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Company snapshot — PJT Partners Inc

PJT in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
PJT Partners is an investment bank that advises on mergers, restructurings and shareholder situations rather than trading or lending. It counsels boards on takeovers, activist defence and joint ventures, arranges debt and equity financings, and works with distressed companies on bankruptcy and liability matters. It also advises private funds on fundraising and secondary transactions. The firm was spun out of Blackstone's advisory arm and listed in 2015, and is based in New York.
Where it sits in the stack
PJT does not sit inside Closelook's AI build-out index; it belongs to the Financial Services sector of our wider universe, grouped with other US-listed capital-markets and advisory firms the diary scores but does not track as infrastructure.
Who it is priced against
Closelook's peer group places it with other scored US financial-services names, a mix of banks and asset managers rather than fellow advisory boutiques; the comparison the market more often draws is with Lazard and Evercore as independent M&A and restructuring advisers.
Why Closelook tracks it
PJT carries a Closelook score with no index seat and no quotes recorded in the diary. Its quality module reads strongest, while momentum reads weakest.
What the diary watches
Whether restructuring and special-situations mandates pick up as a share of revenue, since that side of the business tends to move opposite to the M&A advisory cycle the firm also depends on.

PJT Partners Inc (PJT) trades on US exchanges, classified under Financial Services.

The Closelook company score reads 69/100 composite (momentum 49, quality 83, valuation 61) across 7 modules — the full breakdown, chart structure and analog history load live above.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelook’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelook reading that exists for PJT, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Who it is priced against Financial Services · US · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Financial Services · US

Scored names in the same sector and country from the Closelook universe.

Compared against PJT on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelook scores where it exists.

Weather around the name 4 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sector × region …

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 55/100 · S&P 500 fund at 58, above its 50- and 200-day averagesEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-17
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 94th percentile of the window, +2.7% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-17
  • Sector × region Financials in US: −2.0% week · −2.9% month · +3.3% quarter · +10.0% yearThe Sector Engine cell this name lives in, from XLF.US; the 11 × 4 matrix shows where its sector is being bought and where it is being sold. Sector Engine → 2026-09-16
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.00 · down 0.41 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-17

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-18

Quick answers

What is PJT Partners Inc (PJT)?

PJT Partners Inc trades as PJT on the US exchange (US) and is classified under Financial Services in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-18.

Is PJT in a Closelook index?

Not currently — PJT Partners Inc is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-18.

What is PJT Partners Inc's Closelook composite score?

69 out of 100, with momentum 49, quality 83 and valuation 61 sub-scores, as of 2026-09-18. Scores are Closelook's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

Where does PJT trade against its moving averages?

Mixed moving-average stack: Trades -11.1% vs the 50-day and -5.9% vs the 200-day average, 22.3% below the 52-week high and +18.8% off the 52-week low; a golden cross printed 30 sessions ago. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-17 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does PJT Partners Inc do?

PJT Partners is an investment bank that advises on mergers, restructurings and shareholder situations rather than trading or lending. It counsels boards on takeovers, activist defence and joint ventures, arranges debt and equity financings, and works with distressed companies on bankruptcy and liability matters. It also advises private funds on fundraising and secondary transactions. Closelook's peer group places it with other scored US financial-services names, a mix of banks and asset managers rather than fellow advisory boutiques; the comparison the market more often draws is with Lazard and Evercore as independent M&A and restructuring advisers.

Where does PJT Partners Inc sit in the AI build-out?

PJT does not sit inside Closelook's AI build-out index; it belongs to the Financial Services sector of our wider universe, grouped with other US-listed capital-markets and advisory firms the diary scores but does not track as infrastructure. PJT carries a Closelook score with no index seat and no quotes recorded in the diary. Its quality module reads strongest, while momentum reads weakest.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for PJT, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

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