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PBF Energy Inc. PBF

$80.78 -1.89% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $9.58B

Strong trendInexpensive vs sector

Next earnings report: Oct 29, 2026

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Three things to know

  1. Over the past year the stock returned +169.7%, ahead of the S&P 500 by 154.6 percentage points.
  2. Operating margin widened to 6.1% from -4.1% a year earlier.
  3. The stock is in an uptrend: above its 200-day average for 280 trading days, with the 50-day average above the 200-day.

PromtFinance scores

Each score is a percentile within the Energy sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.

Growth61Neutral

How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.

  • Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 45%
  • Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 18%
  • Revenue growth accelerationTop 13%
Quality40Weak

Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.

  • Return on invested capitalTop 14%
  • Gross marginBottom 7%
  • Operating marginBottom 33%
  • Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 24%
  • Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 19%
  • Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 33%
  • Interest coverTop 17%
Value91Exceptional

How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.

  • Earnings yieldTop 7%
  • Free-cash-flow yieldTop 39%
  • EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 14%
  • Sales / enterprise valueTop 2%
  • P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 35%
Momentum100Exceptional

Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.

  • 12-month return excluding last monthTop 2%
  • 6-month returnTop 1%
  • 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 1%
  • Distance from 52-week highTop 2%
  • Trend checklist (0–4)Top 5%
Revisions25Very weak

Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).

  • Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 6%
  • Consecutive EPS beatsTop 50%
  • Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 5%
  • Upside to consensus price targetBottom 7%
Stability24Very weak

Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.

  • Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 12%
  • Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 11%
  • Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 50%
  • Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 33%

What changed

Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).

MeasureBeforeNow
Revenue growth (YoY)-4.3%13.5%↑
Gross margin-3.6%4.5%↑
Operating margin-4.1%6.1%↑
FCF margin-4.4%2.2%↑

Fundamental momentum

MeasureNow (TTM)Year / quarter beforeSector rank
Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)13.5%-4.3%↑Top 45%
Gross margin4.5%-3.6%↑Bottom 7%
Operating margin6.1%-4.1%↑Bottom 33%
Net margin3.9%-3.2%↑—
Free-cash-flow margin2.2%-4.4%↑—
Return on invested capital14.9%—Top 14%
Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR-14.4%—Bottom 18%

Quality of earnings and balance sheet

Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
1.22×
Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
-2.1%
Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
0.1%
Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
+49.9 pp
Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
0.76×
Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
11.4×

Shareholder returns

Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
1.33%
Net buyback yield (TTM)
-0.08%
Shareholder yield
1.25%
Share count change, 1 year
+5.6%
Share count change, 3-year CAGR
-2.5%

Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.

Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 30, 2026).

Earnings and expectations

Earnings momentum

Consecutive EPS beats
1
Beats in the last 8 reports
5 of 8
Average EPS surprise, last 4
+100.0%
Average 2-day reaction, last 8
-1.7%
Positive 20 days after report
5 of 8

Analysts

Consensus price target
$76.50
Target vs current price
-5.3%
Analysts with a rating
26
Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
15%
Consensus rating
Hold

How the stock reacted to recent reports

Report dateEPS surprise2 days5 days20 days60 days
Jul 30, 2026+49.9%+15.4%-3.4%+10.1%—
Apr 30, 2026-11.4%+0.5%-3.6%-7.7%+45.5%
Feb 12, 2026+426.7%-5.9%-5.2%+20.0%+13.8%
Oct 30, 2025+24.6%+1.3%+3.5%-1.0%-3.1%
Jul 31, 2025+13.4%-8.2%-7.7%+7.0%+38.4%
May 1, 2025+11.7%-3.0%+6.8%+13.0%+46.1%
Feb 13, 2025-56.7%-12.8%-10.4%-26.1%-24.4%
Oct 31, 2024-7.1%-1.1%+7.0%+8.9%+5.6%

Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.

