Insider buying last 90 days
No open-market insider purchases were filed for PJT in the last 90 days.
From Form 4 filings, dated to when each was filed.
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PJT Partners (PJT) Stock Analysis & Forecast
Oct 12 close
$138.54+1.26 (+0.9%)
Gekko Brief
AI summaryOct 12 closePJT shares slipped on Wednesday after an analyst cut a price target on the stock, with coverage noting the firm is still several weeks from its third-quarter report. Most of the week's other coverage consisted of routine data listings on margins and valuation multiples from overseas exchange listings, with no additional company-specific developments reported.
PJT closes at $138.54, down from recent levels with one-month, three-month, six-month and one-year returns all negative, including a 1-month return of -15.1% and a 1-year return of -19.7%. The close sits below both the 50-day average of $162.91 and the 200-day average of $158.91. The GekkoIndex reads 69.5, placing the stock in the Accumulation zone, though the index has declined 3.8 over the past five sessions. Price sits 14.7% below the Gekko Fair Value of $162.39.
Earnings are scheduled for 3 November 2026, before the open, 22 days away and within a typical 20-trading-day holding window; the prior report showed an EPS beat of $2.55 versus $2.41 estimated, yet shares reacted -6.3% afterward, and the average absolute reaction across the last 8 quarters has been 4.7%. No insider, Congress or unusual options activity appears in the current windows. Seasonally, the next 20 trading days have averaged a 6.2% return over 5 years, with gains in 4 of those years. Analyst consensus among 4 firms shows 3 buy and 1 hold ratings, with a consensus target of $160.71.
Written by AI from the Oct 12, 2026 close and checked automatically against the figures on this page.
PJT Partners price vs fair value
Close $138.54200-day averageGekko Fair Value $162.39
PJT Partners quick facts
- Market cap
- $3.54B
- P/E ratio
- 18.6
- Forward P/E
- 16.5
- EPS, TTM
- $7.32
- Revenue, TTM
- $1.89B
- Profit margin
- 10.6%
- Dividend yield
- 0.73%
- Beta
- 0.88
- Volume
- 380,644 avg 454,217
- 1-year return
- −19.7%
- Typical daily move
- ±3.3%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±5.6%
- 50-day average
- $162.91
- 200-day average
- $158.91
- Next earnings
- Nov 3 before open
- Shares outstanding
- 25.56M
PJT Partners swing-trade checklist
PJT Partners scores 3 supportive, 1 mixed and 1 headwind across the 5 checklist items with data.
Six things swing traders check before a 20-day hold, read from the latest data.
3 supportive1 mixed1 headwind
- Trendmixed
Averages disagree
Close $138.54 sits between the 50-day ($162.91) and 200-day ($158.91) averages, or the averages disagree.
See the chart - GekkoIndexsupportive
69.5, Accumulation
Reading 69.5 is in the Accumulation zone.
See the GekkoIndex - Fair valuesupportive
14.7% below
Price is 14.7% below Gekko Fair Value (more than 5% below).
See fair value - Smart moneyno data
No data
No insider, Congress or unusual options activity in the window.
See smart money - Earnings riskheadwind
Reports in 22 days
Reports on Nov 3, 2026, 22 days away — inside a typical 20-trading-day hold.
See earnings - Seasonalitysupportive
+6.2% on average
From this point in the calendar, the next 20 trading days averaged +6.2% over 5 years, rising in 4 of them.
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PJT Partners stock chart and price history
PJT Partners closed at $138.54 on Oct 12, 2026, −19.7% over the past year, inside a 52-week range of $127.73 to $195.62.
Close50-day average200-day averageVolume
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Performance Breakdown
- 1 month
- −15.1%
- 3 months
- −15.9%
- 6 months
- −11.3%
- 1 year
- −19.7%
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About PJT Partners
PJT Partners works as an investment bank, offering advice rather than lending or trading on its own account. Its clients include corporations, financial sponsors, institutional investors and governments, who turn to the firm for guidance on mergers, acquisitions, spin-offs, joint ventures, divestitures and contested takeover situations, as well as defense against shareholder activism. The firm has also built a name in restructuring work, guiding companies and creditors through distressed situations, bankruptcy proceedings and complex liability questions.
