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Company snapshot — PBF Energy Inc

PBF in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
PBF Energy refines crude oil into petroleum products and sells them through two segments, Refining and Logistics. It produces gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, heating oil, lubricants, petrochemicals and asphalt, and moves them by rail, truck, marine and pipeline. Its customers sit across the Northeast, Midwest, Gulf Coast and West Coast of the United States, with some sales into Canada, Mexico and other countries. The company is based in Parsippany, New Jersey.
Where it sits in the stack
PBF sits outside our AI build-out index; it belongs to the Energy sleeve of our universe, under Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing. Its logistics arm, covering terminaling, pipeline transport and storage, is a service the refining side depends on to move crude in and product out.
Who it is priced against
The diary has no peer group set for it yet; the market usually places it alongside other independent refiners such as Valero Energy.
Why Closelook tracks it
It carries no seat in our index and no Rubin or Halo tag. A Closelook score exists but only one module has been scored so far, so the read is still being built.
What the diary watches
Whether refining margins hold together across its regional markets, since the Refining segment's results depend on the spread between crude costs and product prices, and the Logistics segment feeds that flow.

PBF Energy Inc (PBF) trades on US exchanges.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelook’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelook reading that exists for PBF, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

The Street on this name 2 analyst actions on the wire · latest: price target by Morgan Stanley, 2026-09-14

The Street on this name

Analyst actions and the latest print for PBF from the Closelook wires — third-party opinions on the record, not our readings.

  • Price target Morgan Stanley — target 76 from 38 Target raised to $76 from $38 (-1.3% to spot) 2026-09-14
  • Price target Goldman Sachs — target 81 from 71 Target raised to $81 from $71 (+7.9% to spot) 2026-08-18

2 actions on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 2 target changes. Analyst wire → · Earnings wire →

Who it is priced against Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing · US · 4 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing · US

This name carries no Closelook score, so its cohort ranks on trend state — distance to the 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score it does not have.

Compared against PBF on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelook scores where it exists.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 1.43%, quarterly · last 0.28 USD on 2026-08-14

Dividends and capital return

What PBF pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 1.10 USD per share · a 1.43% yield on the 2026-09-18 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-09-18
  • Change on the year +33.3% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 0.83 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.28 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-08-14
  • By calendar year 2025: 1.10 USD (partial) · 2026: 0.83 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2025-02-27

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 50/100 · S&P 500 fund at 49, above its 50- and 200-day averagesEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-18
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 97th percentile of the window, +4.9% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-18
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.07 · down 0.41 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-18

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-19

Quick answers

What is PBF Energy Inc (PBF)?

PBF Energy Inc trades as PBF on the US exchange (US) in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-19.

Is PBF in a Closelook index?

Not currently — PBF Energy Inc is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-19.

Where does PBF trade against its moving averages?

Uptrend stack intact: Trades +12.2% vs the 50-day and +68.7% vs the 200-day average, 6.6% below the 52-week high and +206.9% off the 52-week low. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-18 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does PBF Energy Inc do?

PBF Energy refines crude oil into petroleum products and sells them through two segments, Refining and Logistics. It produces gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, heating oil, lubricants, petrochemicals and asphalt, and moves them by rail, truck, marine and pipeline. Its customers sit across the Northeast, Midwest, Gulf Coast and West Coast of the United States, with some sales into Canada, Mexico and other countries. The diary has no peer group set for it yet; the market usually places it alongside other independent refiners such as Valero Energy.

Where does PBF Energy Inc sit in the AI build-out?

PBF sits outside our AI build-out index; it belongs to the Energy sleeve of our universe, under Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing. Its logistics arm, covering terminaling, pipeline transport and storage, is a service the refining side depends on to move crude in and product out. It carries no seat in our index and no Rubin or Halo tag. A Closelook score exists but only one module has been scored so far, so the read is still being built.

Does PBF Energy Inc pay a dividend?

PBF Energy Inc has paid 1.10 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 1.43% on the 2026-09-18 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.28 USD on 2026-08-14. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What has Wall Street done on PBF Energy Inc recently?

The most recent analyst action on PBF Energy Inc on the Closelook wire is a price target by Morgan Stanley on 2026-09-14 (target 76 from 38). 2 actions on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 2 target changes. Analyst actions are third-party opinions recorded by the wire, not Closelook readings. The “The Street on this name” block on this page lists the moves; the full feeds are the analyst wire and the earnings wire.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for PBF, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelook universe

then Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing, then Energy. Scored names rank on their Closelook score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.