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MC vs. APAM, EVR, GS, HLI, JEF, LAZ, MS, PIPR, PJT, and SF

Should you be buying Moelis & Company stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Moelis & Company include Artisan Partners Asset Management (APAM), Evercore (EVR), The Goldman Sachs Group (GS), Houlihan Lokey (HLI), Jefferies Financial Group (JEF), Lazard (LAZ), Morgan Stanley (MS), Piper Sandler Companies (PIPR), PJT Partners (PJT), and Stifel Financial (SF). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

Moelis & Company vs. Its Competitors

Artisan Partners Asset Management (NYSE:APAM) and Moelis & Company (NYSE:MC) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, earnings and dividends.

86.5% of Artisan Partners Asset Management shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.5% of Moelis & Company shares are held by institutional investors. 12.5% of Artisan Partners Asset Management shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.4% of Moelis & Company shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Moelis & Company had 6 more articles in the media than Artisan Partners Asset Management. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Moelis & Company and 12 mentions for Artisan Partners Asset Management. Artisan Partners Asset Management's average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat Moelis & Company's score of 0.45 indicating that Artisan Partners Asset Management is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Artisan Partners Asset Management
6 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Moelis & Company
7 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Artisan Partners Asset Management currently has a consensus price target of $39.10, suggesting a potential downside of 16.56%. Moelis & Company has a consensus price target of $66.50, suggesting a potential downside of 4.21%. Given Moelis & Company's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Moelis & Company is more favorable than Artisan Partners Asset Management.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Artisan Partners Asset Management
1 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Moelis & Company
1 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.14

Artisan Partners Asset Management has a net margin of 23.24% compared to Moelis & Company's net margin of 13.22%. Artisan Partners Asset Management's return on equity of 73.48% beat Moelis & Company's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Artisan Partners Asset Management23.24% 73.48% 19.18%
Moelis & Company 13.22%40.89%15.58%

Artisan Partners Asset Management has a beta of 1.7, suggesting that its share price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Moelis & Company has a beta of 1.64, suggesting that its share price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Artisan Partners Asset Management has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Moelis & Company. Artisan Partners Asset Management is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Moelis & Company, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Artisan Partners Asset Management$1.11B3.40$259.75M$3.6212.94
Moelis & Company$1.19B4.56$136.02M$2.1831.84

Artisan Partners Asset Management pays an annual dividend of $2.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%. Moelis & Company pays an annual dividend of $2.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Artisan Partners Asset Management pays out 75.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Moelis & Company pays out 119.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Moelis & Company has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Artisan Partners Asset Management is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Artisan Partners Asset Management beats Moelis & Company on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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MC vs. The Competition

MetricMoelis & CompanyFIN IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$5.45B$98.69B$12.08B$20.65B
Dividend Yield3.74%1.89%5.54%3.72%
P/E Ratio31.8417.9219.2027.84
Price / Sales4.565.5025.6642.29
Price / Cash32.3623.5621.4522.32
Price / Book10.853.752.284.57
Net Income$136.02M$6.24B$992.82M$989.30M
7 Day Performance5.50%-0.82%-0.20%0.20%
1 Month Performance24.28%9.38%3.93%5.53%
1 Year Performance13.77%44.54%539.45%10.30%

Moelis & Company Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MC
Moelis & Company
2.6238 of 5 stars
$69.42
-1.3%
$66.50
-4.2%
+13.8%$5.45B$1.19B31.841,309News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
APAM
Artisan Partners Asset Management
2.9376 of 5 stars
$46.41
-0.2%
$37.90
-18.3%
+12.2%$3.74B$1.11B12.82500News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
EVR
Evercore
3.9362 of 5 stars
$283.79
-1.3%
$255.14
-10.1%
+28.6%$11.10B$2.98B27.162,380Analyst Forecast
GS
The Goldman Sachs Group
4.937 of 5 stars
$710.58
-1.8%
$603.73
-15.0%
+46.7%$218.03B$126.85B16.4946,500Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Downgrade
Analyst Revision
HLI
Houlihan Lokey
4.5075 of 5 stars
$185.15
-0.2%
$192.20
+3.8%
+33.9%$12.92B$2.39B31.811,100News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
JEF
Jefferies Financial Group
4.5525 of 5 stars
$55.60
-2.4%
$66.00
+18.7%
+1.6%$11.47B$10.41B20.987,822Trending News
LAZ
Lazard
4.5924 of 5 stars
$49.78
-1.2%
$46.33
-6.9%
+25.5%$5.61B$3.05B17.343,263News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
MS
Morgan Stanley
4.8259 of 5 stars
$143.76
-0.3%
$133.62
-7.1%
+36.7%$230.64B$59.92B16.8780,000Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Buyback Announcement
Analyst Revision
PIPR
Piper Sandler Companies
N/A$288.58
-1.7%
$286.00
-0.9%
N/A$5.13B$1.53B25.231,805News Coverage
Analyst Upgrade
PJT
PJT Partners
1.7762 of 5 stars
$170.60
+1.3%
$154.50
-9.4%
+55.1%$4.17B$1.49B30.091,143News Coverage
Positive News
SF
Stifel Financial
3.9391 of 5 stars
$107.54
-1.5%
$106.75
-0.7%
+27.9%$11.05B$4.97B20.569,000Analyst Forecast

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