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PBF Energy Inc (NYSE: PBF) closed the day trading at $14.55 down -3.00% from the previous closing price of $15.00. In other words, the price has decreased by -$3.00 from its previous closing price. On the day, 8.02 million shares were traded. PBF stock price reached its highest trading level at $15.715 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $13.615.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of PBF, let’s look at its different ratios. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.54 and its Current Ratio is at 1.25. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.42 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.38.
Upgrades & Downgrades
In addition, analysts’ ratings and any changes thereto give investors an idea of the stock’s future direction. In the most recent recommendation for this company, TD Cowen on March 11, 2025, Reiterated its Sell rating but revised its target price to $17 from $19 previously.
On December 20, 2024, TD Cowen Downgraded its rating to Sell which previously was Hold and also lowered its target price recommendation from $27 to $20.
Mizuho Downgraded its Neutral to Underperform on December 16, 2024, whereas the target price for the stock was revised from $33 to $31.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Apr 03 ’25 when Control Empresarial de Capital bought 110,000 shares for $17.40 per share. The transaction valued at 1,914,016 led to the insider holds 30,696,998 shares of the business.
Control Empresarial de Capital bought 25,000 shares of PBF for $358,820 on Apr 04 ’25. The Add’l Rep. Persons-see Ex.99-1 now owns 30,721,998 shares after completing the transaction at $14.35 per share. On Apr 01 ’25, another insider, Control Empresarial de Capital, who serves as the Add’l Rep. Persons-see Ex.99-1 of the company, bought 30,000 shares for $18.26 each. As a result, the insider paid 547,746 and bolstered with 30,564,998 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, PBF now has a Market Capitalization of 1682678400 and an Enterprise Value of 3641902336. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.05 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 0.30. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 0.11 whereas that against EBITDA is -15.55.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for PBF is 0.86, which has changed by -0.7527192 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of -0.028342128 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, PBF has reached a high of $62.88, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $14.10. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -36.38%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -52.80%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, PBF traded about 2.75M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, PBF traded about 3989740 shares per day. A total of 115.31M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 82.50M. Insiders hold about 28.67% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 76.26% stake in the company. Shares short for PBF as of 1741910400 were 15487328 with a Short Ratio of 5.64, compared to 1739491200 on 13903158. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 15487328 and a Short% of Float of 22.870001000000002.
Dividends & Splits
PBF’s forward annual dividend rate is 1.05, up from 1.025 a year ago. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.068333335The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 5.16.