Beyond deal advice, PJT Partners supports boards and management teams on shareholder engagement, governance matters and investor relations, and helps clients navigate geopolitical and policy shifts that affect their strategy. It also advises on raising capital, covering debt and equity financings, structured products and public offerings, and runs a practice dedicated to private fund advisory and fundraising, assisting general and limited partners with liquidity and structuring needs.
The company was incorporated in 2014, previously operated under the name Blackstone Advisory, and took its current name in 2015. It is based in New York, New York, and its shares trade on the NYSE under the ticker PJT.
- Listed
- NYSE
- Sector
- Finance
- Industry
- Investment banks/Brokers
- Website
- pjtpartners.com
PJT Partners GekkoIndex: the smart money zone
PJT Partners’s GekkoIndex — Gekko’s 0 to 100 smart money score — reads 69.5, in the Accumulation zone, down 3.8 points over five sessions.
69.5Accumulation
Down 3.8 points over five sessions, from the Buying zone.
Reading for Oct 12, 2026
What followed past readings in each zone
| Zone | Readings | 5 days | 20 days | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buying | 43 | +0.5% | +2.3% | ||
| Accumulation (current zone) | 159 | −0.2% | +2.0% | ||
| Neutral | 421 | +0.7% | +1.5% | ||
| Distribution | 54 | −0.6% | +0.9% | ||
| Selling | 5 | Too few readings yet | |||
Average PJT share-price change over the trading days after each daily reading in its GekkoIndex history. Across every stock Gekko tracks, Accumulation readings averaged +2.2% over 20 days. Past behaviour doesn’t guarantee future results.
Accumulation zone: Institutional interest building. About the five zones →
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Is PJT Partners stock overvalued? Gekko Fair Value
PJT Partners trades 14.7% below Gekko Fair Value of $162.39, so the shares are undervalued on Gekko’s estimate.
Gekko’s own estimate of what PJT Partners shares are worth, recalculated every trading day.
$162.39
Gekko Fair Value, Oct 10, 2026
14.7% Undervalued
At the end of Aug 2026 the price was 0.1% below the estimate.
Gekko Fair ValueShare price, month end
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PJT Partners insider and Congress trading
No open-market insider purchases were filed for PJT Partners, and no Congress trades were disclosed, in the last 90 days.
Plus buybacks, unusual options and fund positions, each dated to when it became public.
Congress trades last 90 days
No trades in PJT were disclosed by members of Congress in the last 90 days.
From congressional disclosures, which report amounts as ranges.
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Buybacks
PJT Partners has been buying back its own shares.
- Bought back, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
- $53.57M
- As a share of market cap
- 1.51%
- Trailing four quarters
- $310.1M
From company filings.
PJT Partners earnings: next date and track record
PJT Partners reports on Nov 3, 2026, before the open (22 days away), and beat the EPS estimate in 8 of its last 8 reports.
Next earnings report
Nov 3, 2026
Expected before the open, 22 days away
- EPS estimate
- $1.57
- Revenue estimate
- $444.4M
8 of 8reports beat the EPS estimate
±4.7%average move across the report
5 of 8reports followed by a gain
Share-price move across each report
Last earnings call, Feb 3, 2026 AI summary
- What they said
- PJT Partners reported record 2025 results with record revenues ($1.714B), record adjusted pretax income, and record adjusted EPS. All businesses (strategic advisory, restructuring, PJT Park Hill) achieved record revenues; Q4 revenues were $535M (+12% YoY). The firm increased partner headcount 12% and total headcount 7%, ended year with $586M cash, repurchased $384M shares, and will exchange 850k partnership units for cash subject to Board approval. Board approved $0.25 quarterly dividend. Management will report revenue as a single line going forward. Adjusted compensation ratio was 67.1% for FY and 66.2% in Q4; guidance on 2026 comp ratio to be provided in Q1. Adjusted non-comp expense grew ~12% YoY; expected similar growth in 2026. Restructuring demand remains elevated and multi-year; PJT Park Hill saw record quarter and year despite challenging fundraising, driven by private capital solutions and secondaries; Strategic Advisory benefited from strong M&A market (second-best year for volumes). No funded debt; net working capital $632M. Management upbeat on outlook and positioning for 2026, expects continued elevated M&A and restructuring, and secular growth in private capital solutions. Q&A focused on restructuring sustainability, comp ratio outlook, Park Hill dynamics, private capital solutions, and non-comp expense drivers. The tone was confident and constructive throughout.
