Company Analysis

PJT Partners Inc. (PJT)

NYSE: PJT · Investment Advice · New York, NY · filing with the SEC since 2015
Grade6.4
◀ Past 5.8● Present 6.3▶ Future 7.1
1 est.

The grade of PJT Partners Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
6.4/10
◀ Past5.830% of the headline
● Present6.340% of the headline
▶ Future7.130% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

Of the nine metrics, 8 read as filed from the record and 1 is an SI estimate, each with its reasoning, its confidence and what would change it on its card.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

5.8/1030% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Surviving crises

as filed
7.2/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2017.

weight 22% of this tense · 72nd percentile among 48 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

PJT Partners Inc.'s filings since 2017 show no warning events in the scan: no bankruptcy or receivership notice, no debt default notice, no exchange listing notice, no restatement warning, no auditor change, no material cyber incident and no late-report notice (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
6.1/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+14.7% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 8 of 10.

weight 45% of this tense · 61st percentile among 42 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

PJT Partners Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $499 million in fiscal 2016 to $1.7 billion in fiscal 2025, up 14.7% a year; it rose in 7 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 6% from fiscal 2020 to fiscal 2021; net income was positive in 8 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span14.7%top 35% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 37% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profitbottom 32% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak5.7%top 18% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

SI estimate
4.5/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

SI estimate 4.5/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).

weight 33% of this tense · 45th percentile among 46 sector filers · read for its shareholders

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate
Read from one part only, the cash returned against operating cash flow, which ranks in the bottom 45% of 46 in its family; fewer than two of the parts can be read: the share count over the years, and the cash returned against a positive operating cash flow or net income.
What the record cannot read
Fewer than two of the parts can be read: the share count over the years, and the cash returned against a positive operating cash flow or net income.
How it was reasoned
one part: cash returned against operating cash flow, the one part on file, ranked among 46 in its family.
Confidence
35 of 100
What would change it
A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

From the record

SI estimate, not a filed reading: PJT Partners Inc.'s shareholder treatment is put at 4.5 of 10 with a confidence of 35 of 100, because read from one part only, the cash returned against operating cash flow, which ranks in the bottom 45% of 46 in its family; fewer than two of the parts can be read: the share count over the years, and the cash returned against a positive operating cash flow or net income. A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

6.3/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
5.5/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 58%: 58¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 83%: owes 83¢ per asset dollar.

weight 22% of this tense · 55th percentile among 44 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, PJT Partners Inc. earned about 58 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 83 cents per dollar of assets (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 19% of its family
  • return on equitytop 9% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
5.5/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 45% of 43 in its family; net margin 10.5%.

weight 45% of this tense · 55th percentile among 43 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

PJT Partners Inc.'s standing among 43 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $1.7 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 48% by size; a net margin of 10.5% ranks in the bottom 31%; revenue growth of 18.7% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 18% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$1.71Btop 48% of its family
  • net margin10.5%bottom 31% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth18.7%top 18% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
8.0/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 20% of 34 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2015.

weight 33% of this tense · 80th percentile among 34 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

PJT Partners Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Taubman, Paul J (Chairman and CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2015-10-13, 11.1 years (top 27% of its family); the 11 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 11.1 years (top 11%); 2 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 11 people in charge now (top 24%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge2 in three years among 11 peopletop 24% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed11.1 yearstop 11% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record11.1 yearstop 27% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

7.1/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
7.6/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 24% of 42 in its family for room to expand.

weight 33% of this tense · 76th percentile among 42 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

PJT Partners Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $539 million against no long-term debt tagged leaves 29.2% of its assets as net cash, top 10% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 28% of revenue (top 38%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets29.2%top 10% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue28.0%top 38% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
8.0/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 20% of 41 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 80th percentile among 41 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

PJT Partners Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 18.7% a year over the last three filed years against 14.7% over all 10, speeding up (top 23% of its family); the newest year grew 14.8% (top 33%); capital spending grew 137.2% a year (top 4%) (its annual reports). PJT Partners Inc. reported 3 product lines in fiscal 2025: Advisory Fees at $1.5 billion (88%), Placement Fees at $182 million (11%), Interest Income and Other at $32 million (2%); 2 of 3 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span+4.0 points a yeartop 23% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth14.8%top 33% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending137.2%top 4% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
5.7/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

top 43% of 41 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 57th percentile among 41 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

PJT Partners Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $1.7 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 4.9% below the $1.8 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 35% of its family); net income of $180 million against a prior three-year average of $102 million (top 23%); a net margin of 10.5% against 8.3% before (top 40%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-4.9%bottom 35% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+76%top 23% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+2.2 pointstop 40% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton PJT · research, not advice