PJT Partners (PJT) Competitors

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

Is PJT or EVR more profitable?

Evercore has a net margin of 14.13% compared to PJT Partners' net margin of 10.47%. Evercore's return on equity of 26.53% beat PJT Partners' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
PJT Partners	10.47%	23.81%	13.69%
Evercore	14.13%	26.53%	13.34%

Do analysts recommend PJT or EVR?

PJT Partners presently has a consensus target price of $164.00, indicating a potential downside of 10.44%. Evercore has a consensus target price of $283.14, indicating a potential downside of 3.17%. Given Evercore's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Evercore is more favorable than PJT Partners.

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)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.83
Evercore	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.44

Which has more volatility and risk, PJT or EVR?

PJT Partners has a beta of 0.76, suggesting that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Evercore has a beta of 1.43, suggesting that its share price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor PJT or EVR?

In the previous week, PJT Partners had 14 more articles in the media than Evercore. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for PJT Partners and 4 mentions for Evercore. PJT Partners' average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat Evercore's score of 0.37 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	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Evercore	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

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 0.5%. Evercore pays an annual dividend of $3.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. PJT Partners pays out 17.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Evercore pays out 32.2% 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 increased its dividend for 18 consecutive years. Evercore is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

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

89.2% of PJT Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.2% of Evercore shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.8% of PJT Partners shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.1% of Evercore shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, 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	3.00	$238.47M	$5.67	32.29
Evercore	$3.09B	3.70	$378.28M	$10.45	27.98

Summary

Evercore beats PJT Partners on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.