PJT Partners Inc.

NYSE:PJT Stock Report

Market Cap: US$6.4b

PJT Partners Valuation

Is PJT undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

0/6

Valuation Score 0/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of PJT when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: PJT ($155.41) is trading above our estimate of fair value ($31.04)

Significantly Below Fair Value: PJT is trading above our estimate of fair value.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for PJT?

Key metric: As PJT is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for PJT. This is calculated by dividing PJT's market cap by their current earnings.
What is PJT's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio34.1x
EarningsUS$108.00m
Market CapUS$6.40b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does PJT's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for PJT vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average21.7x
XP XP
9.1x12.0%US$6.5b
BGC BGC Group
36.3xn/aUS$4.2b
FRHC Freedom Holding
22.6xn/aUS$7.7b
LAZ Lazard
18.8x32.9%US$4.7b
PJT PJT Partners
34.1xn/aUS$6.4b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: PJT is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (34.1x) compared to the peer average (11.1x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does PJT's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Capital Markets Industry?

22 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
ADX Adams Diversified Equity Fund
3.6xn/aUS$2.26b
CET Central Securities
4.4xn/aUS$1.29b
GAM General American Investors Company
4.2xn/aUS$1.20b
MUDS Mudrick Capital Acquisition Corporation II
3.4xn/aUS$401.64m
PJT 34.1xIndustry Avg. 23.6xNo. of Companies73PE020406080100+
22 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: PJT is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (34.1x) compared to the US Capital Markets industry average (23.6x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is PJT's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

PJT PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio34.1x
Fair PE Ration/a

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate PJT's Price-To-Earnings Fair Ratio for valuation analysis.

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst PJT forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$155.41
US$150.60
-3.1%
14.8%US$175.00US$109.00n/a5
Dec ’25US$167.36
US$140.00
-16.3%
13.1%US$160.00US$109.00n/a5
Nov ’25US$139.60
US$135.20
-3.2%
12.8%US$151.00US$109.00n/a5
Oct ’25US$133.11
US$122.40
-8.0%
12.8%US$142.00US$99.00n/a5
Sep ’25US$123.50
US$122.40
-0.9%
12.8%US$142.00US$99.00n/a5
Aug ’25US$126.68
US$119.40
-5.7%
15.6%US$142.00US$93.00n/a5
Jul ’25US$110.21
US$98.00
-11.1%
10.3%US$110.00US$85.00n/a5
Jun ’25US$106.67
US$98.00
-8.1%
10.3%US$110.00US$85.00n/a5
May ’25US$93.54
US$94.20
+0.7%
13.3%US$110.00US$75.00n/a5
Apr ’25US$95.07
US$95.20
+0.1%
13.3%US$110.00US$75.00n/a5
Mar ’25US$104.69
US$100.20
-4.3%
7.7%US$110.00US$87.00n/a5
Feb ’25US$98.29
US$98.80
+0.5%
5.4%US$105.00US$89.00n/a5
Jan ’25US$101.87
US$94.00
-7.7%
9.2%US$108.00US$86.00n/a4
Dec ’24US$89.97
US$91.60
+1.8%
4.2%US$96.00US$86.00US$167.365
Nov ’24US$80.58
US$91.00
+12.9%
4.5%US$94.00US$84.00US$139.604
Oct ’24US$79.44
US$93.67
+17.9%
0.5%US$94.00US$93.00US$133.113
Sep ’24US$79.65
US$93.67
+17.6%
0.5%US$94.00US$93.00US$123.503
Aug ’24US$80.62
US$92.67
+14.9%
2.0%US$94.00US$90.00US$126.683
Jul ’24US$69.64
US$79.80
+14.6%
5.7%US$88.00US$75.00US$110.215
Jun ’24US$66.92
US$79.80
+19.2%
5.7%US$88.00US$75.00US$106.675
May ’24US$69.83
US$85.60
+22.6%
1.9%US$88.00US$84.00US$93.545
Apr ’24US$72.19
US$86.00
+19.1%
1.3%US$87.00US$84.00US$95.075
Mar ’24US$77.88
US$86.40
+10.9%
2.3%US$89.00US$83.00US$104.695
Feb ’24US$79.97
US$86.80
+8.5%
2.6%US$89.00US$83.00US$98.295
Jan ’24US$73.69
US$84.60
+14.8%
3.0%US$87.00US$80.00US$101.875
Dec ’23US$79.22
US$84.60
+6.8%
3.0%US$87.00US$80.00US$89.975

Analyst Forecast: Target price is lower than the current share price.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/22 02:37
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/20 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Analyst Sources

PJT Partners Inc. is covered by 10 analysts. 6 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Michael NeedhamBofA Global Research
James MitchellBuckingham Research Group Inc.
James YaroGoldman Sachs