Stocks · Financial Services · Asset Management
Pershing Square Inc. PS
$52.76 -0.85% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $21.10B
Expensive vs sectorHigh risk
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PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Financial Services sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 44%
- Gross marginBottom 5%
- Operating marginBottom 16%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 5%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 14%
- Interest coverTop 11%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 13%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 26%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 18%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 4%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 4%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 43%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 3%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 2%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 6%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 23%
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | 22.0% | — | Bottom 5% | |
| Operating margin | 6.3% | — | Bottom 16% | |
| Net margin | 2.1% | — | — | |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 18.5% | — | — | |
| Return on invested capital | 2.0% | — | Top 44% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 3.00×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -6.9%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.0%
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 13.5×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 0.43%
- Shareholder yield
- 0.43%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 13, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 1
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 2 of 3
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +70.4%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +3.2%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 0 of 2
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $41.67
- Target vs current price
- -21.0%
- Analysts with a rating
- 5
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 0%
- Consensus rating
- Hold
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 2026 | +8.5% | -1.6% | +1.2% | -7.5% | — |
| Jun 4, 2026 | -4.0% | +8.0% | -8.3% | -8.6% | +18.9% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 2026 | $0.14 | $0.13 | +8.5% | $70.4M |
| Jun 4, 2026 | $0.09 | $0.09 | -4.0% | $61.6M |
| Apr 13, 2026 | $0.29 | $0.09 | +206.7% | $167.3M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 1319.0× | — | — | Bottom 13% |
| P/E (forward) | 104.3× | — | — | — |
| EV / Sales | 27.77× | — | — | Bottom 4% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 0.67% | — | — | Bottom 26% |
| Earnings yield | 0.08% | — | — | Bottom 13% |
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✓ Price above 20-day average
- ✓ Price above 50-day average
- ✓ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 16
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- +14.3%
- Distance from 50-day average
- +26.6%
- RSI (14)
- 59.6
- Relative volume
- 0.27×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 73.1%
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -10.8%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -43.1%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 2026 | Jun 25, 2026 | -43.1% | 31 days | 63 days (Sep 24, 2026) |
| May 1, 2026 | May 5, 2026 | -13.2% | 2 days | 3 days (May 8, 2026) |
| Sep 28, 2026 | Oct 2, 2026 | -10.8% | 4 days | Not yet recovered |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $21.10B
- P/E (TTM)
- 1,319.0
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $0.04
- Revenue (TTM)
- $768.7M
- Dividend yield
- 0.23%
| FY 2025 | |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $750.0M |
| Gross profit | $709.2M |
| Operating income | -$354.3M |
| Net income | -$210.1M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.53 |
| Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $66.2M | $590.8M | $57.5M | $54.2M |
| Net income | $155.5M | $50.9M | -$147.6M | -$42.7M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.39 | $0.13 | -$0.37 | -$0.11 |
| FY 2025 | |
|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | -$134.2M |
| Capital expenditure | -$449,438 |
| Free cash flow | -$134.7M |
| Dividends paid | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | -$164.4M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $9.0M
- Total assets
- $1.81B
- Total liabilities
- $403.5M
- Total debt
- $253.0M
- Net debt
- $244.0M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $1.36B
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 13, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 2026 | $0.12 | Jul 21, 2026 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 830,406
- Days to cover
- 2.14
- Change vs previous report
- +83.0%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.