Moelis & Company - MC Stock Forecast, Price & News

7 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Moelis & Company in the last twelve months. There are currently 4 sell ratings and 3 hold ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "sell" MC shares.
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7 brokers have issued 1-year price objectives for Moelis & Company's stock. Their MC share price forecasts range from $35.00 to $45.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $39.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 11.8%.
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Moelis & Company's stock was trading at $62.51 on January 1st, 2022. Since then, MC stock has decreased by 29.3% and is now trading at $44.20.
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Moelis & Company saw a increase in short interest in the month of November. As of November 15th, there was short interest totaling 3,330,000 shares, an increase of 21.1% from the October 31st total of 2,750,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 581,300 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 5.7 days.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, February 8th 2023.
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Moelis & Company (NYSE:MC) issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, October, 27th. The asset manager reported $1.77 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.36 by $0.41. The asset manager had revenue of $490.82 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $393.49 million. Moelis & Company had a net margin of 19.06% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 55.92%. Moelis & Company's revenue for the quarter was up 136.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $0.54 EPS.

Moelis & Company declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, November 2nd. Stockholders of record on Monday, November 14th will be paid a dividend of $0.60 per share on Friday, December 2nd. This represents a $2.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 5.43%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, November 10th.
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Moelis & Company (NYSE:MC) pays an annual dividend of $2.40 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 5.49%. MC has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The company does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 73.17%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on EPS estimates, MC will have a dividend payout ratio of 101.69% 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 institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management LLC (10.10%), Vanguard Group Inc. (9.44%), BlackRock Inc. (8.09%), London Co. of Virginia (4.85%), Alliancebernstein L.P. (4.21%) and Timucuan Asset Management Inc. FL (3.56%). 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 $44.20.

Moelis & Company (NYSE:MC) has a market capitalization of $3.03 billion and generates $1.54 billion in revenue each year. The asset manager earns $365.21 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.28 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 990 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.