Earnings history

Report dateEPSEstimateSurpriseRevenue
Jul 30, 2026$6.22$4.15+49.9%$11.68B
Apr 30, 2026-$0.88-$0.79-11.4%$7.90B
Feb 12, 2026$0.49-$0.15+426.7%$7.14B
Oct 30, 2025-$0.52-$0.69+24.6%$7.65B
Jul 31, 2025-$1.03-$1.19+13.4%$7.48B
May 1, 2025-$3.09-$3.50+11.7%$7.07B
Feb 13, 2025-$2.82-$1.80-56.7%$7.35B
Oct 31, 2024-$1.50-$1.40-7.1%$8.38B

Valuation in context

MultipleNow5-year median5-year percentileSector rank (cheapness)
P/E (trailing)7.1×3.1×77thTop 7%
P/E (forward)3.7×———
EV / EBITDA5.3×——Top 14%
EV / Sales0.33×——Top 2%
Free-cash-flow yield7.76%——Top 39%
Earnings yield13.99%——Top 7%

P/E over the past five years

Range 1.2× – 14.6× since Dec 31, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.

Technical state

Trend checklist

  • ✓ Price above 20-day average
  • ✓ Price above 50-day average
  • ✓ Price above 200-day average
  • ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
  • ✓ MACD histogram positive

Trend quality

Days above the 50-day average
70
Days above the 200-day average
280
50-day average slope (20 days)
+13.3%
200-day average slope (20 days)
+9.4%
Distance from 50-day average
+12.7%
Distance from 200-day average
+67.4%
RSI (14)
62.1
Relative volume
1.00×

Risk and drawdowns

Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
67.3%
Volatility vs own 5-year history
70th percentile · Normal for this stock
Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
0.44
Correlation with S&P 500
0.10
Current drawdown from 1-year high
-1.9%
Maximum drawdown, 3 years
-76.8%

Largest declines in the past six years

From peakTo lowDeclineLengthRecovery
Apr 5, 2024Apr 8, 2025-76.8%252 days319 days (Jul 17, 2026)
Mar 12, 2021Aug 19, 2021-59.6%111 days118 days (Feb 7, 2022)
Jun 7, 2022Jul 22, 2022-39.6%31 days63 days (Oct 20, 2022)
Nov 15, 2022May 4, 2023-34.8%116 days66 days (Aug 9, 2023)
Oct 8, 2020Oct 28, 2020-34.4%14 days8 days (Nov 9, 2020)

Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.

Financial statements

Market cap
$9.58B
P/E (TTM)
7.1
EPS, diluted (TTM)
$11.30
Revenue (TTM)
$34.37B
Dividend yield
1.36%
52-week range
$25.62 – $83.36
FY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Revenue$27.25B$46.83B$38.32B$33.12B$29.33B
Gross profit$887.2M$4.68B$2.40B-$372.2M-$571.0M
Operating income$597.2M$4.15B$2.95B-$699.0M-$54.3M
Net income$231.0M$2.88B$2.14B-$533.8M-$158.5M
EPS (diluted)$1.90$22.84$16.52-$4.60-$1.39
Q3 2024Q4 2024Q1 2025Q2 2025Q3 2025Q4 2025Q1 2026Q2 2026
Revenue$8.38B$7.35B$7.07B$7.48B$7.65B$7.14B$7.90B$11.68B
Net income-$285.9M-$289.3M-$401.8M-$5.2M$170.1M$78.4M$198.3M$906.4M
EPS (diluted)-$2.49-$2.52-$3.53-$0.05$1.45$0.66$1.65$7.54
FY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Operating cash flow$477.3M$4.77B$1.34B$43.4M-$78.0M
Capital expenditure-$249.1M-$633.3M-$659.6M-$390.9M-$705.2M
Free cash flow$228.2M$4.14B$678.9M-$347.5M-$783.2M
Dividends paid-$39.7M-$24.7M-$105.8M-$120.6M-$126.5M
Net share buybacks$0-$156.4M-$532.5M-$329.1M$2.9M

Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.

Cash and short-term investments
$894.1M
Total assets
$14.72B
Total liabilities
$8.17B
Total debt
$2.52B
Net debt
$1.62B
Shareholders’ equity
$6.41B

As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 30, 2026).

Dividends

Ex-dateAmountPaid
Aug 14, 2026$0.28Aug 28, 2026
May 14, 2026$0.28May 29, 2026
Feb 25, 2026$0.28Mar 11, 2026
Nov 14, 2025$0.28Nov 26, 2025
Aug 14, 2025$0.28Aug 28, 2025
May 15, 2025$0.28May 29, 2025
Feb 27, 2025$0.28Mar 14, 2025
Nov 13, 2024$0.28Nov 27, 2024

Short interest

Shares sold short
11,291,710
Days to cover
2.84
Change vs previous report
-1.5%

FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.