Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. PARR scored 65.2, PBF scored 61.6 — PARR leads.
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PARR
Par Pacific Holdings, Inc.
Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing · Quality-Growth
65.2
$81.89 · $4.1B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
3.6
PARR leads
PBF
PBF Energy Inc.
Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing · Quality-Growth
61.6
$84.27 · $10.0B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
CheapestPARR4.8x
Fastest growthPBF+13.5%
Strongest balance sheetPBF0.38
Highest qualityPARR73 / 100
Largest discount to fair valuePARR-56%
Side by side · every name on one set of axes
Growth against the P/E multiple. Up and to the right is cheaper and faster — the quality-growth idea in one picture. Points beyond the axis are pinned to the edge and marked off-scale rather than allowed to compress everything else.
The model, pillar by pillar (0–100 each)
PARR
stronger →← stronger
PBF
73
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
69
50
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
50
76
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
67
PARR is stronger on 2 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
PARR
PBF
$412mC
FCF
$743mC+
+13.2%B+
Rev
+13.5%B+
0.56B
D/E
0.38B+
4.8xA
P/E
7.4xA-
Winner per row is the stronger grade; where grades tie, the better figure breaks it. A true tie or a missing value shows no highlight.
Valuation · DCF cross-check
PARR
PBF
56% below
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
27% below
~-10%/yr
Growth the price impliesyr-1 FCF growth, fading to 4% · lower = less priced in
~1%/yr
+101%
1-yr DCF upside
+21%
+128%
5-yr DCF upside
+37%
+173%
10-yr DCF upside
+63%
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing · market cap $4.1b. 8% off the 52-week high of $89.45. Revenue growing +13%, comfortably above the S&P median. 7 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $86.71 (implying +6% upside).
Moat
ROE 43% — top-decile capital efficiency. Either pricing leverage, low capital intensity, or aggressive buybacks; the durability story depends on which.
Risk
Jurisdictional + permitting risk — mining and extraction operations concentrate exposure to political stability, royalty regimes, and environmental review timelines that can stall production for years.
Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing · market cap $10.0b. 6% off the 52-week high of $89.48. Revenue growing +14%, comfortably above the S&P median. 13 sell-side analysts rate this a Hold with a mean 1-yr target of $79.62 (implying -6% upside).
Moat
ROE 21% is above 15% — the equity base is compounding at a rate the market struggles to discount accurately.
Risk
Net margin 3.9% is thin — operating leverage cuts both ways; input-cost inflation or pricing pressure hits the bottom line first. Commodity exposure — earnings power tracks the price of the underlying commodity, not management execution. A 15-20% move in the commodity reprices the equity well before fundamentals catch up.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
The model favors PARR (67.6) over PBF (64.4) primarily due to PARR's superior Value pillar score of 85 versus PBF's 76, reflected in its P/E of 4.8x. A contrarian might still prefer PBF for its stronger balance sheet, evidenced by a D/E of 0.38 (B+). Both companies carry the model signal of "Cyclical growth", indicating inherent volatility in the sector.
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Where PARR and PBF diverge
On the headline score the gap is 3.6 points in favor of PARR. The widest single difference is Value, where PARR leads by 8.5 points.
ValuePARR 75.9 · PBF 67.4PARR +8.5
QualityPARR 72.9 · PBF 69.3PARR +3.6
GrowthPARR 50.0 · PBF 50.0level
Pillars run 0–100. Value is judged against each company's own sector, so a Value score is a statement about a company relative to its own industry rather than to the other name here. A wide Value gap usually means the market already prices the difference in quality or growth — which is the trade-off this comparison comes down to.
Common questions
Is PARR or PBF the better stock?
PARR scores higher: PARR 65.2, PBF 61.6 out of 100 on the Bull Rankings quality-growth score, which blends business quality, growth and valuation into one number. A higher score means a stronger business at a more reasonable price — it is not a price target or a recommendation.
Where do PARR and PBF differ most?
The widest gap is value, where PARR leads by 9 points on the 0–100 pillar scale. PARR also leads quality, while growth is effectively level between them.
How are PARR and PBF scored?
Each carries the same 0–100 quality-growth score used everywhere on the site, built from three pillars — quality (profitability and returns on capital), growth (revenue and earnings), and value (what you pay for them) — combined as a geometric mean, so a weak pillar cannot be papered over by a strong one.
How current is this comparison?
The whole universe is re-scored every trading day after the US market close, so the scores and fundamentals here reflect the latest published edition.