Don't Buy PBF Energy Before Checking Its Fundamentals!

By Tamara Parker • Sunday, December 17 11:36 • Permanent Link

More and more people are talking about PBF Energy over the last few weeks. Is it worth buying the Oil & Gas Drilling stock at a price of $14.95? Only time will tell. The information below will give you a basic idea of what this investment may entail:

PBF Energy has moved 54.8% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 23.6%
PBR has an average analyst rating of buy and is -11.8% away from its mean target price of $16.95 per share
Its trailing earnings per share (EPS) is $4.13
PBF Energy has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 3.6 while the S&P 500 average is 15.97
Its forward earnings per share (EPS) is $3.63 and its forward P/E ratio is 4.1
The company has a Price to Book (P/B) ratio of 0.5 in contrast to the S&P 500's average ratio of 2.95
PBF Energy is part of the Energy sector, which has an average P/E ratio of 8.53 and an average P/B of 1.78
PBR has reported YOY quarterly earnings growth of -42.2% and gross profit margins of 0.5%
The company has a free cash flow of $191.62 Billion, which refers to the total sum of all its inflows and outflows of cash over the last quarter
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras explores, produces, and sells oil and gas in Brazil and internationally. The company operates through Exploration and Production; Refining, Transportation and Marketing; and Gas and Power. It also engages in prospecting, drilling, refining, processing, trading, and transporting crude oil from producing onshore and offshore oil fields, and shale or other rocks, as well as oil products, natural gas, and other liquid hydrocarbons. The Exploration and Production segment explores, develops, and produces crude oil, natural gas liquids, and natural gas primarily for supplies to the domestic refineries. The Refining, Transportation and Marketing segment engages in the refining, logistics, transport, marketing, and trading of crude oil and oil products; exportation of ethanol; and extraction and processing of shale, as well as holding interests in petrochemical companies. The Gas and Power segment is involved in the logistic and trading of natural gas and electricity; transportation and trading of LNG; generation of electricity through thermoelectric power plants; holding interests in transportation and distribution of natural gas; and fertilizer production and natural gas processing business. In addition, the company produces biodiesel and its co-products, and ethanol; and distributes oil products. Further, it engages in research, development, production, transport, distribution, and trading of energy. Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras was incorporated in 1953 and is headquartered in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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