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PBF Energy, Inc. Class APBFCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

United States · USD·Energy›Oil Refining/Marketing

US independent petroleum refiner operating refineries on the East Coast, Gulf Coast and West Coast.

Momentum leader 82
Mkt cap
$8.16B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
86%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$223M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
2.6×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
+24.4 pp
WACC 6.1%
Hurdle
n/a
no reverse DCF
Official | Implied
BB / BB-
agencies · bond market
Next earnings
104 days
18 Feb 2027
Close · USD$67.27
1D-1.6%
1W-13.8%
1M-24.7%
3M+1.5%
6M+65.2%
YTD+148.1%
1Y+90.5%
ATR %7.4%
Beta-0.60
52w lowhigh27.2% off high

What PBF Energy does

US independent petroleum refiner operating refineries on the East Coast, Gulf Coast and West Coast.

Buys crude oil and sells gasoline, diesel and jet fuel, so earnings are the spread between product prices and crude cost, which is volatile and outside its control. Its six refineries across the East Coast, Midwest, Gulf Coast and California give it access to varied crude supplies. It bought the Martinez, California refinery in 2020 and took full ownership of PBF Logistics in 2022.

Products and services

  • Petroleum refining
  • Renewable diesel (JV with Eni)
  • Logistics (storage/pipelines)

Customers

  • Wholesale fuel distributors/retailers

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Refining/marketing
  • Crude oil refining
  • East Coast, Gulf Coast, West Coast…

What could go right

  • Wide refining crack spreads
  • Renewable diesel earnings contribution

What could go wrong

  • Refining margin cyclicality
  • Higher relative leverage than larger refiners

Moat: narrow (scale). Regional refining positions offer some logistics advantage but limited differentiation versus larger peers.

Headquarters: Parsippany, New Jersey, US · Founded: 2008 · Employees: 3,678

Named competitors

PBF Energy at a glance

Size PBF Energy (PBF) is a United States Energy company (Oil Refining/Marketing) with a market value of $8.16B, the 873rd largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $67.27 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares gained 65.2%, against +0.8% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — highest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 31.5% over the last twelve months (peer median +15.6%); the operating margin is 8.4% (peer median 6.5%).

Valuation It trades at 2.6× forward earnings against a peer median of 7.0× (cheapest of 20).

Capital Return on invested capital runs 24.4 points above its cost of capital (6.1% WACC).

Credit PBF Energy has 1 bond outstanding ($500M), rated BB by the agencies and trading like BB- at a weighted spread of 235 bp.

Short interest Short interest is 9.5% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).

Next results Next results expected around 18 Feb 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

10015020011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026PBF 158Peer median 102
Six months, rebased to 100: PBF Energy against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

PBF Energy financials

Reported figures in USD; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue$38.9B$29.3B$33.1B$38.3B$46.8B
Revenue growth—-11%-14%-18%—
Gross profit$3.73B-$586M-$398M$2.35B$4.70B
EBITDA$3.89B-$274M-$30.3M$2.56B$4.75B
Net income$2.71B-$159M-$534M$2.14B$2.88B
Free cash flow$2.68B-$780M-$346M$717M$4.21B
Capital expenditure$995M$782M$432M$700M$699M
Total debt$2.71B$2.91B$2.31B$2.04B$2.64B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

PBF Energy competitor charts

The default views of Competitor Analysis ▸ Charts, drawn from the same data. Open them in the cockpit to change the axes, pin companies and read every value.

Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-20%0%+20%+40%+60%-20%0%HINDPETRO0109505019ALD096770BPCLDINODKCVI6006885021CLMTPARRIEP5020MRPLDOFGVEANESTE6505PBF6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. PBF Energy is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

0%+10%+20%+30%+40%0×20×40×60×0109505019ALD096770BPCLDINODKCVI60068850215020MRPLDOFGNESTE6505PBFRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. PBF Energy is the large dot.

PBF Energy competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (PBF vs VLO vs MPC vs PSX)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq g
PBF Energy PBF$8.16B+65%+32%8%2.6×n/a
Valero Energy VLO$96.6B+44%+25%12%5.6×-16.1%
Marathon Petroleum MPC$101B+53%+32%12%5.1×-16.8%
Phillips 66 PSX$95.8B+44%+29%10%6.6×-11.3%
HF Sinclair DINO$16.7B+34%+29%14%5.0×-20.0%
CVR Energy CVI$3.83B+14%+34%11%5.2×-17.9%

How PBF Energy compares with its peers

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.

