PJT Partners Inc (NYSE: PJT) Now -31.80% Off Its High ($190.27), Does Analysts See Headwinds And Risks?

PJT Partners Inc (NYSE:PJT) currently has a daily average trading volume of 323.39K but it saw 236834 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 5.04B USD, the company’s current market price of $129.77 came rising about 0.84 while comparing to the previous closing price of $128.69. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $190.27 and as low as $90.95. In the recent trading on the day, stock has struck highest price mark of $128.715 while lowest mark touched by it was $131.365.

Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of PJT Partners Inc (PJT) gives us an average price of $135.36, while its current price level is -31.80% below from 52-week high level whereas it is 42.68% above from lowest level seen by the stock during that period. Simple moving average of 50 days or SMA-50 of the stock’s closing price is $148.63 while that of 200 days or SMA-200 reads an average of $143.09. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 2.82% during that period while stretching the period over a month that increases to 4.52%. It is also necessary to take a look into other indicators of a stock too, to get a better idea about its price movement. And in doing so, we find stock’s 14-day relative strength index (RSI) standing at 40.20 which implies that the stock is in neutral territory.

UBS upgraded its recommendation for the stock as a “Neutral” from “Sell” on December 06, 2024 while assigning a price target range of $130-$175. UBS also issued its recommendations for the stock as it downgraded the price target for the stock in the range of between $100 and $75.

Over the week, PJT’s stock price is moving 0.32% up while it is -9.26% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is -17.77% down and over the past year, the stock is showing an upside performance of 40.82%.

The company is expected to be releasing its next quarterly report on 2025-Feb-03, for which analysts forecasted an EPS of 1.01 while estimate for next year EPS is 5.6. In next quarter, company is expected to be making quarterly sales of $366.76M as analysts are expecting the sales for current fiscal year at $1.6B and seeing the company making $1.8B in sales next year. Moreover, analysts are in estimates of $335.29M for current-quarter revenue.

Currently, PJT Partners Inc’s total number of outstanding shares is 23.69M with 7.85% of that held by the insiders while 90.26% of its common stock has been owned by the institutions. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at 26.22% and return on equity (ROE) at 62.26%. It has a price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) of 26.43 while having a 19.16 of forward P/E ratio. Stock’s beta reads 0.79. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 16.44 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 3.37. Its return on asset (ROA) is 8.44% on average.