- Guidance
- Management provided high-level guidance: FY 2026 total non-compensation expense expected to grow at a similar rate to 2025; compensation ratio guidance deferred to Q1 results (they will provide 2026 compensation estimate when they report Q1); CFO indicated adjusted effective tax rate guidance in the high teens (smoothed over the year) factoring in an early March benefit. Board approved $0.25 quarterly dividend. No explicit revenue or EPS numeric guidance provided.
- Risks flagged
- Management highlighted risks including macroeconomic and capital markets uncertainty, challenged primary fundraising environment, uneven private equity performance (2021 vintage concerns), sector-specific stress (healthcare, software, retail, media) leading to restructuring needs, and increased occupancy and travel costs driving non-comp expense. They also noted forward-looking statements subject to risks in the 2024 Form 10-K.
| Reported | EPS | Revenue | Move |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 3, 2026 | $2.55 est $2.41 | $535.2M est $534.7M | −6.3% |
| Nov 4, 2025 | $1.85 est $1.24 | $447.1M est $520.5M | +3.0% |
| Jul 29, 2025 | $1.54 est $1.36 | $406.9M est $409.6M | −2.4% |
| Apr 29, 2025 | $1.05 est $0.94 | $324.5M est $366.8M | +4.7% |
| Feb 4, 2025 | $1.90 est $1.13 | $477.3M est $349.9M | +7.0% |
| Oct 29, 2024 | $0.93 est $0.91 | $326.3M est $384.6M | −2.3% |
| Jul 30, 2024 | $1.19 est $0.70 | $360.2M est $282.0M | +5.7% |
| May 2, 2024 | $0.98 est $0.45 | $329.4M est $229.2M | +6.4% |
“Move” is the close of the first session after the report compared with the close of the last session before it, so it reads the same whether the company reported before the open or after the close.
PJT Partners stock forecast and analyst price targets
Analysts’ average 12-month price target for PJT Partners is $160.71, +16.0% from the last close, from 4 firms rating the stock in the last 90 days.
$160.71consensus 12-month target, +16.0% from the last close
Now $138.54Avg $160.71
Low $165High $195
Each firm’s latest rating in the last 90 days: 4 firms.
Latest analyst actions
| Date | Firm | Target | vs price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 6 | BMO Capital | $194 | +40.0% |
| Oct 6 | UBS | $165 | +19.1% |
| Oct 1 | Goldman Sachs | $182 | +31.4% |
| Aug 3 | BMO Capital | $194 | +40.0% |
| Jul 29 | UBS | $176 | +27.0% |
+2.0%average 20-day move after past Accumulation readings
+6.2%average move over the next 20 trading days in the last 5 years
±3.3%typical daily move, from the 14-day average range
Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions. These are analyst targets and historical base rates, which don’t guarantee future results.
PJT Partners seasonality: the next 20 trading days
Over the next 20 trading days from Oct 10, PJT Partners averaged +6.2% across the last 5 years, rising in 4 of them.
Next 20 trading days, by year
Average move and hit rate
| Window | Average | Years higher |
|---|---|---|
| Next 5 trading days | +2.8% | 4 of 5 |
| Next 10 trading days | +3.4% | 3 of 5 |
| Next 15 trading days | −0.1% | 2 of 5 |
| Next 20 trading days | +6.2% | 4 of 5 |
| Next 30 trading days | +4.8% | 3 of 5 |
For scale, PJT’s typical 20-trading-day move in either direction is about 5.6%.
