PJT vs. DBRG, AMK, HPH, FHI, GCMG, CIXXF, VRTS, VCTR, CNS, and APAM
Should you be buying PJT Partners stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PJT Partners include DigitalBridge Group (DBRG), AssetMark Financial (AMK), Highest Performances (HPH), Federated Hermes (FHI), GCM Grosvenor (GCMG), CI Financial (CIXXF), Virtus Investment Partners (VRTS), Victory Capital (VCTR), Cohen & Steers (CNS), and Artisan Partners Asset Management (APAM). These companies are all part of the "investment advice" industry.
PJT Partners (NYSE:PJT) and DigitalBridge Group (NYSE:DBRG) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends and profitability.
In the previous week, DigitalBridge Group had 3 more articles in the media than PJT Partners. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for DigitalBridge Group and 5 mentions for PJT Partners. PJT Partners' average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat DigitalBridge Group's score of 0.07 indicating that PJT Partners is being referred to more favorably in the media.
PJT Partners presently has a consensus target price of $93.25, indicating a potential downside of 7.87%. DigitalBridge Group has a consensus target price of $21.25, indicating a potential upside of 53.43%. Given DigitalBridge Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe DigitalBridge Group is more favorable than PJT Partners.
PJT Partners received 231 more outperform votes than DigitalBridge Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.21% of users gave PJT Partners an outperform vote while only 43.14% of users gave DigitalBridge Group an outperform vote.
DigitalBridge Group has higher revenue and earnings than PJT Partners. DigitalBridge Group 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 pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. DigitalBridge Group pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. PJT Partners pays out 27.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. DigitalBridge Group pays out 2.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
89.2% of PJT Partners shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.7% of DigitalBridge Group shares are held by institutional investors. 10.7% of PJT Partners shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.4% of DigitalBridge Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
DigitalBridge Group has a net margin of 26.64% compared to PJT Partners' net margin of 7.57%. PJT Partners' return on equity of 17.36% beat DigitalBridge Group's return on equity.
PJT Partners has a beta of 0.67, indicating that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DigitalBridge Group has a beta of 1.95, indicating that its share price is 95% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
DigitalBridge Group beats PJT Partners on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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