PBF Energy Inc. (NYSE:PBF)’s traded shares stood at 3.2 million during the last session, with the company’s beta value hitting 1.97. At the close of trading, the stock’s price was $40.54, to imply an increase of 3.50% or $1.37 in intraday trading. The PBF share’s 52-week high remains $49.00, putting it -20.87% down since that peak but still an impressive 52.15% since price per share fell to its 52-week low of $19.40. The company has a valuation of $5.25B, with an average of 2.69 million shares in intraday trading volume over the past 10 days and average of 2.75 million shares over the past 3 months.

Analysts have given a consensus recommendation of an Overweight for PBF Energy Inc. (PBF), translating to a mean rating of 2.40. Of 14 analyst(s) looking at the stock, 0 analyst(s) give PBF a Sell rating. 0 of those analysts rate the stock as Overweight while 8 advise Hold as 6 recommend it as a Buy. 0 analyst(s) have given it an Underweight rating. Estimates put the company’s current-quarter earnings per share at $4.93.

PBF Energy Inc. (NYSE:PBF) trade information

After registering a 3.50% upside in the last session, PBF Energy Inc. (PBF) has traded red over the past five days. The stock hit a weekly high of 46.75 this Thursday, 03/16/23, jumping 3.50% in its intraday price action. The 5-day price performance for the stock is -8.80%, and -3.77% over 30 days. With these gigs, the year-to-date price performance is -0.59%. Short interest in PBF Energy Inc. (NYSE:PBF) saw shorts transact 9.14 million shares and set a 3.01 days time to cover.

Analysts on Wall Street suggest a consensus price target of $52.15, implying an increase of 22.26% to the stock’s current value. The extremes give us $36.00 and $74.00 for target low and target high price respectively. As such, PBF has been trading -82.54% off suggested target high and 11.2% from its likely low.

PBF Energy Inc. (PBF) estimates and forecasts

Looking at statistics comparing PBF Energy Inc. share performance against respective industry, we note that the company has underperformed competitors. PBF Energy Inc. (PBF) shares are 33.22% up over the last 6 months, with its year-to-date growth rate lower than industry average at -54.15% against -18.00%. Revenue is forecast to grow 285.20% this quarter before jumping 662.90% for the next one. The rating firms project that company’s revenue will grow 62.70% compared to the previous financial year.

Revenue forecast for the current quarter as set by 4 analysts is $9.62 billion. Meanwhile, for the quarter ending Mar 2023, a total of 3 analyst(s) estimate revenue growth to $8.62 billion.Earnings reports from the last fiscal year show that sales brought in $8.24 billion and $9.14 billion respectively in the corresponding quarters. In this case, analysts estimate current quarter sales to rise 16.70% before dropping -5.70% in the following quarter.

An assessment of the company’s 5-year growth patterns shows that annual earnings grew an estimated 42.80% for the past 5-year period. While 2023 is set for a -53.10% return in earnings, projections for the next 5 years are at 0.00% annually.

PBF Dividends

PBF Energy Inc. has its next earnings report out between April 26 and May 01. However, it is important to take into account that this dividend yield ratio is just an indicator to only serve the purpose of guidance. Investors interested to invest in the stock should ponder company’s other fundamental and operations related aspects too. PBF Energy Inc. has a forward dividend ratio of 0.80, with the share yield ticking at 1.97% to continue the rising pattern observed over the past year. The company’s average dividend yield trailing the past 5-year period is 0.00%.

PBF Energy Inc. (NYSE:PBF)’s Major holders

PBF Energy Inc. insiders hold 9.36% of total outstanding shares, with institutional holders owning 81.67% of the shares at 90.11% float percentage. In total, 81.67% institutions holds shares in the company, led by Blackrock Inc. As of Sep 29, 2022, the company held over 18.32 million shares (or 14.96% of shares), all amounting to roughly $644.3 million.

The next major institution holding the largest number of shares is Vanguard Group, Inc. (The) with 13.18 million shares, or about 10.75% of shares outstanding. As of the market price on Sep 29, 2022, these shares were worth $463.26 million.

We also have iShares Core S&P Midcap ETF and Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund as the top two Mutual Funds with the largest holdings of the PBF Energy Inc. (PBF) shares. Going by data provided on Dec 30, 2022, iShares Core S&P Midcap ETF holds roughly 3.53 million shares. This is just over 2.88% of the total shares, with a market valuation of $143.88 million. Data from the same date shows that the other fund manager holds a little less at 3.24 million, or 2.65% of the shares, all valued at about 114.08 million.