EVR vs PIPR vs CLUS Stock Comparison

Evercore, Piper Sandler Companies and Cluster Group Holdings Prices as of Nov 4, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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EVR Evercore Inc.
$311.02 +17.2% 1M +4.5% 1Y
Market cap
$11.58B
P/E
15.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$4.74B
Div. yield
0.01%
Investment Banking Financial Services
8 wins
PIPR Piper Sandler Companies
$70.22 +6.9% 1M -13.9% 1Y
Market cap
$4.68B
P/E
15.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$2.12B
Div. yield
0.03%
Investment Banking Financial Services
3 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Evercore leads on 8 of the 12 questions below (Evercore 8, Piper Sandler Companies 3, Cluster Group Holdings 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionEVRPIPRCLUSLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $11.58B $4.68B $8.00B EVR
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 15.5x 15.2x -1,146,093x PIPR
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 16.7x 14.7x — PIPR
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +45.7% +32.1% — EVR
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 15.7% 14.5% — EVR
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 31.3% 23.1% — EVR
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA -1.7x -0.6x — EVR
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.01% 0.03% — PIPR
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +4.5% -13.9% 0.0% EVR
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +15.5%/yr +9.4%/yr -32.7%/yr EVR
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 39.3% 37.4% 0.0% CLUS
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 83/100 82/100 — EVR

Percentile Scorecard

EVRPIPRCLUS

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

AxisEVRPIPRCLUS
Valuation 84 #17 of 103 92 #9 of 103 –
Growth 83 #13 of 70 96 #4 of 70 74 #19 of 70
Profitability 86 #11 of 74 78 #17 of 74 –
Financial Health 85 #16 of 99 91 #10 of 99 –
Shareholder Returns 80 #9 of 40 54 #19 of 40 –
Overall 83 82 –
  • EVR ranked among 110 companies in Capital Markets
  • PIPR ranked among 110 companies in Capital Markets
  • CLUS ranked among 110 companies in Capital Markets

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodEVRPIPRCLUSSPY
1 month +17.2%+6.9%0.0% -1.0%
3 months -2.3%-7.8%0.0% -0.4%
6 months -6.7%-12.8%0.0% +4.5%
Year to date -8.6%-17.3%0.0% +12.4%
1 year +4.5%-13.9%0.0% +13.6%
3 years +120.0%+93.5%-45.8% +76.4%
3 years, per year +30.1%+24.6%-18.5% +20.8%
5 years +105.6%+56.8%-86.2% +63.7%
5 years, per year +15.5%+9.4%-32.7% +10.4%
10 years +467.0%+423.1%+46.0% +267.7%
10 years, per year +19.0%+18.0%+3.9% +13.9%

Risk

MeasureEVRPIPRCLUSSPY
Volatility, 1Y 39.3%37.4%0.0% 12.8%
Downside volatility, 1Y 40.4%41.5%— 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.751.410.00 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.11-0.37— 1.06
Max drawdown, 5Y -48.4%-45.6%-99.4% -25.4%
From 52-week high -18.8%-25.7%0.0% -1.6%
52-week high $383.12$94.52$200.00 $779.14
52-week low $247.98$63.48$200.00 $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.

MultipleEVRPIPRCLUS
P/E now vs peer median 16.1xmedian 29.7x 15.5xmedian 29.7x -1,146,093xmedian 29.7x
P/S now vs peer median 2.5xmedian 3.0x 2.2xmedian 3.0x —median 3.0x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 9.5xmedian 13.6x 8.7xmedian 13.6x —median 13.6x
P/FCF now vs peer median 7.4xmedian 15.1x 9.7xmedian 15.1x —median 15.1x
P/B now vs peer median 5.5xmedian 2.4x 3.0xmedian 2.4x -105,257xmedian 2.4x
PEG now vs peer median 0.59median 0.55 0.29median 0.55 —median 0.55

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 monthsEVRPIPRCLUS
Revenue $4.74B $2.12B –
Operating income – – -$50.23K
Net income $809.20M $363.85M -$6.98K
Free cash flow $1.63B $487.00M –
EPS (diluted) $18.11 $4.31 $0.00
Cash & equivalents $1.26B $304.23M –
Total debt $539.98M $15.00M –
Shares (diluted) 41.13M 71.24M 40.00M
Enterprise value $1.73B $3.11B $8.00B

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
MetricEVRPIPRCLUS
P/E 16.1x 15.5x -1,146,093x
P/FCF 7.4x 9.7x –
P/Operating cash flow 7.2x 9.4x –
P/S 2.5x 2.2x –
P/B 5.5x 3.0x -105,257x
P/Tangible book 5.6x 3.2x -105,257x
EV/EBITDA 9.5x 8.7x –
EV/EBIT 9.7x 9.2x -159,282x
EV/Revenue 2.1x 2.1x –
EV/FCF 6.2x 9.1x –
EV/Operating cash flow 6.1x 8.8x –
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.59 0.29 –

