Zacks Research Analysts Decrease Earnings Estimates for MC

Moelis & Company (NYSE:MC) – Equities researchers at Zacks Research reduced their FY2025 EPS estimates for Moelis & Company in a research report issued on Monday, April 14th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now expects that the asset manager will post earnings of $2.24 per share for the year, down from their prior forecast of $2.70. The consensus estimate for Moelis & Company’s current full-year earnings is $2.97 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Moelis & Company’s Q4 2025 earnings at $0.79 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $0.88 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $0.70 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $2.89 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $3.77 EPS.

Moelis & Company (NYSE:MC) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, February 5th. The asset manager reported $1.18 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.39 by $0.79. Moelis & Company had a net margin of 11.39% and a return on equity of 38.49%.

MC has been the topic of a number of other research reports. StockNews.com cut Moelis & Company from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Thursday, March 13th. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods reissued an “outperform” rating and set a $92.00 price objective (up previously from $86.00) on shares of Moelis & Company in a research note on Thursday, February 6th. Wells Fargo & Company decreased their price objective on shares of Moelis & Company from $63.00 to $55.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, April 8th. Morgan Stanley cut their target price on shares of Moelis & Company from $70.00 to $42.00 and set an “underweight” rating on the stock in a report on Monday, April 7th. Finally, JMP Securities reissued a “market perform” rating on shares of Moelis & Company in a research report on Thursday, February 6th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, five have issued a hold rating and one has issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $62.50.

Moelis & Company Stock Up 1.8 %

Shares of Moelis & Company stock opened at $51.68 on Thursday. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $62.02 and a 200 day simple moving average of $69.65. The stock has a market cap of $3.87 billion, a PE ratio of 29.37 and a beta of 1.53. Moelis & Company has a 12 month low of $46.24 and a 12 month high of $82.89.

Moelis & Company Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, March 27th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, February 18th were given a dividend of $0.65 per share. This is an increase from Moelis & Company’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.60. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, February 18th. This represents a $2.60 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 5.03%. Moelis & Company’s dividend payout ratio is currently 147.73%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, insider Christopher Callesano sold 1,282 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, February 19th. The stock was sold at an average price of $74.00, for a total transaction of $94,868.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider now directly owns 1,227 shares in the company, valued at approximately $90,798. This trade represents a 51.10 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, Director Kenneth Shropshire sold 2,551 shares of Moelis & Company stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, February 21st. The shares were sold at an average price of $72.30, for a total value of $184,437.30. Following the completion of the sale, the director now directly owns 6,940 shares in the company, valued at approximately $501,762. This represents a 26.88 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold a total of 22,721 shares of company stock worth $1,677,017 over the last ninety days. Company insiders own 6.40% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. MML Investors Services LLC grew its stake in Moelis & Company by 13.6% in the third quarter. MML Investors Services LLC now owns 7,679 shares of the asset manager’s stock valued at $526,000 after purchasing an additional 921 shares in the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC grew its stake in shares of Moelis & Company by 0.7% in the third quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 1,590,316 shares of the asset manager’s stock valued at $108,973,000 after buying an additional 10,698 shares in the last quarter. Virtu Financial LLC acquired a new position in Moelis & Company during the third quarter worth $633,000. SkyView Investment Advisors LLC raised its position in Moelis & Company by 2.2% during the third quarter. SkyView Investment Advisors LLC now owns 14,166 shares of the asset manager’s stock worth $971,000 after acquiring an additional 300 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Sanctuary Advisors LLC raised its position in Moelis & Company by 25.3% during the third quarter. Sanctuary Advisors LLC now owns 12,214 shares of the asset manager’s stock worth $917,000 after acquiring an additional 2,463 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 91.53% of the company’s stock.

Moelis & Company Company Profile

Moelis & Co operates as a holding company. It engages in the provision of financial advisory, capital raising and asset management services to a client base including corporations, governments, sovereign wealth funds and financial sponsors. The firm focuses on clients including large public multinational corporations, middle market private companies, financial sponsors, entrepreneurs and governments.