Reasons Bargain Hunters Will Appreciate Fast-Growing Par Petroleum (PARR)
Written by Emily J. Thompson, Senior Investment Analyst
Source: NASDAQ.COM
Updated: 4 day ago
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Par Petroleum (PARR) Highlights: PARR has shown significant price momentum with a 13.7% increase over four weeks and a 27.4% gain over 12 weeks, earning a Momentum Score of A and a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy).
Valuation and Potential: Despite its strong momentum, PARR is trading at a low Price-to-Sales ratio of 0.31, indicating it is attractively priced and has potential for further growth.
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Analyst Views on PARR
Wall Street analysts forecast PARR stock price to rise over the next 12 months. According to Wall Street analysts, the average 1-year price target for PARR is 45.86 USD with a low forecast of 39.00 USD and a high forecast of 62.00 USD. However, analyst price targets are subjective and often lag stock prices, so investors should focus on the objective reasons behind analyst rating changes, which better reflect the company's fundamentals.
Wall Street analysts forecast PARR stock price to rise over the next 12 months. According to Wall Street analysts, the average 1-year price target for PARR is 45.86 USD with a low forecast of 39.00 USD and a high forecast of 62.00 USD. However, analyst price targets are subjective and often lag stock prices, so investors should focus on the objective reasons behind analyst rating changes, which better reflect the company's fundamentals.
Current: 44.080

Current: 44.080

Overweight
maintain
$44 -> $62
Reason
Piper Sandler raised the firm's price target on Par Pacific to $62 from $44 and keeps an Overweight rating on the shares. The firm notes Q3 results have wrapped and margins remain impressively strong. And while Q3 results were solid, Piper sees Q4 shaping up even better, with capture tailwinds, demand resilient, and margins robust, despite throughput guides suggesting 2.4% increase year-over-year. In the end, the market is clearly tighter than anticipated, and the firm still sees it getting incrementally tighter in 2026, and the futures curve now agrees.
Neutral
maintain
$40 -> $45
Reason
Mizuho analyst Nitin Kumar raised the firm's price target on Par Pacific to $45 from $40 and keeps a Neutral rating on the shares. The firm updated the company's model post the Q3 report.
TPH&Co. analyst Matthew Blair upgraded Par Pacific to Buy from Hold.
Neutral
maintain
$37 -> $40
Reason
UBS raised the firm's price target on Par Pacific to $40 from $37 and keeps a Neutral rating on the shares.
About PARR
Par Pacific Holdings, Inc. is an energy company, which provides both renewable and conventional fuels to the western United States. The Company owns and operates 219,000 barrels per day of combined refining capacity across three locations and an energy infrastructure network, including 13 million barrels of storage, and marine, rail, rack and pipeline assets. The Company’s Refining segment owns and operates four refineries with total operating crude oil throughput capacity of 219 thousand barrels per day (Mbpd). Retail segment operates fuel retail outlets in Hawaii, Washington and Idaho. It operates convenience stores and fuel retail sites under Hele and nomnom brands, 76 branded fuel retail sites and other sites operated by third parties that sell gasoline, diesel, and retail merchandise, such as soft drinks, prepared foods, and other sundries. The Logistics segment operates a multi-modal logistics network spanning the Pacific, the Northwest, and the Rocky Mountain regions.
About the author
Emily J. Thompson
Emily J. Thompson, a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) with 12 years in investment research, graduated with honors from the Wharton School. Specializing in industrial and technology stocks, she provides in-depth analysis for Intellectia’s earnings and market brief reports.