PJT vs. HPH, AMK, CIXXF, DBRG, GCMG, FHI, VRTS, APAM, VCTR, and CNS
Should you be buying PJT Partners stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PJT Partners include Highest Performances (HPH), AssetMark Financial (AMK), CI Financial (CIXXF), DigitalBridge Group (DBRG), GCM Grosvenor (GCMG), Federated Hermes (FHI), Virtus Investment Partners (VRTS), Artisan Partners Asset Management (APAM), Victory Capital (VCTR), and Cohen & Steers (CNS). These companies are all part of the "investment advice" industry.
PJT Partners (NYSE:PJT) and Highest Performances (NASDAQ:HPH) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability and dividends.
89.2% of PJT Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.7% of PJT Partners shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 87.6% of Highest Performances shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
PJT Partners has a beta of 0.67, indicating that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Highest Performances has a beta of 0.31, indicating that its share price is 69% less volatile than the S&P 500.
PJT Partners has higher revenue and earnings than Highest Performances.
PJT Partners has a net margin of 7.57% compared to Highest Performances' net margin of 0.00%. PJT Partners' return on equity of 17.44% beat Highest Performances' return on equity.
PJT Partners received 253 more outperform votes than Highest Performances when rated by MarketBeat users.
In the previous week, PJT Partners had 19 more articles in the media than Highest Performances. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for PJT Partners and 1 mentions for Highest Performances. PJT Partners' average media sentiment score of 0.49 beat Highest Performances' score of 0.00 indicating that PJT Partners is being referred to more favorably in the media.
PJT Partners currently has a consensus target price of $93.25, indicating a potential downside of 6.13%. Given PJT Partners' higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe PJT Partners is more favorable than Highest Performances.
Summary
PJT Partners beats Highest Performances on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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