Perella Weinberg Partners (PWP) Competitors

Evercore (NYSE:EVR) and Perella Weinberg Partners (NASDAQ:PWP) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and dividends.

Is EVR or PWP a better dividend stock?

Evercore pays an annual dividend of $3.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Perella Weinberg Partners pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Evercore pays out 32.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Perella Weinberg Partners pays out -65.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Evercore has raised its dividend for 18 consecutive years. Perella Weinberg Partners is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in EVR or PWP?

86.2% of Evercore shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.1% of Perella Weinberg Partners shares are held by institutional investors. 6.1% of Evercore shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 31.8% of Perella Weinberg Partners shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has better earnings and valuation, EVR or PWP?

Evercore has higher revenue and earnings than Perella Weinberg Partners. Perella Weinberg Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Evercore, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Evercore	$2.98B	3.75	$378.28M	$10.45	27.32
Perella Weinberg Partners	$878.04M	2.04	-$64.73M	-$0.43	-47.23

Which has more risk and volatility, EVR or PWP?

Evercore has a beta of 1.43, suggesting that its share price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Perella Weinberg Partners has a beta of 1.66, suggesting that its share price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is EVR or PWP more profitable?

Evercore has a net margin of 14.13% compared to Perella Weinberg Partners' net margin of -1.17%. Evercore's return on equity of 26.53% beat Perella Weinberg Partners' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Evercore	14.13%	26.53%	13.34%
Perella Weinberg Partners	-1.17%	-36.47%	17.44%

Do analysts rate EVR or PWP?

Evercore presently has a consensus target price of $255.14, suggesting a potential downside of 10.63%. Perella Weinberg Partners has a consensus target price of $23.00, suggesting a potential upside of 13.24%. Given Perella Weinberg Partners' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Perella Weinberg Partners is more favorable than Evercore.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Evercore	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71
Perella Weinberg Partners	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Does the media refer more to EVR or PWP?

In the previous week, Evercore had 2 more articles in the media than Perella Weinberg Partners. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Evercore and 0 mentions for Perella Weinberg Partners. Evercore's average media sentiment score of 0.28 beat Perella Weinberg Partners' score of 0.00 indicating that Evercore is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Evercore	Neutral
Perella Weinberg Partners	Neutral

Summary

Evercore beats Perella Weinberg Partners on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.