PJT Partners: Go-To Recession Resistant Advisory Play Trades In Line With Exposed Peers

PJT Partners hit restructuring records without economic trauma in the backdrop, and Park Hill broke records against tough comps to support consistent growth in Q4. Recent geopolitical tensions, particularly the Iran War, threaten higher cost of capital conditions, potentially dampening M&A and sponsor activity but supporting restructuring and secondaries. PJT has traded in line with peers more exposed to the macro and financial threats from the Iran War, but on the other hand trades at twice MC's trailing PE.