondback Energy has higher earnings, but lower revenue than PBF Energy. PBF Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Diamondback Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Diamondback Energy beats PBF Energy on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:PBF) was last updated on 10/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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