Q3 EPS Estimates for Moelis & Company Cut by Seaport Res Ptn

Moelis & Company (NYSE:MC - Free Report) - Stock analysts at Seaport Res Ptn decreased their Q3 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Moelis & Company in a report released on Monday, July 14th. Seaport Res Ptn analyst J. Mitchell now anticipates that the asset manager will post earnings of $0.25 per share for the quarter, down from their previous estimate of $0.28. The consensus estimate for Moelis & Company's current full-year earnings is $2.97 per share. Seaport Res Ptn also issued estimates for Moelis & Company's Q4 2026 earnings at $1.29 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $3.65 EPS.

Moelis & Company (NYSE:MC - Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, April 23rd. The asset manager reported $0.64 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.57 by $0.07. The firm had revenue of $306.59 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $309.67 million. Moelis & Company had a return on equity of 40.89% and a net margin of 13.22%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 41.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.22 EPS.

MC has been the topic of several other research reports. JPMorgan Chase & Co. cut their price objective on Moelis & Company from $55.00 to $52.00 and set a "neutral" rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, April 24th. The Goldman Sachs Group upped their price objective on Moelis & Company from $56.00 to $63.00 and gave the company a "neutral" rating in a research report on Thursday, May 15th. Morgan Stanley raised Moelis & Company from an "underweight" rating to an "overweight" rating and upped their price objective for the company from $42.00 to $68.00 in a research report on Monday, June 23rd. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods upped their price objective on Moelis & Company from $69.00 to $89.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research report on Monday. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company upped their price objective on Moelis & Company from $50.00 to $64.00 and gave the company an "equal weight" rating in a research report on Friday, July 11th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, five have given a hold rating and two have assigned a buy rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of "Hold" and a consensus target price of $66.00.

Moelis & Company Stock Performance

Moelis & Company stock traded down $1.89 during mid-day trading on Tuesday, hitting $69.95. The company's stock had a trading volume of 447,193 shares, compared to its average volume of 811,489. The company has a 50 day moving average of $61.06 and a 200-day moving average of $63.70. The stock has a market cap of $5.49 billion, a PE ratio of 32.08 and a beta of 1.64. Moelis & Company has a one year low of $47.00 and a one year high of $82.89.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Moelis & Company

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Truist Financial Corp grew its position in shares of Moelis & Company by 52.0% during the 2nd quarter. Truist Financial Corp now owns 10,018 shares of the asset manager's stock worth $624,000 after buying an additional 3,429 shares in the last quarter. Campbell Newman Asset Management Inc. grew its position in shares of Moelis & Company by 7.2% during the 2nd quarter. Campbell Newman Asset Management Inc. now owns 17,087 shares of the asset manager's stock worth $1,065,000 after buying an additional 1,144 shares in the last quarter. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC grew its position in shares of Moelis & Company by 22.2% during the 2nd quarter. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC now owns 26,619 shares of the asset manager's stock worth $1,659,000 after buying an additional 4,828 shares in the last quarter. State of Alaska Department of Revenue grew its position in shares of Moelis & Company by 13.0% during the 2nd quarter. State of Alaska Department of Revenue now owns 44,201 shares of the asset manager's stock worth $2,754,000 after buying an additional 5,089 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Fulton Bank N.A. grew its position in shares of Moelis & Company by 2.9% during the 2nd quarter. Fulton Bank N.A. now owns 6,581 shares of the asset manager's stock worth $410,000 after buying an additional 188 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 91.53% of the company's stock.

Moelis & Company Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, June 20th. Stockholders of record on Monday, May 5th were given a dividend of $0.65 per share. This represents a $2.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.72%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, May 5th. Moelis & Company's payout ratio is 119.27%.

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.