PJT Partners (PJT)

Financial Services · Capital Markets
$139.65 +1.23% on the day Market cap $5.7B 52-week range $127.73 to $195.62 Prices as of Oct 7, 2026

What the price implies

A reverse DCF: instead of guessing a fair value, it asks what growth today's price already assumes. How it works.

Free cash flow growth the price needs
-2% a year for 10 years

At a market value of $5.7B, PJT Partners's free cash flow of $480M (fiscal 2025) would need to grow about -2% a year for the stock to be worth today's price. That is slower than the company has grown its free cash flow over the last 9 years.

Assumes a 9% discount rate and 3% growth after year 10, on free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital spending) from PJT Partners's SEC filings. Change any assumption, or model revenue and margins instead, in the Modeling tab, or try your own numbers in the reverse DCF calculator.

Implied by the price-2.0% a year
Free cash flow, last 9 years18.6% a year
Revenue, same period14.7% a year
Price to free cash flow11.8x

Fundamental grade

B

Five factors scored 1 to 9 from PJT's latest numbers, weighted into one grade. It describes the business, not whether the stock is a buy.

Valuation6
Profitability8
Growth8
Financial health1
Cash efficiency9

Key numbers

P/E (trailing)20.1x
P/E (forward)18.5x
Price / free cash flow11.8x
EV / EBITDA8.44x
Price / sales3.01x
Price / book13.1x
Revenue growth+18.6%
Operating margin20.9%
Net margin10.6%
Return on equity63.9%
Dividend yield0.71%
Debt / equity2.48x

Results from SEC filings

Fiscal years, from PJT Partners's 10-K filings. The deep dive has 15+ years, quarters and every line.

Fiscal year20212022202320242025
Revenue$986M$1.0B$1.2B$1.5B$1.7B
Net income$106M$91M$82M$134M$180M
Free cash flow$118M$239M$438M$528M$480M
EPS (diluted)—————
Operating margin21.7%19.7%15.4%18.1%20.0%

Where the revenue comes from

Revenue by products, fiscal 2025.

Advisory Fees$1.5B88%
Placement Fees$182M11%
Interest Income from Placement Fees and Other$15M1%

Superinvestors who own PJT

From each investor's latest 13F filing (what a 13F shows). 4 of the investors we track hold it.

InvestorLast quarterValue% of portfolioQuarter
Hersh Cohen
ClearBridge Investments
Added $59M0.05%Q2 2026
Cliff Asness
AQR Capital Management
Trimmed $3M0.00%Q2 2026
Joel Greenblatt
Gotham Asset Management
Held $2M0.00%Q2 2026
Mario Gabelli
GAMCO Investors
Trimmed $659,6080.01%Q2 2026

Insider buying

Open-market purchases by PJT Partners's executives and directors in the last 12 months, from SEC Form 4 filings. What insider buying tells you.

No open-market insider purchases of PJT in the last 12 months. Most insider activity is selling and option exercises, which aren't shown here.

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Yearly return (IRR) at today's price
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Questions

What growth does PJT Partners's stock price imply?

At a market value of $5.7B, PJT Partners would need its free cash flow to grow about -2% a year for 10 years (discounted at 9%, 3% growth after that) to be worth today's price. Over the last 9 years its free cash flow grew 19% a year.

Are PJT Partners insiders buying the stock?

No open-market insider purchases of PJT in the last 12 months, according to SEC Form 4 filings.

Which superinvestors own PJT Partners?

4 of the superinvestors Investingly tracks hold PJT in their latest 13F, including Hersh Cohen, Cliff Asness, Joel Greenblatt.

Prices and ratios as of Oct 7, 2026; statements from SEC filings. Information only, not investment advice. Superinvestor holdings come from 13F filings, which are filed up to 45 days after each quarter ends.