PJT Partners: Hand-Sitting In Dealmaking To Persist In H1

  • PJT Partners is a sort of hedged play in advisory because it tends to get a lot of restructuring activity, which is countercyclical. Times could become bad as the soft indicators deteriorate, and the restructuring activity already in play (liability management) won't get hit by Q2 hand-sitting. The issue is that the hedge comes with a premium to less defensive peers, and we believe that premium results in a fair value proposition at these prices.