Perella Weinberg Partners
Business
Perella Weinberg Partners is a global independent advisory firm that provides strategic and financial advice to corporate, sponsor, investor, creditor and government clients. It offers services including M&A and strategic advisory, financing and capital solutions, restructuring and liability management, capital markets advisory, private capital placement, and specialized underwriting and research mainly for energy and related industries. Its operations are organized around its advisory practice and affiliated broker-dealer and operating entities that support transactional and capital markets activities. The firm serves clients across the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Germany and international markets.
Summary from filing dated 2025-02-27
Financials
Consolidated Statement of Income
| Concept | Trend | FY 2025 2025-12-31 | FY 2024 2024-12-31 | FY 2023 2023-12-31 | FY 2022 2022-12-31 | FY 2021 2021-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenues | 751 | 878 | 649 | 632 | 802 | |
| Compensation and benefits | 426 | 526 | 427 | 391 | 504 | |
| Equity-based compensation | 110 | 258 | 182 | 154 | 96 | |
| Total compensation and benefits | 535 | 784 | 609 | 545 | 601 | |
| Professional fees | 43 | 49 | 40 | 35 | 42 | |
| Technology and infrastructure | 38 | 36 | 34 | 30 | 28 | |
| Rent and occupancy | 25 | 24 | 27 | 25 | 26 | |
| Travel and related expenses | 23 | 20 | 19 | 13 | 6 | |
| General, administrative and other expenses | 18 | 23 | 20 | 20 | 17 | |
| Depreciation and amortization | 21 | 20 | 15 | 11 | 14 | |
| Total expenses | 703 | 957 | 764 | 679 | 735 | |
| Operating income (loss) | 48 | −79 | −115 | −48 | 67 | |
| Total non-operating income (expenses) | 4 | 10 | 2 | 26 | −44 | |
| Income (loss) before income taxes | 52 | −68 | −113 | −21 | 23 | |
| Income tax expense (benefit) | 4 | 21 | −980,000 | 10 | 19 | |
| Net income (loss) | 48 | −89 | −112 | −32 | 4 | |
| Less: Net income (loss) attributable to non-controlling interests | 13 | −25 | −95 | −50 | 13 | |
| Net income (loss) attributable to Perella Weinberg Partners | 35 | −65 | −17 | 18 | −9 | |
| Basic (in dollars per share) | 0.55 | −1.22 | −0.4 | 0.41 | −0.22 | |
| Diluted (in dollars per share) | 0.47 | −1.22 | −1.33 | −0.46 | −0.66 | |
| Basic (in shares) | 64 | 53 | 43 | 44 | 43 | |
| Diluted (in shares) | 101 | 53 | 87 | 90 | 93 |
Consolidated Balance Sheet
| Concept | Trend | FY 2025 2025-12-31 | FY 2024 2024-12-31 | FY 2023 2023-12-31 | FY 2022 2022-12-31 | FY 2021 2021-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and cash equivalents | 256 | 332 | 247 | 172 | 503 | |
| Restricted cash | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | |
| Investments in short-term marketable debt securities | 0 | 76 | 91 | 140 | 0 | |
| Accounts receivable, net of allowance | 63 | 73 | 48 | 68 | 47 | |
| Fixed assets, net of accumulated depreciation and amortization | 77 | 85 | 94 | 48 | 10 | |
| Intangible assets, net of accumulated amortization | 13 | 13 | 19 | 26 | 32 | |
| Goodwill | 73 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 34 | |
| Prepaid expenses and other assets | 47 | 29 | 31 | 36 | 24 | |
| Right-of-use lease assets | 138 | 140 | 144 | 154 | 40 | |
| Deferred tax asset, net | 130 | 93 | 46 | 33 | 21 | |
| Total assets | 798 | 877 | 761 | 717 | 718 | |
| Accrued compensation and benefits | 210 | 325 | 234 | 217 | 312 | |
| Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities | 47 | 69 | 52 | 51 | 31 | |
| Lease liabilities | 186 | 187 | 176 | 166 | 43 | |
| Amount due pursuant to tax receivable agreement | 94 | 65 | 31 | 23 | 14 | |
| Total liabilities | 537 | 647 | 493 | 457 | 447 | |
| Commitments and Contingencies (Note 17) | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Redeemable non-controlling interests (22,139,506 units at redemption value of $17.53 per unit as of December 31, 2025; 27,460,600 units at redemption value of $23.71 per unit as of December 31, 2024) | 388 | 651 | 0 | — | — | |
| Preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share (100,000,000 shares authorized, no shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Additional paid-in-capital | 144 | 0 | 313 | 242 | 158 | |
| Retained earnings (accumulated deficit) | −131 | −304 | −55 | −18 | −18 | |
| Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) | −3 | −6 | −4 | −7 | −2 | |
| Treasury stock, at cost (14,569,154 and 13,362,975 shares of Class A common stock at December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively) | −138 | −111 | −101 | — | — | |
| Total equity | −127 | −421 | 268 | 260 | 271 | |
| Total liabilities, redeemable non-controlling interests, and equity | 798 | 877 | 761 | 717 | 718 |
Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows
| Concept | Trend | FY 2025 2025-12-31 | FY 2024 2024-12-31 | FY 2023 2023-12-31 | FY 2022 2022-12-31 | FY 2021 2021-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Equity-based awards vesting expense | 110 | 189 | 184 | 156 | 97 | |
| Foreign currency revaluation | 543,000 | 575,000 | 2 | −5 | 0 | |
| Non-cash operating lease expense | 11 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 17 | |
| Deferred taxes | 2 | −2 | −2 | −3 | −4 | |
| Bad debt expense | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 646,000 | |
| Other | 788,000 | 694,000 | −1 | 435,000 | 2 | |
| Accounts receivable, net of allowance | 12 | −33 | 19 | −24 | −7 | |
| Due from related parties | 26,000 | 338,000 | −213,000 | 864,000 | −4 | |
| Prepaid expenses and other assets | −17 | 1 | 4 | −14 | −15 | |
| Accrued compensation and benefits | −120 | 93 | 16 | −97 | 98 | |
| Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities | −24 | 21 | −1 | −6 | 5 | |
| Lease liabilities | −11 | 6 | 7 | −8 | −18 | |
| Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities: | 35 | 223 | 146 | −18 | 235 | |
| Payment for Devon Park Acquisition, net of cash acquired | −19 | 0 | 0 | — | — | |
| Purchases of fixed assets | −4 | −16 | −58 | −27 | −1 | |
| Purchases of investments in short-term marketable debt securities | 0 | −75 | −89 | −139 | 0 | |
| Maturities of investments in short-term marketable debt securities | 75 | 91 | 141 | 0 | 0 | |
| Other | 0 | 0 | 488,000 | −500,000 | −978,000 | |
| Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities | 52 | −98,000 | −6 | −166 | −2 | |
| Proceeds from issuance of Class A common stock in public offering, net of underwriting discount and offering costs | 0 | 66 | 0 | 35 | 0 | |
| Exchange of PWP OpCo Units and corresponding Class B common stock for cash | −28 | −63 | 0 | −37 | 0 | |
| Distributions to partners | −4 | −18 | −14 | −44 | −66 | |
| Dividends paid on Class A and Class B common stock | −23 | −20 | −13 | −13 | −6 | |
| Withholding tax payments for vested PWP Incentive Plan Awards and equity-classified ACUs | −78 | −83 | −17 | −10 | −10 | |
| Treasury stock purchases | −34 | −15 | −22 | −68 | −12 | |
| Payments pursuant to tax receivable agreement | −1 | −1 | −472,000 | 0 | 0 | |
| Other | 0 | −2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities | −169 | −137 | −67 | −137 | −55 | |
| Effect of exchange rate changes on cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash | 6 | −3 | 3 | −10 | −4 | |
| Net increase (decrease) in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash | −76 | 83 | 76 | −331 | 174 | |
| Lease liabilities arising from obtaining right-of-use lease assets | 8 | 7 | 2 | 131 | 4 | |
| Accrued distributions to partners | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| Accrued capital expenditures | 2 | 865,000 | 11 | 16 | 0 | |
| Accrued dividend equivalents and dividend equivalent units on unvested PWP Incentive Plan Awards | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 3 | |
| Non-cash paydown of Partner promissory notes | 534,000 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | |
| Deferred tax effect resulting from changes in ownership and exchanges of PWP OpCo Units, net of amounts payable under tax receivable agreement | 9 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Cash paid for income taxes | 9 | 10 | 5 | 26 | 13 |