Zacks Research Brokers Reduce Earnings Estimates for MC

Moelis & Company (NYSE:MC) – Zacks Research decreased their Q1 2025 earnings estimates for Moelis & Company in a report issued on Wednesday, January 29th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now anticipates that the asset manager will post earnings per share of $0.41 for the quarter, down from their prior forecast of $0.42. The consensus estimate for Moelis & Company’s current full-year earnings is $1.05 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Moelis & Company’s Q2 2025 earnings at $0.52 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $0.71 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $2.91 EPS.

MC has been the subject of a number of other reports. Wells Fargo & Company dropped their target price on shares of Moelis & Company from $78.00 to $77.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, January 14th. Morgan Stanley raised Moelis & Company from an “underweight” rating to an “overweight” rating and boosted their target price for the stock from $66.00 to $92.00 in a research report on Monday, December 9th. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods raised shares of Moelis & Company from a “market perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and raised their price target for the company from $71.00 to $86.00 in a report on Friday, December 20th. Finally, UBS Group boosted their price objective on shares of Moelis & Company from $54.00 to $60.00 and gave the company a “sell” rating in a report on Tuesday, October 8th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, five have issued a hold rating and two have given a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $70.67.

Moelis & Company Stock Down 0.9 %

Shares of NYSE MC opened at $77.57 on Monday. The company has a market cap of $5.81 billion, a P/E ratio of 146.36 and a beta of 1.40. Moelis & Company has a 52 week low of $46.24 and a 52 week high of $81.60. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $75.30 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $70.51.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Moelis & Company

A number of hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the company. Handelsbanken Fonder AB boosted its holdings in Moelis & Company by 35.7% in the 4th quarter. Handelsbanken Fonder AB now owns 15,951 shares of the asset manager’s stock worth $1,178,000 after buying an additional 4,200 shares during the period. Kestra Investment Management LLC bought a new position in shares of Moelis & Company in the fourth quarter worth about $146,000. CIBC Asset Management Inc grew its position in shares of Moelis & Company by 8.0% during the fourth quarter. CIBC Asset Management Inc now owns 4,405 shares of the asset manager’s stock worth $325,000 after purchasing an additional 325 shares in the last quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. grew its position in shares of Moelis & Company by 3.3% during the fourth quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. now owns 344,467 shares of the asset manager’s stock worth $25,449,000 after purchasing an additional 11,097 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Rhumbline Advisers raised its stake in Moelis & Company by 1.0% during the 4th quarter. Rhumbline Advisers now owns 195,814 shares of the asset manager’s stock valued at $14,467,000 after purchasing an additional 1,954 shares during the period. 91.53% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

About Moelis & Company

Moelis & Company operates as an investment banking advisory firm. It offers advisory services in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, recapitalizations and restructurings, capital markets transactions, and other corporate finance matters, as well as strategic, capital structure, and private funds advisory.