CFOR vs EVR vs PJT Stock Comparison

CapForce, Evercore and PJT Partners Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
CFOR CapForce Inc.
$4.04 0.0% 1M -14.0% 1Y
Market cap
$90.64M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
—
Div. yield
–
Investment Banking Financial Services
1 win
EVR Evercore Inc.
$257.56 -2.0% 1M -20.6% 1Y
Market cap
$10.01B
P/E
13.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$4.74B
Div. yield
0.01%
Investment Banking Financial Services
6 wins
PJT PJT Partners Inc.
$142.75 -5.9% 1M -21.9% 1Y
Market cap
$3.83B
P/E
19.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$1.89B
Div. yield
–
Investment Banking Financial Services
2 wins

Head to Head

9 decided of 12

Evercore leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Evercore 6, PJT Partners 2, CapForce 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionCFOREVRPJTLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $90.64M $10.01B $3.83B EVR
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only — 13.4x 19.2x EVR
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 13.9x 18.8x EVR
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months — +45.7% +22.9% EVR
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 15.7% 10.6% EVR
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 31.3% — –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — -1.7x — –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.01% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -14.0% -20.6% -21.9% CFOR
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -59.4%/yr +11.4%/yr +12.3%/yr PJT
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 611.7% 38.1% 34.4% PJT
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers — 86/100 72/100 EVR

Percentile Scorecard

CFOREVRPJT

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisCFOREVRPJT
Valuation – 92 #9 of 97 79 #21 of 97
Growth – 84 #12 of 68 76 #17 of 68
Profitability – 89 #8 of 67 86 #10 of 67
Financial Health 60 #39 of 97 87 #14 of 97 –
Shareholder Returns – 77 #10 of 40 46 #22 of 40
Overall – 86 72
  • CFOR ranked among 112 companies in Capital Markets
  • EVR ranked among 112 companies in Capital Markets
  • PJT ranked among 112 companies in Capital Markets

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodCFOREVRPJTSPY
1 month 0.0%-2.0%-5.9% -0.8%
3 months -77.6%-24.3%-15.5% +3.5%
6 months -82.4%-25.9%-8.4% +7.0%
Year to date -74.6%-24.3%-14.6% +12.2%
1 year -14.0%-20.6%-21.9% +13.0%
3 years -36.2%+103.3%+97.3% +86.3%
3 years, per year -13.9%+26.7%+25.4% +23.1%
5 years -98.9%+71.2%+78.8% +68.6%
5 years, per year -59.4%+11.4%+12.3% +11.0%
10 years -100.0%+371.7%+420.0% +258.0%
10 years, per year -64.6%+16.8%+17.9% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureCFOREVRPJTSPY
Volatility, 1Y 611.7%38.1%34.4% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 941.9%42.2%37.3% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 3.181.720.94 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.02-0.54-0.64 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -99.9%-48.4%-35.1% -25.4%
From 52-week high -88.1%-32.8%-25.4% -1.8%
52-week high $34.00$383.12$191.42 $779.14
52-week low $0.33$247.98$129.05 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleCFOREVRPJT
P/E now vs peer median —median 29.4x 13.4xmedian 29.4x 19.2xmedian 29.4x
P/S now vs peer median —median 2.9x 2.1xmedian 2.9x 2.9xmedian 2.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 13.7x 7.6xmedian 13.7x 12.6xmedian 13.7x
P/FCF now vs peer median —median 16.0x 6.1xmedian 16.0x 8.2xmedian 16.0x
P/B now vs peer median 1.3xmedian 2.3x 4.6xmedian 2.3x 5.5xmedian 2.3x
PEG now vs peer median —median 0.52 0.49median 0.52 0.65median 0.52

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsCFOREVRPJT
Revenue – $4.74B $1.89B
Net income – $809.20M $344.68M
Free cash flow – $1.63B $661.83M
EPS (diluted) – $18.11 $7.00
Cash & equivalents $531.28K $1.26B $235.54M
Total debt – $2.26B –
Shares (diluted) 10.07M 41.13M 28.51M
Enterprise value $87.45M $160.80M $2.35B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricCFOREVRPJT
P/E – 13.4x 19.2x
P/FCF – 6.1x 8.2x
P/Operating cash flow – 6.0x 7.6x
P/S – 2.1x 2.9x
P/B 1.3x 4.6x 5.5x
P/Tangible book 1.3x 4.6x 5.5x
EV/EBITDA – 7.6x 12.6x
EV/EBIT – 7.8x 13.1x
EV/Revenue – 1.7x 2.7x
EV/FCF – 5.0x 7.8x
EV/Operating cash flow – 4.8x 7.3x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – 0.49 0.65