PBF Energy against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasurePBFPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-24.7%-17.2%6th lowest of 21
6-month return+65.2%+0.8%highest of 21
Distance from 52-week high-27.2%-24.5%9th lowest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+31.5%+15.6%3rd highest of 21
Operating margin8.4%6.5%10th highest of 21
Forward P/E2.6×7.0×cheapest of 20
ROIC minus cost of capital+24.4 pp+9.2 pp5th highest of 21
EV / EBITDA2.2×5.0×cheapest of 15
Net debt / EBITDA0.0×1.7×5th least indebted of 18
Bond spread235 bp254 bp3rd tightest of 6

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq gDelivered g
PBF Energy PBFUnited States$8.16B+65%+32%8%2.6×n/an/a
Hindustan Petroleum HINDPETRO.NSIndia$8.67B-2%+17%0%n/a24.7%+13.6%
S-Oil 010950.KSSouth Korea$9.00B-21%+19%10%3.5×n/an/a
Idemitsu Kosan 5019.TJapan$9.54B-9%-3%6%7.1×-12.8%+12.2%
Ampol ALD.AXAustralia$5.95B+6%+15%6%10.8×-14.0%+15.4%
SK Innovation 096770.KSSouth Korea$13.4B-25%+26%9%4.5×n/an/a
Bharat Petroleum BPCL.NSIndia$14.7B+4%+22%3%23.1×5.7%+14.5%
HF Sinclair DINOUnited States$16.7B+34%+29%14%5.0×-20.0%+19.1%
Delek US DKUnited States$3.92B+39%+11%6%3.2×-10.1%+8.0%
CVR Energy CVIUnited States$3.83B+14%+34%11%5.2×-17.9%+12.8%
Sinopec Shanghai Petrochemical 600688.SSChina$3.75B-5%-4%0%59.0×n/an/a
Cosmo Energy 5021.TJapan$3.74B-10%0%9%7.0×-18.5%+3.7%
Calumet CLMTUnited States$3.48B+24%+13%1%9.1×39.0%+12.8%
Par Pacific PARRUnited States$3.41B+6%+29%13%3.4×n/an/a
Icahn Enterprises L.P IEPUnited States$3.38B-41%+16%-7%9.5×n/an/a
Eneos 5020.TJapan$19.8B-11%+2%7%6.7×-10.6%+9.0%
Mangalore Refinery & Petrochemicals MRPL.NSIndia$3.26B+13%+38%6%4.6×-6.0%+22.9%
DOF DOFG.OLNorway$3.24B-12%+22%26%7.8×0.9%+28.0%
Viva Energy VEA.AXAustralia$3.04B+19%-2%4%7.8×-15.1%+18.2%
Neste NESTE.HEFinland$23.6B-5%+15%14%6.9×-6.5%+10.0%
Formosa Petrochemical Corporati 6505.TWTaiwan$24.7B+58%+2%10%10.4×-7.7%+8.6%

PBF Energy bonds and credit

PBF Energy has 1 bond outstanding with $500M face value. The agencies rate it BB; its bonds trade like BB-. Weighted yield 6.95%, a spread of 235 bp over government bonds.

Every bond, yield and spread in the cockpit →

Questions

Who are PBF Energy's main competitors?
Named competitors: Valero Energy (VLO), Marathon Petroleum (MPC), Phillips 66 (PSX), HF Sinclair (DINO), CVR Energy (CVI). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Hindustan Petroleum (HINDPETRO.NS), S-Oil (010950.KS), Idemitsu Kosan (5019.T), Ampol (ALD.AX), SK Innovation (096770.KS), Bharat Petroleum (BPCL.NS).
Is PBF Energy expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 2.6× against a peer median of 7.0×, cheapest of 20 in its peer set.
How has PBF Energy stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned +65.2% against +0.8% for the median peer; over one year +90.5%.

How these numbers are made. Returns are close-to-close in local currency. Revenue growth and margins are trailing twelve months. Req g is the revenue growth that today's enterprise value requires for seven years at the company's own cost of capital; Delivered g is what it actually grew; the gap is the hurdle (honest precision about ±8 points, so read the ranking more than the decimal). No fair values, price targets or analyst ratings are shown, by design. Method and validation.