Q4 EPS Forecast for Moelis & Company Raised by Analyst

Moelis & Company (NYSE:MC) – Stock analysts at Seaport Res Ptn boosted their Q4 2026 EPS estimates for shares of Moelis & Company in a report released on Wednesday, April 9th. Seaport Res Ptn analyst J. Mitchell now anticipates that the asset manager will post earnings of $1.32 per share for the quarter, up from their previous estimate of $1.22. The consensus estimate for Moelis & Company’s current full-year earnings is $2.97 per share.

A number of other equities research analysts also recently weighed in on the stock. Wells Fargo & Company dropped their price target on shares of Moelis & Company from $63.00 to $55.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday. The Goldman Sachs Group decreased their price objective on shares of Moelis & Company from $86.00 to $75.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a report on Friday, March 14th. Morgan Stanley decreased their price objective on shares of Moelis & Company from $70.00 to $42.00 and set an “underweight” rating for the company in a report on Monday. JMP Securities restated a “market perform” rating on shares of Moelis & Company in a report on Thursday, February 6th. Finally, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods restated an “outperform” rating and set a $92.00 price objective (up previously from $86.00) on shares of Moelis & Company in a report on Thursday, February 6th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, five have assigned a hold rating and one has given a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $62.50.

Moelis & Company Trading Down 6.0 %

Shares of MC traded down $3.26 on Thursday, reaching $51.05. 64,251 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 716,604. The stock has a market capitalization of $3.83 billion, a P/E ratio of 29.01 and a beta of 1.53. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $65.33 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $70.40. Moelis & Company has a 12 month low of $46.24 and a 12 month high of $82.89.

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

Moelis & Company Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, March 27th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, February 18th were issued a dividend of $0.65 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, February 18th. This represents a $2.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 5.09%. This is a boost from Moelis & Company’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.60. Moelis & Company’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 147.73%.

Insider Transactions at Moelis & Company

In other news, Director Kenneth Shropshire sold 2,551 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, February 21st. The shares were sold at an average price of $72.30, for a total transaction of $184,437.30. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now owns 6,940 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $501,762. This represents a 26.88 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. Also, General Counsel Osamu R. Watanabe sold 5,661 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, February 19th. The shares were sold at an average price of $74.00, for a total transaction of $418,914.00. Following the transaction, the general counsel now directly owns 6,471 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $478,854. This represents a 46.66 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last ninety days, insiders have sold 22,721 shares of company stock worth $1,677,017. Insiders own 6.40% of the company’s stock.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Moelis & Company

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Captrust Financial Advisors lifted its stake in Moelis & Company by 31.5% during the third quarter. Captrust Financial Advisors now owns 5,458 shares of the asset manager’s stock worth $374,000 after purchasing an additional 1,306 shares during the last quarter. Centiva Capital LP bought a new stake in shares of Moelis & Company during the third quarter valued at about $316,000. Stifel Financial Corp raised its stake in shares of Moelis & Company by 2.0% during the third quarter. Stifel Financial Corp now owns 241,772 shares of the asset manager’s stock valued at $16,564,000 after purchasing an additional 4,762 shares in the last quarter. MML Investors Services LLC raised its stake in shares of Moelis & Company by 13.6% during 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. Finally, Geode Capital Management LLC raised its stake in shares of Moelis & Company by 0.7% during 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 purchasing an additional 10,698 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 91.53% of the company’s stock.

About Moelis & Company

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.