Growth

14 metrics
MetricCFOREVRPJT
Revenue growth (1Y) – 45.7% 22.9%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – 23.8% 19.9%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – – –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – – –
Operating income growth (1Y) – – –
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – – –
Net income growth (1Y) – 60.7% 28.8%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – 28.8% 30.8%
EPS growth (1Y) – 61.5% 89.6%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – 27.5% 29.4%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – 106.2% 45.3%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 50.0% 34.5%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – 119.1% 39.4%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 51.2% 31.9%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricCFOREVRPJT
Gross margin – – –
EBITDA margin – 22.6% 21.8%
Operating margin – – –
Pretax margin – 21.3% 21.0%
Net margin – 15.7% 10.6%
FCF margin – 34.3% 35.1%
Operating cash flow margin – 35.2% 37.8%
Return on equity – 37.9% 36.0%
Return on assets – 18.0% 20.8%
Return on invested capital – 31.3% –
Return on capital employed – 32.5% –
Asset turnover – 1.1x 1.1x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – 2.1x 2.1x
Stock comp / revenue – 16.1% 12.5%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricCFOREVRPJT
Debt / assets – 11.5% –
Debt / equity – 0.2x –
Net debt / EBITDA – -1.7x –
Debt / FCF – 0.3x –
Liabilities / assets 16.3% 53.7% 44.0%
Equity / assets 83.7% 46.3% 56.0%
Interest coverage – 31.6x –
Current ratio 0.2x 2.5x –
Quick ratio 0.2x 2.3x –
Cash ratio 0.1x 1.9x –
Altman Z-score – 5.46 –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricCFOREVRPJT
Dividend yield – 1.3% 0.7%
Net buyback yield – 9.5% 2.2%
Shareholder yield – 10.9% 2.9%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 18.5% –
Payout ratio (FCF) – 9.2% –
Dividend growth (1Y) – 6.6% –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – 5.8% –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusCFOREVRPJT
Forward P/E – 13.9xFY2026 18.8xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $-21.05FY2023 $18.57FY2026 $7.61FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – +27.5%FY2026 +9.0%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – +7.6% +12.1%
Revenue, next fiscal year $3.57MFY2023 $4.39BFY2026 $1.95BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY – +13.2%FY2026 +13.9%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +73.4% +15.1% +3.5%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersCFOREVRPJT
Held by institutions – 92.0% 59.4%
Institutions holding – 703 415
Change in shares held, QoQ – +1.8% +10.0%
Institutions buying – 362 221
Institutions selling – 237 103
Buyers to sellers – 1.53 2.15

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

CFOREVRPJT
CFOR 1.00 0.09 0.02
EVR 0.09 1.00 0.72
PJT 0.02 0.72 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, CFOR, EVR and PJT?

Evercore (EVR) is the largest by market capitalisation: CapForce (CFOR) $90.64M, Evercore (EVR) $10.01B, PJT Partners (PJT) $3.83B.

Which stock is cheaper, CFOR, EVR and PJT?

Evercore (EVR) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Evercore (EVR) 13.4x, PJT Partners (PJT) 19.2x). On next year's consensus earnings, Evercore (EVR) is cheapest (Evercore (EVR) 13.9x, PJT Partners (PJT) 18.8x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Evercore (EVR) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Evercore (EVR) +45.7%, PJT Partners (PJT) +22.9%.

Which company is more profitable?

Evercore (EVR) has the highest net margin (Evercore (EVR) 15.7%, PJT Partners (PJT) 10.6%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year CapForce (CFOR) returned the most: CapForce (CFOR) -14.0%, Evercore (EVR) -20.6%, PJT Partners (PJT) -21.9%. Over five years, PJT Partners (PJT) compounded fastest (CapForce (CFOR) -59.4%/yr, Evercore (EVR) +11.4%/yr, PJT Partners (PJT) +12.3%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: CapForce (CFOR) 0.00%, Evercore (EVR) 0.01%, PJT Partners (PJT) 0.00%. CapForce (CFOR) and PJT Partners (PJT) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, PJT Partners (PJT) has been the steadiest (CapForce (CFOR) 611.7%, Evercore (EVR) 38.1%, PJT Partners (PJT) 34.4%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, CFOR, EVR and PJT?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Evercore (EVR) leads on 6. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.