Moelis & Company (MC) Stock Forecast, Price & News

7 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Moelis & Company in the last year. There are currently 5 sell ratings and 2 hold ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "sell" MC shares.
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7 brokers have issued 12-month price objectives for Moelis & Company's stock. Their MC share price forecasts range from $29.00 to $45.00. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $37.86 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 11.1%.
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Moelis & Company's stock was trading at $38.37 at the start of the year. Since then, MC stock has increased by 11.0% and is now trading at $42.59.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, July 26th 2023.
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Moelis & Company (NYSE:MC) issued its earnings results on Wednesday, April, 26th. The asset manager reported $0.05 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.11 by $0.06. The asset manager had revenue of $187.20 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $186.60 million. Moelis & Company had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 22.47% and a net margin of 10.14%. The business's revenue for the quarter was down 38.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $0.95 EPS.

Moelis & Company declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, April 26th. Shareholders of record on Monday, May 8th will be given a dividend of $0.60 per share on Friday, June 23rd. This represents a $2.40 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 5.64%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, May 5th.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Moelis & Company (NYSE:MC) stock in their portfolio include WisdomTree U.S. SmallCap Quality Dividend Growth Fund (DGRS), SPDR S&P Capital Markets ETF (KCE), Invesco KBW High Dividend Yield Financial ETF (KBWD), ALPS O'Shares U.S. Small-Cap Quality Dividend ETF (OUSM), iShares U.S. Broker-Dealers & Securities Exchanges ETF (IAI), VictoryShares US Small Cap High Div Volatility Wtd ETF (CSB), Royce Quant Small-Cap Quality Value ETF (SQLV) and WisdomTree U.S. SmallCap Dividend Fund (DES).

Moelis & Company (NYSE:MC) pays an annual dividend of $2.40 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 5.90%. MC has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The dividend payout ratio is 190.48%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on EPS estimates, MC will have a dividend payout ratio of 108.11% in the coming year. This indicates that the company may not be able to sustain their current dividend.
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51 employees have rated Moelis & Company Chief Executive Officer Ken Moelis on Glassdoor.com. Ken Moelis has an approval rating of 99% among the company's employees. This puts Ken Moelis in the top 10% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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Moelis & Company trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "MC."

Moelis & Company's stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management LLC (9.87%), BlackRock Inc. (7.56%), Wasatch Advisors LP (6.38%), London Co. of Virginia (5.00%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (3.24%) and Heard Capital LLC (2.56%). Insiders that own company stock include Christopher Callesano, Elizabeth Crain, Jeffrey Raich, Joseph Simon, Kenneth Moelis, Kenneth Shropshire, Navid Mahmoodzadegan and Osamu R Watanabe.
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Shares of MC stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of MC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $42.59.

Moelis & Company (NYSE:MC) has a market capitalization of $3.03 billion and generates $985.30 million in revenue each year. The asset manager earns $150.35 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.26 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 1,107 workers across the globe.

Moelis & Company's mailing address is 399 PARK AVENUE 5TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY, 10022. The official website for the company is www.moelis.com. The asset manager can be reached via phone at (212) 883-3800, via email at investor.relations@moelis.com, or via fax at 212-880-4260.