Growth

14 metrics
MetricEVRPIPRCLUS
Revenue growth (1Y) 45.7% 32.1% –
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 23.8% 17.1% –
Gross profit growth (1Y) – – –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – – –
Operating income growth (1Y) – – -16.4%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – – –
Net income growth (1Y) 60.7% 93.1% 83.8%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 28.8% 53.4% –
EPS growth (1Y) 61.5% 45.0% 98.0%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 27.5% 53.1% –
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 106.2% 634.9% –
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 50.0% 115.3% –
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 119.1% 1,390% –
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 51.2% 153.8% –

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricEVRPIPRCLUS
Gross margin – – –
EBITDA margin 22.6% 24.2% –
Operating margin – – –
Pretax margin 21.3% 22.9% –
Net margin 15.7% 14.5% –
FCF margin 34.3% 23.0% –
Operating cash flow margin 35.2% 23.9% –
Return on equity 37.9% 23.3% –
Return on assets 18.0% 16.3% –
Return on invested capital 31.3% 23.1% –
Return on capital employed 32.5% – –
Asset turnover 1.1x 0.9x –
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 2.1x 1.4x –
Stock comp / revenue 16.1% 6.1% –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricEVRPIPRCLUS
Debt / assets 11.5% 0.6% –
Debt / equity 0.2x 0.0x –
Net debt / EBITDA -1.7x -0.6x –
Debt / FCF 0.3x 0.0x –
Liabilities / assets 53.7% 32.7% –
Equity / assets 46.3% 67.3% –
Interest coverage 31.6x – –
Current ratio 2.5x – –
Quick ratio 2.3x – –
Cash ratio 1.9x – –
Altman Z-score 5.95 – –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricEVRPIPRCLUS
Dividend yield 1.1% 0.9% –
Net buyback yield 7.9% 2.6% –
Shareholder yield 9.0% 3.4% –
Payout ratio (earnings) 18.5% 38.9% –
Payout ratio (FCF) 9.2% 29.0% –
Dividend growth (1Y) 6.6% 27.8% –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) 5.8% 20.0% –

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.

ConsensusEVRPIPRCLUS
Forward P/E 16.7xFY2026 14.7xFY2026 –
EPS, next fiscal year $18.57FY2026 $4.78FY2026 –
EPS growth, next FY +27.5%FY2026 +7.9%FY2026 –
EPS growth, the year after +7.6% +18.0% –
Revenue, next fiscal year $4.39BFY2026 $2.01BFY2026 –
Revenue growth, next FY +13.2%FY2026 +6.8%FY2026 –
Revenue growth, the year after +15.1% +11.6% –

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersEVRPIPRCLUS
Held by institutions 92.0% 91.1% –
Institutions holding 704 425 –
Change in shares held, QoQ +1.8% +3.0% –
Institutions buying 362 244 –
Institutions selling 238 114 –
Buyers to sellers 1.52 2.14 –

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.

EVRPIPRCLUS
EVR 1.00 0.72 –
PIPR 0.72 1.00 –
CLUS – – –

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, EVR, PIPR and CLUS?

Evercore (EVR) is the largest by market capitalisation: Evercore (EVR) $11.58B, Piper Sandler Companies (PIPR) $4.68B, Cluster Group Holdings (CLUS) $8.00B.

Which stock is cheaper, EVR, PIPR and CLUS?

Piper Sandler Companies (PIPR) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Evercore (EVR) 15.5x, Piper Sandler Companies (PIPR) 15.2x, Cluster Group Holdings (CLUS) -1,146,093x). On next year's consensus earnings, Piper Sandler Companies (PIPR) is cheapest (Evercore (EVR) 16.7x, Piper Sandler Companies (PIPR) 14.7x). 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%, Piper Sandler Companies (PIPR) +32.1%.

Which company is more profitable?

Evercore (EVR) has the highest net margin (Evercore (EVR) 15.7%, Piper Sandler Companies (PIPR) 14.5%). On return on invested capital, Evercore (EVR) leads (Evercore (EVR) 31.3%, Piper Sandler Companies (PIPR) 23.1%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Evercore (EVR) returned the most: Evercore (EVR) +4.5%, Piper Sandler Companies (PIPR) -13.9%, Cluster Group Holdings (CLUS) 0.0%. Over five years, Evercore (EVR) compounded fastest (Evercore (EVR) +15.5%/yr, Piper Sandler Companies (PIPR) +9.4%/yr, Cluster Group Holdings (CLUS) -32.7%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Piper Sandler Companies (PIPR) has the highest dividend yield: Evercore (EVR) 0.01%, Piper Sandler Companies (PIPR) 0.03%. Cluster Group Holdings (CLUS) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Cluster Group Holdings (CLUS) has been the steadiest (Evercore (EVR) 39.3%, Piper Sandler Companies (PIPR) 37.4%, Cluster Group Holdings (CLUS) 0.0%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, EVR, PIPR and CLUS?

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 8. 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.