Analysts Offer Predictions for PJT Partners FY2025 Earnings

PJT Partners Inc. (NYSE:PJT) – Investment analysts at Seaport Res Ptn raised their FY2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of PJT Partners in a research note issued on Tuesday, April 29th. Seaport Res Ptn analyst J. Mitchell now anticipates that the financial services provider will post earnings of $6.10 per share for the year, up from their prior estimate of $5.80. The consensus estimate for PJT Partners’ current full-year earnings is $6.20 per share. Seaport Res Ptn also issued estimates for PJT Partners’ Q1 2026 earnings at $1.54 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $1.00 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $2.52 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $7.10 EPS.

PJT Partners (NYSE:PJT) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, April 29th. The financial services provider reported $1.05 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.94 by $0.11. The company had revenue of $324.50 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $361.26 million. PJT Partners had a net margin of 9.00% and a return on equity of 24.03%. PJT Partners’s revenue for the quarter was down 1.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $0.98 earnings per share.

A number of other research firms have also recently weighed in on PJT. Citizens Jmp cut PJT Partners from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Monday, January 13th. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods boosted their price target on PJT Partners from $152.00 to $177.00 and gave the stock a “market perform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, February 5th. Finally, JMP Securities downgraded PJT Partners from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating in a report on Monday, January 13th. Five research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, According to MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $158.50.

PJT Partners Trading Up 2.4 %

Shares of NYSE PJT opened at $143.22 on Friday. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $139.19 and a 200 day moving average price of $152.45. The company has a market cap of $3.34 billion, a P/E ratio of 29.23 and a beta of 0.77. PJT Partners has a 12-month low of $96.96 and a 12-month high of $190.28.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On PJT Partners

A number of institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the business. Versant Capital Management Inc bought a new position in shares of PJT Partners during the first quarter valued at approximately $30,000. Principal Securities Inc. increased its position in PJT Partners by 385.4% in the fourth quarter. Principal Securities Inc. now owns 199 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $31,000 after buying an additional 158 shares during the period. Opal Wealth Advisors LLC bought a new stake in PJT Partners in the first quarter valued at $39,000. CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC boosted its holdings in shares of PJT Partners by 112.3% during the fourth quarter. CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC now owns 276 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $44,000 after acquiring an additional 146 shares during the period. Finally, GAMMA Investing LLC grew its position in shares of PJT Partners by 32.3% during the fourth quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 446 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $70,000 after acquiring an additional 109 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 89.23% of the company’s stock.

Insider Activity

In other PJT Partners news, General Counsel David Adam Travin sold 5,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Friday, May 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $141.74, for a total transaction of $708,700.00. Following the completion of the sale, the general counsel now owns 2,288 shares in the company, valued at $324,301.12. The trade was a 68.61 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Company insiders own 11.71% of the company’s stock.

PJT Partners Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, June 18th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, June 4th will be given a $0.25 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, June 4th. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.70%. PJT Partners’s payout ratio is 20.41%.

About PJT Partners

PJT Partners Inc, an investment bank, provides various strategic and capital markets advisory, restructuring and special situations, and shareholder advisory services to corporations, financial sponsors, institutional investors, and governments worldwide. It offers advisory services to clients on various transactions, including mergers and acquisitions (M&A), spin-offs, activism defense, contested M&A, joint ventures, minority investments, and divestitures.