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PBF Energy added 9.62% this week to close at $80.78, while the S&P 500 slipped 0.27%, leaving the stock ahead of the benchmark by about 9.89 percentage points. The path was choppy rather than one-way: it opened lower on Monday at $74.39, hit the week’s low of $72.39 on Tuesday, then recovered to $82.34 by Thursday’s close. Friday’s session touched a weekly high of $83.36 before easing back to $80.78, making for a 14.68% swing over the five days.
Key Events
The company-specific thread this week was liquidity: on 30 September a subsidiary entered an amended and restated revolving credit agreement, and the follow-up filing disclosed a new $4 billion facility to expand liquidity, with both items landing on Friday morning. Around that, the week also carried a 28 September note that PBF Energy will release third-quarter 2026 earnings, and a 2 October item showing the consensus price target raised 10.79% to €65.26. On the same day, Morgan Stanley reiterated its sell rating on the name. Monday also placed PBF among the energy stocks with the biggest one-month gains as September ended, extending the sector’s strong run into this week.
Analyst Ratings
Across 14 covering brokers, 1 rates it buy, 9 rate it hold, 1 rates it underperform and 3 rate it sell, with no outperform or no-opinion calls. The consensus rating is hold, with a consensus target of $75.69231, about 6.3% below the latest $80.78 price. Targets span a wide $55 to $99 range. Within its industry group, PBF ranks 5th out of 16 constituents, in the upper-middle tier.
The Week Ahead
The macro calendar is dense: 5 October brings the S&P Global services PMI final and the ISM non-manufacturing PMI, 6 October brings international trade and goods trade balances, and 7 October brings the EIA weekly crude and Cushing crude inventory reports — the latter mattering directly for refining margins and cost expectations. The company’s own third-quarter results do not land until 29 October pre-market, with consensus estimates of $10.67 EPS on $10.2 billion revenue, so next week will not resolve that.
In Short
PBF Energy’s near-double-digit weekly gain stood out against a falling S&P 500, helped by the $4 billion credit facility news and the broader energy strength carried over from September. Against that, the consensus rating stays at hold with the consensus target about 6.3% below spot, and the $55–$99 target range shows wide disagreement. On the latest trading day, large-lot inflow was $7.82 million and small-lot inflow $9.93 million, while small-lot outflow reached $10.26 million, so the direction is mixed. The near-term watch is next week’s crude inventory data, and then whether the 29 October earnings can support the current valuation.
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