Investment banking firm PJT Partners (NYSE: PJT) will be reporting results this Tuesday morning. Here’s what investors should know.
PJT beat analysts’ revenue expectations by 4.8% last quarter, reporting revenues of $406.9 million, up 13% year on year. It was a very strong quarter for the company, with and a solid beat of analysts’ revenue estimates.
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This quarter, analysts are expecting PJT’s revenue to grow 18.5% year on year to $386.7 million, improving from the 17.2% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $1.40 per share.
Analysts covering the company have generally reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business to stay the course heading into earnings. PJT has only missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates once over the last two years, exceeding top-line expectations by 17.4% on average.
Looking at PJT’s peers in the investment banking & brokerage segment, some have already reported their Q3 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Morgan Stanley delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 18.5%, beating analysts’ expectations by 9.2%, and Jefferies reported revenues up 21.6%, topping estimates by 8.4%. Morgan Stanley traded up 3% following the results while Jefferies was down 1.9%.
Read our full analysis of Morgan Stanley’s results here and Jefferies’s results here.
Debates over possible tariffs and corporate tax adjustments have raised questions about economic stability in 2025. While some of the investment banking & brokerage stocks have shown solid performance in this choppy environment, the group has generally underperformed, with share prices down 2.8% on average over the last month. PJT is down 10.7% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $178.25 (compared to the current share price of $161.11).
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