PJT Partners (PJT) Competitors

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

Do analysts recommend EVR or PJT?

Evercore presently has a consensus price target of $284.29, suggesting a potential downside of 7.65%. PJT Partners has a consensus price target of $174.67, suggesting a potential downside of 4.38%. Given PJT Partners' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe PJT Partners is more favorable than Evercore.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Evercore	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.44
PJT Partners	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.80

Which has more volatility & risk, EVR or PJT?

Evercore has a beta of 1.48, suggesting that its share price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PJT Partners has a beta of 0.77, suggesting that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is EVR or PJT 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
Evercore	14.22%	27.29%	13.72%
PJT Partners	10.45%	25.61%	14.50%

Does the media favor EVR or PJT?

In the previous week, PJT Partners had 1 more articles in the media than Evercore. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for PJT Partners and 5 mentions for Evercore. PJT Partners' average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat Evercore's score of -0.20 indicating that PJT Partners is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Evercore	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
PJT Partners	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has higher valuation & earnings, EVR or PJT?

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
Evercore	$2.98B	4.04	$378.28M	$11.00	27.98
PJT Partners	$1.49B	2.97	$238.47M	$5.82	31.39

Do insiders and institutionals believe in EVR or PJT?

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

Is EVR or PJT a better dividend stock?

Evercore pays an annual dividend of $3.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. PJT Partners pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Evercore pays out 30.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. PJT Partners pays out 17.2% 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.

Summary

Evercore beats PJT Partners on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.