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 analysts have issued 12-month target prices for Moelis & Company's stock. Their MC share price forecasts range from $30.00 to $45.00. On average, they anticipate the company's share price to reach $38.86 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 4.8% from the stock's current price.
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Moelis & Company's stock was trading at $38.37 on January 1st, 2023. Since then, MC stock has decreased by 3.4% and is now trading at $37.06.
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Moelis & Company saw a increase in short interest in the month of February. As of February 28th, there was short interest totaling 2,220,000 shares, an increase of 8.3% from the February 13th total of 2,050,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 576,700 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.8 days.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, April 26th 2023.
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Moelis & Company (NYSE:MC) posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February, 8th. The asset manager reported $0.33 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.37 by $0.04. The asset manager earned $207.18 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $211.34 million. Moelis & Company had a net margin of 15.26% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 37.77%. Moelis & Company's quarterly revenue was down 51.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $1.42 EPS.

Moelis & Company declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, February 8th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, February 21st will be paid a dividend of $0.60 per share on Tuesday, March 28th. This represents a $2.40 annualized dividend and a yield of 6.48%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, February 17th.
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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 6.36%. MC has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The dividend payout ratio is 111.63%. 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 87.27% 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 number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Alliancebernstein L.P. (4.24%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (3.66%), Timucuan Asset Management Inc. FL (3.59%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.88%), Artisan Partners Limited Partnership (1.86%) and Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (1.48%). 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 $37.06.

Moelis & Company (NYSE:MC) has a market capitalization of $2.54 billion and generates $985.30 million in revenue each year. The asset manager earns $150.35 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.15 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.