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PBF Energy Inc. key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, PBF Energy Inc. had return on equity of -2.9%, an operating margin of -0.2%, debt equal to 41.4% of equity and a current ratio of 1.21. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.

Financial ratios

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

PBF Energy Inc.: financial ratios, annual
Fiscal year2012Dec 20122013Dec 20132014Dec 20142015Dec 20152016Dec 20162017Dec 20172018Dec 20182019Dec 20192020Dec 20202021Dec 20212022Dec 20222023Dec 20232024Dec 20242025Dec 2025LTMSept 2026
Gross margin———4.2%4.3%4.4%2.2%3.7%−10.8%3.3%10.0%6.3%−1.1%−1.9%8.9%
Operating margin4.6%1.7%0.7%2.7%3.1%3.4%1.3%2.6%−9.4%2.2%8.9%7.7%−2.1%−0.2%9.8%
Net margin0.0%0.2%−0.2%1.1%1.1%1.9%0.5%1.3%−9.2%0.8%6.1%5.6%−1.6%−0.5%7.0%
Free-cash-flow margin3.2%−0.1%−0.1%1.6%2.2%1.7%1.9%2.2%−5.5%0.8%8.8%1.8%−1.0%−2.7%6.8%
Return on equity0.5%7.4%−4.1%10.2%9.3%19.1%5.1%11.2%−59.5%12.9%83.9%37.5%−8.9%−2.9%40.9%
Return on assets0.0%0.9%−0.8%2.6%2.5%5.3%1.6%3.7%−14.2%2.1%22.8%15.3%−3.9%−1.2%17.9%
Asset turnover4.734.424.142.332.322.773.372.861.542.463.722.742.442.282.57
Current ratio1.441.341.522.021.661.571.521.521.581.381.261.561.251.211.59
Debt to equity169.1%112.5%102.8%114.0%107.7%95.1%73.8%69.0%286.7%224.8%40.5%20.1%27.1%41.4%27.5%
Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest)——————2.1x4.1xn/m1.9x16.9x46.3xn/mn/m25.0x
Effective tax rate0.2%7.2%−40.1%30.7%37.9%39.5%16.0%21.8%—3.7%16.4%25.1%——24.4%
Capital spending as % of revenue0.9%1.7%2.4%2.7%1.9%1.4%1.2%1.7%1.3%0.9%1.4%1.7%1.2%2.4%2.3%
Free cash flow ÷ net income>999%−68.4%—141.0%206.8%91.2%405.7%165.5%—98.8%143.9%31.7%——96.8%
Dividends ÷ net income0.0%95.9%—72.8%68.8%31.7%108.3%44.9%—0.0%0.9%4.9%——4.7%
Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow0.0%——55.5%33.5%35.0%28.3%28.1%—0.0%4.4%94.0%——4.9%

Returns use average equity or assets over the year. Return on equity is left blank when equity is negative or so small that the ratio says nothing (above ±200%); interest cover is left blank above 200 times. Price-based ratios such as P/E are on the valuation page.

Financial health

7 of 7 checks passed · September 30, 2026
What it owns · $17.2bn
Short-term assets $8.0bnLonger-term assets $9.2bn
What it owes, and who funded it · $17.1bn
Short-term liabilities $5.0bnLonger-term liabilities $4.1bnShareholders' equity $8.0bn
  • Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $8.0bn of assets due within a year against $5.0bn of liabilities due within a year.
  • Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $8.0bn short-term assets against $4.1bn of longer-dated liabilities.
  • More cash than debt $2.5bn of cash against $2.1bn of debt.
  • Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 27% of equity.
  • Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 222% to 27% over five years.
  • A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $3.5bn of operating cash flow against $2.1bn of debt.
  • Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $3.8bn against $152m of interest.

From PBF Energy Inc.'s latest balance sheet as filed. Checks are fixed, documented rules (methodology), counted only where the company reports the figures — a dot means the filing doesn't break the item out. Descriptions of reported data, not advice.

Moat

31 /100

Weak moat

How hard PBF Energy's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 10 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.

  • Returns on capital 0 / 20

    Net income has been a median 0.9% of total assets over 10 years.

  • Pricing power 5 / 20

    Gross margin has been a median 2.8%, moving by 5.0 percentage points (standard deviation) across 10 years.

  • Durability 0 / 20

    Operating margin has been a median 1.7%; its worst year was -5.4%.

  • Cash conversion 9 / 20

    Free cash flow was positive in 8 of 10 years, at a median 1.2% of revenue.

  • Discipline 17 / 20

    The diluted share count fell 2.0% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 0.1% of revenue.

AI disruption exposure: Low. In this industry, the business rests on physical assets, regulated networks or products AI itself depends on.

A rules-based reading of reported figures, not a forecast and not investment advice. How the score is built: methodology.

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Figures from PBF Energy Inc.'s SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 30, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to PBF Energy Inc.