PBF Energy vs World Kinect
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The short version
- World Kinect is the larger business, with $36.9B of revenue in fiscal 2025 against $29.3B for PBF Energy.
- PBF Energy grew revenue faster (−11.4%, against −12.5%).
- PBF Energy kept more of each dollar of sales as operating profit (−0.2% operating margin, against −1.5%).
- World Kinect turned more of its sales into free cash flow (0.6% FCF margin, against −2.7%).
- PBF Energy earned a higher return on the capital invested in it (−0.6%, against −20.9%).
| Latest fiscal year | PBF · FY25 | WKC · FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Size | ||
| Market cap | $9.2B | $1.9B |
| Revenue | $29.3B | $36.9B |
| Free cash flow | −$783M | $227M |
| Net income | −$159M | −$614M |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth | −11.4% | −12.5% |
| 5-year growth | 14.2% | 12.6% |
| Share count change | −1.9% | −6.1% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | −2.0% | 2.6% |
| Operating margin | −0.2% | −1.5% |
| Net margin | −0.5% | −1.7% |
| FCF margin | −2.7% | 0.6% |
| Return on capital | −0.6% | −20.9% |
| Return on equity | −2.9% | −37.8% |
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net debt | $1.7B | $504M |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 5.2x | — |
| Dividends and buybacks | $126M | $126M |
| Valuation & quality | ||
| P/E | 6.7x | — |
| Piotroski F-score | 4 | 5 |
Revenue
FY16
PBF $15.9B
WKC $27.0B
FY17
PBF $21.8B
WKC $33.7B
FY18
PBF $27.2B
WKC $39.8B
FY19
PBF $24.5B
WKC $36.8B
FY20
PBF $15.1B
WKC $20.4B
FY21
PBF $27.3B
WKC $31.3B
FY22
PBF $46.8B
WKC $59.0B
FY23
PBF $38.3B
WKC $47.7B
FY24
PBF $33.1B
WKC $42.2B
FY25
PBF $29.3B
WKC $36.9B
PBF
WKC
Operating margin
FY16
PBF 3.1%
WKC 0.7%
FY17
PBF 3.4%
WKC 0.1%
FY18
PBF 1.3%
WKC 0.7%
FY19
PBF 2.7%
WKC 0.8%
FY20
PBF −9.4%
WKC 0.7%
FY21
PBF 2.2%
WKC 0.5%
FY22
PBF 8.9%
WKC 0.5%
FY23
PBF 7.7%
WKC 0.4%
FY24
PBF −2.1%
WKC 0.5%
FY25
PBF −0.2%
WKC −1.5%
PBF
WKC
Free cash flow
FY16
PBF $353M
WKC $14.6M
FY17
PBF $379M
WKC −$188M
FY18
PBF $521M
WKC −$255M
FY19
PBF $529M
WKC $148M
FY20
PBF −$828M
WKC $553M
FY21
PBF $228M
WKC $134M
FY22
PBF $4.1B
WKC $59.9M
FY23
PBF $679M
WKC $184M
FY24
PBF −$348M
WKC $192M
FY25
PBF −$783M
WKC $227M
PBF
WKC
Return on capital
FY16
PBF 8.9%
WKC 7.5%
FY17
PBF 10.4%
WKC 1.5%
FY18
PBF 6.6%
WKC 7.9%
FY19
PBF 10.8%
WKC 9.8%
FY20
PBF −22.2%
WKC 4.5%
FY21
PBF 10.7%
WKC 6.0%
FY22
PBF 67.4%
WKC 10.1%
FY23
PBF 40.6%
WKC 6.3%
FY24
PBF −8.7%
WKC 6.0%
FY25
PBF −0.6%
WKC −20.9%
PBF
WKC
Each company's latest fiscal year; fiscal years end in different months. The best value in each row is highlighted where higher (or lower) is clearly better. Not investment advice.