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 risk, earnings, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment and institutional ownership.

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%

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 1.2%. 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 analysts prefer PJT or EVR?

PJT Partners currently has a consensus price target of $154.50, indicating a potential downside of 6.24%. Evercore has a consensus price target of $250.57, indicating a potential downside of 7.49%. 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
PJT Partners	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Evercore	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of 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 insiders. Comparatively, 6.1% of Evercore shares are owned by 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.

Does the media prefer PJT or EVR?

In the previous week, Evercore had 3 more articles in the media than PJT Partners. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Evercore and 1 mentions for PJT Partners. Evercore's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat PJT Partners' score of 0.00 indicating that Evercore is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Which has stronger valuation and 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	2.70	$238.47M	$5.67	29.06
Evercore	$2.98B	3.56	$378.28M	$10.45	25.92

Which has more risk and volatility, PJT or EVR?

PJT Partners has a beta of 0.74, suggesting that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Evercore has a beta of 1.41, suggesting that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

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