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
| Fiscal year | 2012Dec 2012 | 2013Dec 2013 | 2014Dec 2014 | 2015Dec 2015 | 2016Dec 2016 | 2017Dec 2017 | 2018Dec 2018 | 2019Dec 2019 | 2020Dec 2020 | 2021Dec 2021 | 2022Dec 2022 | 2023Dec 2023 | 2024Dec 2024 | 2025Dec 2025 | LTMSept 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 margin | 4.6% | 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 margin | 0.0% | 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 margin | 3.2% | −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 equity | 0.5% | 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 assets | 0.0% | 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 turnover | 4.73 | 4.42 | 4.14 | 2.33 | 2.32 | 2.77 | 3.37 | 2.86 | 1.54 | 2.46 | 3.72 | 2.74 | 2.44 | 2.28 | 2.57 |
| Current ratio | 1.44 | 1.34 | 1.52 | 2.02 | 1.66 | 1.57 | 1.52 | 1.52 | 1.58 | 1.38 | 1.26 | 1.56 | 1.25 | 1.21 | 1.59 |
| Debt to equity | 169.1% | 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) | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2.1x | 4.1x | n/m | 1.9x | 16.9x | 46.3x | n/m | n/m | 25.0x |
| Effective tax rate | 0.2% | 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 revenue | 0.9% | 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 income | 0.0% | 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 flow | 0.0% | — | — | 55.5% | 33.5% | 35.0% | 28.3% | 28.1% | — | 0.0% | 4.4% | 94.0% | — | — | 4.9% |
| Quarter | 2024 Q4Dec 2024 | 2025 Q1Mar 2025 | 2025 Q2Jun 2025 | 2025 Q3Sept 2025 | 2025 Q4Dec 2025 | 2026 Q1Mar 2026 | 2026 Q2Jun 2026 | 2026 Q3Sept 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | −4.2% | −5.9% | −0.8% | 0.5% | −1.8% | 3.5% | 9.8% | 17.9% |
| Operating margin | −5.2% | −7.2% | 0.6% | 3.7% | 1.8% | 3.8% | 10.9% | 17.3% |
| Net margin | −3.9% | −5.7% | −0.1% | 2.2% | 1.1% | 2.5% | 7.8% | 12.6% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | −5.8% | −10.9% | 0.5% | −1.6% | 1.1% | −8.5% | 12.5% | 14.5% |
| Current ratio | 1.25 | 1.29 | 1.31 | 1.38 | 1.21 | 1.31 | 1.33 | 1.59 |
| Debt to equity | 26.3% | 43.7% | 47.0% | 45.7% | 40.4% | 50.8% | 27.3% | 26.6% |
Financial health
- 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.
Moat
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.
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