PBF Energy (NYSE: PBF) reported Q4 EPS of ($0.04), versus $0.45 reported last year. Revenue for the quarter came in at $6.54 billion versus the consensus estimate of $5.09 billion.

• Our results for the fourth quarter 2017 were impacted by special items. These special items include a net, non-cash, after-tax gain of $119.3 million, or $1.04 per share, lower-of-cost-or-market ("LCM") inventory adjustment, and an after-tax net expense of $42.3 million, or $0.37 per share, related to a change in the tax receivable agreement ("TRA") liability and remeasurement of TRA associated deferred tax assets. The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the "TCJA") provided a net tax benefit of $173.3 million, or $1.51 per share, primarily related to the reduction in net deferred tax liabilities. In addition to these special items, our results included net after-tax charges totaling approximately $3.0 million, or $0.03 per share, related to an inventory layer decrement and approximately $42.2 million, or $0.37 per share, related to non-cash, unrealized derivative expense related to basis exposure for heavy Canadian feedstocks that will be processed in 2018.
• Excluding special items, fourth quarter 2017 income from operations was $55.9 million as compared to a loss from operations of $60.7 million for the fourth quarter of 2016. Adjusted fully-converted net loss for the fourth quarter 2017, excluding special items, was $4.4 million, or $0.04 per share on a fully-exchanged, fully-diluted basis, as described below, compared to adjusted fully-converted net loss of $74.9 million, or $0.71 per share, for the fourth quarter 2016.

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