Zacks Research Forecasts Lower Earnings for Moelis & Company

Moelis & Company (NYSE:MC) – Equities research analysts at Zacks Research dropped their Q1 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for Moelis & Company in a research note issued on Wednesday, January 29th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now expects that the asset manager will earn $0.41 per share for the quarter, down from their previous estimate 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.

A number of other research analysts also recently issued reports on MC. UBS Group lifted their price target on Moelis & Company from $54.00 to $60.00 and gave the company a “sell” rating in a report on Tuesday, October 8th. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods raised shares of Moelis & Company from a “market perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and upped their price objective for the company from $71.00 to $86.00 in a report on Friday, December 20th. Morgan Stanley raised Moelis & Company from an “underweight” rating to an “overweight” rating and upped their target price for the stock from $66.00 to $92.00 in a research note on Monday, December 9th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company dropped their price objective on shares of Moelis & Company from $78.00 to $77.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, January 14th. 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. According to MarketBeat.com, Moelis & Company presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $70.67.

Moelis & Company Stock Performance

Moelis & Company stock opened at $78.25 on Monday. Moelis & Company has a fifty-two week low of $46.24 and a fifty-two week high of $81.60. The company has a market capitalization of $5.86 billion, a PE ratio of 147.64 and a beta of 1.39. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $75.31 and a 200-day moving average price of $70.43.

Institutional Trading of Moelis & Company

Hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. bought a new position in Moelis & Company in the 3rd quarter worth about $49,017,000. Hodges Capital Management Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Moelis & Company during the 4th quarter valued at $9,149,000. Pier Capital LLC acquired a new position in shares of Moelis & Company in the 3rd quarter valued at $8,152,000. Jacobs Levy Equity Management Inc. acquired a new position in shares of Moelis & Company in the third quarter worth about $6,970,000. Finally, Natixis Advisors LLC grew its position in Moelis & Company by 13.7% during the 3rd quarter. Natixis Advisors LLC now owns 804,860 shares of the asset manager’s stock worth $55,141,000 after purchasing an additional 96,720 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 91.53% of the company’s stock.

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.