PBF Energy (PBF) reported $7.07 billion in revenue for the quarter ended March 2025, representing a year-over-year decline of 18.3%. EPS of -$3.09 for the same period compares to $0.86 a year ago.

The reported revenue compares to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $6.47 billion, representing a surprise of +9.25%. The company delivered an EPS surprise of +11.71%, with the consensus EPS estimate being -$3.50.

While investors scrutinize revenue and earnings changes year-over-year and how they compare with Wall Street expectations to determine their next move, some key metrics always offer a more accurate picture of a company's financial health.

Since these metrics play a crucial role in driving the top- and bottom-line numbers, comparing them with the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated about them helps investors better project a stock's price performance.

Here is how PBF Energy performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:

• Gross refining margin, excluding special items - Mid-Continent: $6.76 per barrel versus $7.32 per barrel estimated by 11 analysts on average.
• Gross refining margin, excluding special items - West Coast: $6.05 per barrel versus the 11-analyst average estimate of $7.31 per barrel.
• Gross refining margin, excluding special items - Gulf Coast: $5.32 per barrel compared to the $5.53 per barrel average estimate based on 11 analysts.
• Gross refining margin, excluding special items - East Coast: $5.86 per barrel versus $5.14 per barrel estimated by 11 analysts on average.
• Gross refining margin, excluding special items: $5.96 per barrel compared to the $6.22 per barrel average estimate based on 10 analysts.
• Total Crude Oil and Feedstocks Throughput: 65.7 MBBL versus the five-analyst average estimate of 70.14 MBBL.
• Production - Gulf Coast: 158.9 thousands of barrels of oil per day versus 163.02 thousands of barrels of oil per day estimated by four analysts on average.
• Production - Mid-Continent: 139.1 thousands of barrels of oil per day versus the four-analyst average estimate of 135.42 thousands of barrels of oil per day.
• Production - East Coast: 258.4 thousands of barrels of oil per day compared to the 254.32 thousands of barrels of oil per day average estimate based on four analysts.
• Revenues- Logistics: $94.50 million compared to the $94.34 million average estimate based on seven analysts. The reported number represents a change of -1.7% year over year.
• Revenues- Refining: $7.06 billion versus $6.16 billion estimated by seven analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -18.3% change.
• Revenues- Eliminations: -$85.20 million versus -$84.07 million estimated by four analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -2% change.

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Shares of PBF Energy have returned -12.1% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's -0.7% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), indicating that it could perform in line with the broader market in the near term.

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