PJT Partners (PJT) Competitors

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

Is PJT or EVR a better dividend stock?

PJT Partners pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Evercore pays an annual dividend of $3.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. PJT Partners pays out 17.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Evercore pays out 30.5% 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. Evercore is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Is PJT or EVR more profitable?

Evercore has a net margin of 14.22% compared to PJT Partners' net margin of 10.45%. Evercore's return on equity of 27.29% beat PJT Partners' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
PJT Partners	10.45%	25.61%	14.50%
Evercore	14.22%	27.29%	13.72%

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, PJT or EVR?

Evercore has higher revenue and earnings than PJT Partners. Evercore is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PJT Partners, 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
PJT Partners	$1.49B	2.85	$238.47M	$5.82	30.12
Evercore	$2.98B	4.15	$378.28M	$11.00	29.10

Which has more risk & volatility, PJT or EVR?

PJT Partners has a beta of 0.76, meaning that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Evercore has a beta of 1.52, meaning that its share price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend PJT or EVR?

PJT Partners presently has a consensus price target of $185.00, indicating a potential upside of 5.54%. Evercore has a consensus price target of $319.13, indicating a potential downside of 0.31%. Given PJT Partners' higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe PJT Partners is more favorable than Evercore.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
PJT Partners	1 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.14
Evercore	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.42

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in PJT or EVR?

89.2% of PJT Partners shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.2% of Evercore shares are held by institutional investors. 11.8% of PJT Partners shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.1% of Evercore shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor PJT or EVR?

In the previous week, PJT Partners had 3 more articles in the media than Evercore. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for PJT Partners and 5 mentions for Evercore. PJT Partners' average media sentiment score of 0.32 beat Evercore's score of 0.26 indicating that PJT Partners is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
PJT Partners	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Evercore	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Evercore beats PJT Partners on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.