PJT Partners market cap and key statistics
PJT Partners’s market cap is $3.54B, with a P/E ratio of 18.6 and revenue of $1.89B over the last twelve months.
Valuation
- Market cap
- $3.54B
- P/E ratio
- 18.6
- Forward P/E
- 16.5
- EPS, TTM
- $7.32
- Gekko Fair Value
- $162.39
Trading
- Volume
- 380,644
- Avg volume, 20 days
- 454,217
- 52-week high
- $195.62
- 52-week low
- $127.73
- Shares outstanding
- 25.56M
Financials
- Revenue, TTM
- $1.89B
- Profit margin
- 10.6%
- Return on equity
- 37.6%
- Quarterly earnings growth, YoY
- +37.5%
Risk and income
- Beta
- 0.88
- Typical daily move
- ±3.3%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±5.6%
- Dividend yield
- 0.73%
PJT Partners stock news this week
Coverage of PJT Partners this week reads neutral: 0 positive, 4 neutral and 0 negative headlines.
- Gross margin % of PJT Partners, Inc. Class A – HAN:1PJTradingView, Oct 12
- Operating margin % of PJT Partners, Inc. Class A – HAN:1PJTradingView, Oct 11
- Price to earnings forward of PJT Partners, Inc. Class A – LSX:A140CFTradingView, Oct 10
- Price to book forward of PJT Partners, Inc. Class A – LSX:A140CFTradingView, Oct 9
- Why PJT Partners Stock Withered on WednesdayThe Motley Fool, Oct 7
PJT Partners peers
PJT Partners’s 6 largest industry peers by market value, with today’s move, GekkoIndex zone and gap to Gekko Fair Value.
| Stock | GekkoIndex zone | vs Fair Value |
|---|---|---|
| GSGoldman Sachs | Accumulation | 12.8% below |
| SCHWCharles Schwab | Accumulation | 13.6% below |
| IBKRInteractive Brokers | Accumulation | 8.8% below |
| CMECME | Neutral | 0.5% below |
| HOODRobinhood Markets | Accumulation | 7.5% below |
| BNYBank of New York Mellon | Accumulation | 10.2% below |
A peer links to its own page where one exists.
PJT Partners stock FAQ
What is PJT Partners’s market cap?
PJT Partners’s market cap is $3.54B at the Oct 12, 2026 close of $138.54, with 25.56M shares outstanding. The shares trade on a P/E ratio of 18.6.
What is the PJT Partners stock forecast?
The consensus analyst 12-month price target for PJT Partners is $160.71, +16.0% from the last close. Of the 4 firms that rated the stock in the last 90 days, 3 rate it a buy, 1 a hold and 0 a sell. Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions of its own.
Is PJT Partners stock overvalued or undervalued?
On Gekko’s estimate PJT Partners is undervalued: the Oct 12, 2026 close of $138.54 is 14.7% below Gekko Fair Value of $162.39. Gekko Fair Value is recalculated every trading day, and a gap inside 5% either way counts as about fair value.
When does PJT Partners report earnings next?
PJT Partners is expected to report on Nov 3, 2026, before the market opens (22 days away). Analysts expect earnings of $1.57 per share on revenue of $444.4M. PJT Partners beat the earnings estimate in 8 of its last 8 reports, moving 4.7% on average across the report.
What is PJT Partners’s 52-week high and low?
PJT Partners’s 52-week high is $195.62 and its 52-week low is $127.73; it closed at $138.54 on Oct 12, 2026, −19.7% over the past year.
Is PJT Partners stock a buy right now?
Gekko describes the data; it does not make buy or sell recommendations. On the swing-trade checklist, 3 of the 5 items with data read as supportive (gekkoindex, fair value and seasonality), 1 as mixed (trend) and 1 as a headwind (earnings risk). The checklist is a description of current data, not a recommendation.
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