Analyzing Andatee China Marine Fuel Services (OTCMKTS:AMCF) & PBF Energy (NYSE:PBF)

PBF Energy (NYSE:PBF) and Andatee China Marine Fuel Services (OTCMKTS:AMCF) are both energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations for PBF Energy and Andatee China Marine Fuel Services, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
PBF Energy	6	7	1	0	1.64
Andatee China Marine Fuel Services	0	0	0	0	0.00

PBF Energy presently has a consensus target price of $25.1667, indicating a potential upside of 6.17%. Given PBF Energy’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe PBF Energy is more favorable than Andatee China Marine Fuel Services.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

96.3% of PBF Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 5.3% of PBF Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 51.9% of Andatee China Marine Fuel Services shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares PBF Energy and Andatee China Marine Fuel Services’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
PBF Energy	-3.24%	-17.46%	-7.46%
Andatee China Marine Fuel Services	N/A	N/A	N/A

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares PBF Energy and Andatee China Marine Fuel Services”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
PBF Energy	$33.12 billion	0.08	-$533.80 million	($8.59)	-2.76
Andatee China Marine Fuel Services	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Andatee China Marine Fuel Services has lower revenue, but higher earnings than PBF Energy.

Summary

PBF Energy beats Andatee China Marine Fuel Services on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About PBF Energy

PBF Energy Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in refining and supplying petroleum products. The company operates in two segments, Refining and Logistics. It produces gasoline, ultra-low-sulfur diesel, heating oil, diesel fuel, jet fuel, lubricants, petrochemicals, and asphalt, as well as unbranded transportation fuels, petrochemical feedstocks, blending components, and other petroleum products from crude oil. The company sells its products in Northeast, Midwest, Gulf Coast, and West Coast of the United States, as well as in other regions of the United States, Canada, Mexico, and internationally. It is also involved in the provision of various rail, truck, and marine terminaling services, as well as pipeline transportation and storage services. The company was founded in 2008 and is based in Parsippany, New Jersey.

About Andatee China Marine Fuel Services

Andatee China Marine Fuel Services Corporation, through its subsidiaries, engages in the production, storage, distribution, and trading of blended marine fuel oil for cargo and fishing vessels in the People’s Republic of China. The company also produces customer specific products using its proprietary blending technology. It sells its products through distributors, as well as to retail customers in Liaoning, Shandong, Jiangsu, Shanghai, Guangdong, and Zhejiang Provinces. The company is based in Dalian, the People’s Republic of China.