Zacks Research Expects Reduced Earnings for Moelis & Company

Moelis & Company (NYSE:MC - Free Report) - Equities research analysts at Zacks Research reduced their Q2 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of Moelis & Company in a report issued on Monday, April 14th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now expects that the asset manager will post earnings of $0.40 per share for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of $0.52. 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 Q3 2025 earnings at $0.51 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $0.68 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $0.63 EPS and Q1 2027 earnings at $0.91 EPS.

Several other brokerages have also recently issued reports on MC. Morgan Stanley reduced their price objective on Moelis & Company from $70.00 to $42.00 and set an "underweight" rating for the company in a research note on Monday, April 7th. JMP Securities reaffirmed a "market perform" rating on shares of Moelis & Company in a report on Thursday, February 6th. The Goldman Sachs Group decreased their target price on shares of Moelis & Company from $86.00 to $75.00 and set a "neutral" rating for the company in a research report on Friday, March 14th. Wells Fargo & Company decreased their price objective on Moelis & Company from $63.00 to $55.00 and set an "equal weight" rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, April 8th. Finally, StockNews.com lowered Moelis & Company from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a report on Thursday, March 13th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, five have given a hold rating and one has issued a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and an average target price of $62.50.

Moelis & Company Stock Down 4.1 %

Shares of Moelis & Company stock traded down $2.10 during trading on Wednesday, reaching $49.53. The company's stock had a trading volume of 213,833 shares, compared to its average volume of 727,487. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $61.50 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $69.58. Moelis & Company has a 1-year low of $46.24 and a 1-year high of $82.89. The company has a market cap of $3.71 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 28.14 and a beta of 1.53.

Moelis & Company (NYSE:MC - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February 5th. The asset manager reported $1.18 earnings per share 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%.

Moelis & Company Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, March 27th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, February 18th were given a $0.65 dividend. 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 5.25%. This is a positive change from Moelis & Company's previous quarterly dividend of $0.60. Moelis & Company's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 147.73%.

Insider Transactions at Moelis & Company

In other news, CEO Kenneth Moelis sold 9,712 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, February 19th. The stock was sold at an average price of $74.00, for a total value of $718,688.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer now directly owns 209,235 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $15,483,390. The trade was a 4.44 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. Also, Director Kenneth Shropshire sold 2,551 shares of the business's 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 owns 6,940 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $501,762. This represents a 26.88 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last ninety days, insiders sold 22,721 shares of company stock valued at $1,677,017. 6.40% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the business. Edgestream Partners L.P. acquired a new stake in Moelis & Company during the fourth quarter worth approximately $2,784,000. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Moelis & Company by 1.4% during the fourth quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 935,552 shares of the asset manager's stock worth $69,119,000 after purchasing an additional 12,632 shares during the last quarter. Hodges Capital Management Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of Moelis & Company in the fourth quarter valued at $9,149,000. Raymond James Financial Inc. acquired a new position in Moelis & Company in the fourth quarter valued at $27,855,000. Finally, Entropy Technologies LP purchased a new position in Moelis & Company during the fourth quarter worth about $412,000. 91.53% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

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.