PBF Energy (PBF) Reports Q3 Loss, Beats Revenue Estimates

Core Insights - PBF Energy reported a quarterly loss of $0.52 per share, better than the Zacks Consensus Estimate of a loss of $0.69, and improved from a loss of $1.5 per share a year ago, resulting in an earnings surprise of +24.64% [1] - The company achieved revenues of $7.65 billion for the quarter ended September 2025, surpassing the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 1.80%, although this was a decline from $8.38 billion in the same quarter last year [2] - PBF Energy's stock has increased by approximately 28.5% year-to-date, outperforming the S&P 500's gain of 17.2% [3] Earnings Outlook - The future performance of PBF Energy's stock will largely depend on management's commentary during the earnings call and the company's earnings outlook [4] - The current consensus EPS estimate for the upcoming quarter is -$0.88 on revenues of $7.23 billion, and for the current fiscal year, it is -$5.80 on revenues of $29.29 billion [7] Industry Context - The Oil and Gas - Refining and Marketing industry, to which PBF Energy belongs, is currently ranked in the top 10% of over 250 Zacks industries, indicating a favorable outlook [8] - Empirical research suggests a strong correlation between near-term stock movements and trends in earnings estimate revisions, which can be tracked using tools like the Zacks Rank [5][6]