P/E 22.5 — expensive vs Financial Services peers (≈90th pctile)
ROE——
ROE n/a — equity-depleted (buybacks) or sector n/m
P/B15.68D
P/B 15.68 — very expensive relative to book value
Yield0.6%C
Yield 0.6% — minimal
Forward price target — the 1-year figure is the analyst consensus where the stock is covered; the 5- and 10-year figures compound our earnings estimate from there. The DCF below is a separate cross-check on intrinsic value (what it's worth today), not another target.
Financial strength · 23.5 / 100
Profitability0.00
Value (P/B)0.12
Income0.37
A peer-relative read for financials on profitability (ROE), valuation, and covered income — the quality-growth (FCF/ROIC) screen doesn't apply to balance-sheet businesses. Not comparable to the 0–100 quality-growth score shown on other stocks.
Entry · Margin of safety
52-week rangeMid-range
16% off the 12-month high
Why now
Capital Markets · market cap $6.7b. 16% off the 52-week high of $195.62. Revenue growing +15%, comfortably above the S&P median. 5 sell-side analysts publish a mean 1-yr target of $171.00 (implying +4% upside).
Moat
Financial moat — scale of deposit base / underwriting franchise plus regulatory capital advantages. The largest players compound book value through cycles that erase smaller competitors.
Risk
Regulatory capital risk — stricter capital requirements (CCAR, Basel) can force a dividend cut or a capital raise; the largest banks are most exposed because they're held to the tightest standards.
Horizon
1-3 yr $171.00 (5-analyst consensus) — fundamentals + valuation re-rating. 5 yr $250.36 at ~9% CAGR — compounding case rests on the competitive position widening. 10 yr $371.39 if current growth sustains into durable earnings power.
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Score history · PJT
Not enough history yet — the model records PJT's score after each daily run, and the chart appears once a few days have accumulated.
Position sizing · PJT
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Shares to buy
12
Position size
$1,981
4.0% of portfolio
Stop price
$123.81
25% below $165.08
$ at risk if stopped
$495.24
budget $500.00 · 1% of portfolio
Math only — share count is floor(portfolio × risk% ÷ (price × stop%)). Doesn't account for commissions, slippage, gap risk, or position-correlation across your book. Inputs persist locally; never sent to the server. Not investment advice.
PJT Partners Inc. (PJT): score, valuation & FAQ
PJT Partners Inc. (PJT) is a Capital Markets company. As a bank, insurer or REIT it runs on a different financial model from the rest of the market, so Bull Rankings grades it on a sector-appropriate card — price-to-book, dividend yield, payout ratio and cash-flow coverage — rather than the 0–100 quality-growth score used elsewhere. The read below is a transparent screen, not a buy recommendation.
Its strongest graded signals are Rev (B+), while P/B (D) rate weaker.
Is PJT a good stock to buy?
Bull Rankings grades PJT on a sector-appropriate card — price-to-book, dividend yield, payout and cash-flow coverage — rather than a single quality-growth score. That is driven by Rev (B+). A score is a quantitative screen of PJT Partners Inc.'s fundamentals, not personalised financial advice — weigh it against your own time horizon and risk tolerance, and read the risk factors below before acting.
How does Bull Rankings grade PJT?
As a bank, insurer or REIT, PJT isn't given a quality-growth score — signals like free cash flow, debt-to-equity and P/E don't translate cleanly to a balance-sheet business. Instead it's graded on a sector-appropriate card: price-to-book, dividend yield, payout ratio and operating-cash-flow coverage, where it rates strongest on Rev (B+) and weakest on P/B (D).
Is PJT overvalued or undervalued?
We don't compute a reliable discounted-cash-flow value for PJT — typically because it is not yet consistently profitable or free-cash-flow positive — so its valuation rests on growth and price-to-sales rather than on earnings-based intrinsic value. Judge it on the trajectory of the business, not a single multiple.
What are the main risks of investing in PJT?
Regulatory capital risk — stricter capital requirements (CCAR, Basel) can force a dividend cut or a capital raise; the largest banks are most exposed because they're held to the tightest standards.
Bull Rankings is an automated fundamentals screen for research and education. It is not investment advice, and nothing here is a recommendation to buy or sell any security. Do your own research and consider consulting a licensed financial adviser.
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