PJT vs. AMK, DBRG, FHI, HPH, GCMG, CIXXF, VRTS, VCTR, APAM, and CNS
Should you be buying PJT Partners stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PJT Partners include AssetMark Financial (AMK), DigitalBridge Group (DBRG), Federated Hermes (FHI), Highest Performances (HPH), GCM Grosvenor (GCMG), CI Financial (CIXXF), Virtus Investment Partners (VRTS), Victory Capital (VCTR), Artisan Partners Asset Management (APAM), and Cohen & Steers (CNS). These companies are all part of the "investment advice" industry.
PJT Partners (NYSE:PJT) and AssetMark Financial (NYSE:AMK) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings and profitability.
PJT Partners received 184 more outperform votes than AssetMark Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.21% of users gave PJT Partners an outperform vote while only 63.89% of users gave AssetMark Financial an outperform vote.
AssetMark Financial has a net margin of 19.92% compared to PJT Partners' net margin of 7.57%. PJT Partners' return on equity of 17.36% beat AssetMark Financial's return on equity.
PJT Partners has higher revenue and earnings than AssetMark Financial. AssetMark Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PJT Partners, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
PJT Partners has a beta of 0.67, meaning that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AssetMark Financial has a beta of 1.11, meaning that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.
PJT Partners currently has a consensus target price of $93.25, indicating a potential downside of 13.71%. AssetMark Financial has a consensus target price of $33.75, indicating a potential downside of 1.06%. Given AssetMark Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe AssetMark Financial is more favorable than PJT Partners.
In the previous week, PJT Partners had 7 more articles in the media than AssetMark Financial. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for PJT Partners and 1 mentions for AssetMark Financial. PJT Partners' average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat AssetMark Financial's score of 0.50 indicating that PJT Partners is being referred to more favorably in the media.
89.2% of PJT Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.6% of AssetMark Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.7% of PJT Partners shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of AssetMark Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
PJT Partners beats AssetMark Financial on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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