The framework reads distribution. Smart money appears to be selling into strength. Institutional holders may be rotating out. Price has moved down 1.5% since our last review. Ethical screening: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows modest positive risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it D, carrying a low risk profile. Technically it is sitting below its long-term trend line with momentum reading bearish. Over the past year the shares are down 21%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 27%. The street (4 analysts) rates it buy, with a mean price target of $23. Insiders have been net sellers over the past quarter.
Perella Weinberg Partners
PWP · Nasdaq · USD · Market cap $1.6B · 700 employees
Perella Weinberg Partners, an independent advisory firm, provides strategic and financial advice services in the United States, the United Kingdom, and internationally.
FAIL · Does not pass the screenAt the last full screen
2026-09-07
Screened 2026-09-07 · the tape above runs as of 22:12 UTC · 11 Sep · two dates, stated on purpose · verdict and workings shown in full · never trimmed
This name holds its distribution label.
Perella Weinberg Partners holds its Distribution at $16.80. The statistical read favours the sellers, held for 264 days.
| Phase | Distribution · caution |
| Quantitative state | The statistical read favours the sellers, held for 264 days |
| Price at the screen | $16.80 |
| Valuation | 64.62 trailing · 11.49 forward price to earnings |
| Values screen | FAIL · score 30.0 |
| Beta | 1.62 |
Five Screens, Shown in Full
Does not pass. Prohibited keyword in sector/industry: financial services
| Test | Figure | Limit | What it means | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business activity | Excluded | Core business clean | Prohibited keyword in sector/industry: financial services | Fail |
| Debt load | Excluded | Below 33% | Interest-bearing debt is of its assets, above the one-third ceiling the screen allows. | Fail |
| Interest-bearing cash | Excluded | Below 33% | Interest-bearing cash and securities are of assets, above the one-third limit. | Fail |
| Receivables | Excluded | Below 49% | Money owed to the company is of assets, above the 49% limit. | Fail |
| Revenue purity | Excluded | Below 5% | of revenue comes from non-compliant sources, over the 5% line. | Fail |
Five checks adapted from AAOIFI screening standards: business activity plus four balance-sheet ratios. All five must pass for ethical clearance. Every figure is arithmetic on public accounts, not judgement.
What the Numbers Say It Is WorthThe Fair Value Range
Fair value range in USD, drawn from the 2026-09-07 screen. The gold marker is the market price at the same screen. A 27.8% margin of safety to the base estimate.
Third-party analyst targets: 4 covering, consensus None. The average target sits +25% from the screen price.
Reading the gap · Both our model and the analysts see meaningful upside from here.
Price History & ProjectionsWhere it has been, where the models see it going. History from market close data; projection points are our fair-value estimates and third-party analyst targets, dated to the 2026-09-07 screen.
Fair value and rating are our own model estimates; the Street's range reflects third-party analyst estimates. Analysis, not advice.
The Business, in Plain WordsM&A advice in a quiet market carries hidden costs
Picture a dealmaker scanning empty inboxes for the next merger mandate. Perella Weinberg Partners lives in that exact lane, yet the ethical screen blocks it outright because the entire financial services sector trips the prohibition rule.
Numbers paint a business under real strain, with revenue down thirty percent and profit margins stuck at three percent. A forward multiple of eleven times and a twenty-four percent gap to fair value change nothing once the opportunity rating sits at none.
Cyclical deal flow can swing hard and thin returns often signal peak earnings rather than a bargain. That combination plus the ethical fail leaves no room to engage.
Analysis, not advice.
| Forward P/E | 11.5xexpensive even after accounting for its growth |
| Trailing P/E | 64.6xexpensive: the price assumes strong growth ahead |
| EPS, trailing | 0.26 |
| EPS, forward | 1.46 |
| Revenue growth | +0.8%slow but positive growth |
| Profit margin | 3.2%barely profitable |
| Return on equity | 12.7%a solid return on shareholder capital |
| Dividend yield | 179.00% |
| Debt to equity | 0.68moderate, manageable leverage |
| Current ratio | 1.94healthy short-term liquidity |
| Beta | 1.62much more volatile than the market |
| Short interest, float | 0.12% |
| 52-week range | 14.11 - 25.93 |
| Market cap | $1.6B |
| Employees | 700 |
The risks · The things to watch: it's a small-cap, so the share price can swing harder than the market; it already moves more than the market on an average day.
Plain-English interpretation of our own screen data. Analysis, not advice.
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Every Entry, As Written
The framework reads distribution. Smart money appears to be selling into strength. Institutional holders may be rotating out. Price has moved up 8.9% since our last review. Ethical screening: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows modest positive risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it D, carrying a low risk profile. Technically it is sitting below its long-term trend line with momentum reading bearish. Over the past year the shares are down 21%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 27%. The street (4 analysts) rates it buy, with a mean price target of $23.
The framework reads distribution. Smart money appears to be selling into strength. Institutional holders may be rotating out. Price has moved down 0.0% since our last review. Ethical screening: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows modest positive risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it D, carrying a low risk profile. Technically it is sitting below its long-term trend line with momentum reading bearish. Over the past year the shares are down 21%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 27%. The street (4 analysts) rates it buy, with a mean price target of $23.
The framework reads distribution. Smart money appears to be selling into strength. Institutional holders may be rotating out. Price has moved down 0.0% since our last review. Ethical screening: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows modest positive risk-adjusted returns.
The framework reads distribution. Smart money appears to be selling into strength. Institutional holders may be rotating out. Ethical screening: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows modest positive risk-adjusted returns.
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| Date | Insider | Title | Type | Shares | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-05 | Bednar Andrew | COB, CEO | S - Sale | 235,697 | $4,080,379 |
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| Period | Price then | Price return | Divs per share | $1,000 became | Total return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 month | $18.01 | -18.6% | $0.07 | $818 | -18.2% |
| 2 months | $20.35 | -27.9% | $0.07 | $724 | -27.6% |
| 3 months | $15.96 | -8.1% | $0.07 | $923 | -7.7% |
| 6 months | $18.30 | -19.9% | $0.14 | $809 | -19.1% |
| 1 year | $18.61 | -21.2% | $0.28 | $803 | -19.7% |
| 2 years | $14.03 | +4.5% | $0.56 | $1,085 | +8.5% |
| 3 years | $7.76 | +89.0% | $0.84 | $1,998 | +99.8% |
| 5 years | $11.29 | +29.9% | $1.40 | $1,423 | +42.3% |
Historical returns from market close data. Past performance does not guarantee future results.
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