Evercore (EVR): Revisiting Valuation After a 21% Year‑to‑Date Rally and Recent Share Price Pullback

Evercore (EVR) has quietly outpaced the broader market this year, and with the stock up about 21% year to date after a choppy past 3 months, investors are rechecking the advisory firm’s earnings power.

See our latest analysis for Evercore.

The recent pullback, including a 1 day share price return of minus 0.95 percent and a 7 day share price return of minus 3.11 percent, looks more like a breather after a strong year to date share price gain and a powerful multi year total shareholder return trend. This signals that investors still see meaningful earnings and deal making upside.

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With earnings and revenue both growing double digits, and the stock still trading at a modest discount to analyst and intrinsic value estimates, is Evercore a quiet buying opportunity, or is the market already pricing in its next leg of growth?

Most Popular Narrative: 4% Undervalued

With Evercore last closing at $334.02 against a narrative fair value of about $347.88, the story leans toward quiet upside driven by earnings leverage.

Ongoing technology investments and operational expansions (e.g., new software and consolidated office space) are focused on creating efficiencies, enabling better client service, and managing compensation or non-comp expense ratios. As transaction volumes recover and scale with the larger platform, Evercore should see margin expansion and improved earnings leverage from these operating investments.

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Want to see the engine behind that upside gap? This narrative focuses on ambitious revenue growth, rising margins, and a leaner earnings multiple shift. Curious?

Result: Fair Value of $347.88 (UNDERVALUED)

Have a read of the narrative in full and understand what's behind the forecasts.

However, rising fixed costs and persistently high compensation ratios could squeeze margins if M&A volumes disappoint and challenge the upside that earnings leverage implies.

Find out about the key risks to this Evercore narrative.

Build Your Own Evercore Narrative

If you want to dig into the numbers yourself or shape a different story, you can build a complete narrative in just a few minutes: Do it your way.

A good starting point is our analysis highlighting 3 key rewards investors are optimistic about regarding Evercore.

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