A 6-Day Winning Streak Has PBF Energy Stock Up 17%
PBF Energy (PBF) stock has risen for 6 consecutive trading days, gaining 16.8% over that stretch. That added about $1.4 billion to the company’s market value, which now stands at about $9.7 billion. The stock closed at $82.34 on Thursday, October 1, its highest close of the past year.
The Streak Next To The S&P 500
Returns for PBF and the S&P 500 over the streak and the periods around it, all ending Thursday, October 1 and including dividends:
| Return Period | PBF | S&P 500 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Day | 7.0% | 0.2% |
| 6 Days (Current Streak) | 16.8% | -0.5% |
| 1 Month (21 Trading Days) | 9.8% | 0.6% |
| 3 Months (63 Trading Days) | 72.9% | 2.7% |
| Year To Date | 209.2% | 13.0% |
| 1 Year (252 Trading Days) | 180.0% | 16.0% |
Is This Move About PBF Energy Or The Market?
Over the same 6 trading days, the S&P 500 returned -0.5% including dividends, so the run is mostly PBF Energy’s own story rather than the market’s. Over the past three months the stock is up 72.9%, a window that includes the streak; over the other 57 sessions of that window it was up 47.9%.
Is The Business Keeping Up With The Stock?
On the fundamentals, revenue grew 13.5% over the last twelve months, against a median of 12.5% for S&P 500 Energy stocks; its operating margin is 2.6%, versus a median of 22.9%; and the stock trades at 7.2 times trailing earnings against a median of 16.6. The read is mixed: revenue growth above the median and a multiple below the median on one side, margins below the median on the other.
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Streaks End. Discipline Compounds
A run like this is genuinely useful information: something about this business has the market’s full attention. But streaks are where discipline gets tested, because the urge to chase strength is strongest right before it pauses.
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