Seaport Res Ptn Analysts Boost Earnings Estimates for Moelis & Company (NYSE:MC)

Moelis & Company (NYSE:MC) – Research analysts at Seaport Res Ptn raised their Q4 2025 earnings estimates for shares of Moelis & Company in a research report issued on Wednesday, October 9th. Seaport Res Ptn analyst J. Mitchell now anticipates that the asset manager will post earnings of $0.97 per share for the quarter, up from their previous forecast of $0.93. The consensus estimate for Moelis & Company’s current full-year earnings is $1.08 per share.

Moelis & Company (NYSE:MC) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, July 24th. The asset manager reported $0.18 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.11 by $0.07. Moelis & Company had a net margin of 1.38% and a return on equity of 4.38%. The company had revenue of $264.59 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $227.90 million. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned ($0.04) EPS. The company’s revenue was up 47.1% on a year-over-year basis.

Several other brokerages also recently issued reports on MC. Wells Fargo & Company started coverage on shares of Moelis & Company in a research note on Thursday, September 12th. They set an “equal weight” rating and a $70.00 target price on the stock. UBS Group boosted their price target on shares of Moelis & Company from $54.00 to $60.00 and gave the company a “sell” rating in a report on Tuesday. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods restated a “market perform” rating and set a $60.00 price target (up from $54.00) on shares of Moelis & Company in a report on Thursday, July 25th. Morgan Stanley boosted their price target on shares of Moelis & Company from $61.00 to $67.00 and gave the company an “underweight” rating in a report on Monday, September 23rd. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their price target on shares of Moelis & Company from $50.00 to $51.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Thursday, July 25th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating and six have assigned a hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $61.00.

Moelis & Company Stock Down 0.7 %

Shares of NYSE:MC opened at $66.73 on Friday. The company’s fifty day moving average is $65.75 and its two-hundred day moving average is $59.66. Moelis & Company has a 12-month low of $38.58 and a 12-month high of $71.34. The company has a market cap of $4.99 billion, a P/E ratio of 444.87 and a beta of 1.33.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of large investors have recently made changes to their positions in MC. UMB Bank n.a. raised its position in Moelis & Company by 63.5% in the second quarter. UMB Bank n.a. now owns 497 shares of the asset manager’s stock worth $28,000 after purchasing an additional 193 shares in the last quarter. Hexagon Capital Partners LLC raised its position in Moelis & Company by 147.9% in the first quarter. Hexagon Capital Partners LLC now owns 657 shares of the asset manager’s stock worth $37,000 after purchasing an additional 392 shares in the last quarter. Benjamin F. Edwards & Company Inc. raised its position in Moelis & Company by 510.2% in the first quarter. Benjamin F. Edwards & Company Inc. now owns 836 shares of the asset manager’s stock worth $47,000 after purchasing an additional 699 shares in the last quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC raised its position in Moelis & Company by 115.8% in the third quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 995 shares of the asset manager’s stock worth $68,000 after purchasing an additional 534 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Headlands Technologies LLC acquired a new position in Moelis & Company in the second quarter worth about $113,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 91.53% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Moelis & Company news, Director Kenneth Shropshire sold 495 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, July 31st. The shares were sold at an average price of $69.29, for a total transaction of $34,298.55. Following the completion of the sale, the director now directly owns 9,372 shares in the company, valued at $649,385.88. This represents a 0.00 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. In other news, Director Kenneth Shropshire sold 495 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, July 31st. The shares were sold at an average price of $69.29, for a total transaction of $34,298.55. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now owns 9,372 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $649,385.88. This represents a 0.00 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, CEO Kenneth Moelis sold 5,308 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, July 30th. The shares were sold at an average price of $68.87, for a total transaction of $365,561.96. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer now directly owns 86 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $5,922.82. This represents a 0.00 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last three months, insiders sold 12,526 shares of company stock worth $830,133. Corporate insiders own 6.40% of the company’s stock.

Moelis & Company Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, September 26th. Investors of record on Monday, August 5th were issued a $0.60 dividend. This represents a $2.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.60%. The ex-dividend date was Monday, August 5th. Moelis & Company’s dividend payout ratio is presently 1,600.00%.

Moelis & Company Company Profile

Moelis & Company operates as an investment banking advisory firm. It offers advisory services in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, recapitalizations and restructurings, capital markets transactions, and other corporate finance matters, as well as strategic, capital structure, and private funds advisory.