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Moelis & Company MC
$56.32 -1.11% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $4.17B
High qualityWeak trendHigh risk
Next earnings report: Nov 4, 2026
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Three things to know
- The stock is in a downtrend: below its 200-day average, with the 50-day average below the 200-day.
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $1.57B, up 13.7% from a year earlier, slowing from 19.2% a quarter earlier.
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $2.87, up 13.0% year over year.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Financial Services sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 31%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 42%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 26%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 47%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 24%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 4%
- Gross marginTop 37%
- Operating marginBottom 42%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 18%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 6%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 33%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 42%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 33%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 44%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 37%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 28%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 25%
- 6-month returnBottom 21%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 17%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 17%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 9%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 19%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 43%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 21%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 26%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 17%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 26%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 8%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 33%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 19.2% | 13.7% | ↓ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 27.5% | 13.0% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 32.7% | 69.9% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 17.7% | 18.4% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 34.6% | 27.7% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 13.7% | 19.2% | ↓ | Top 31% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | 13.0% | 27.5% | ↓ | Bottom 42% |
| Gross margin | 69.9% | 32.7% | ↑ | Top 37% |
| Operating margin | 18.4% | 17.7% | ↑ | Bottom 42% |
| Net margin | 14.5% | 14.3% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 27.7% | 34.6% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 26.1% | — | Top 4% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 15.5% | — | Top 47% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 2.15×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -18.6%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 10.0%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -4.8 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 0.18×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 5.21%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 4.84%
- Shareholder yield
- 10.05%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +1.0%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +5.1%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 30, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 1
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 7 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +13.7%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -1.4%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 2 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $70.50
- Target vs current price
- +25.2%
- Analysts with a rating
- 22
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 27%
- Consensus rating
- Hold
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 2026 | +2.1% | -4.9% | +0.1% | -0.8% | — |
| Apr 29, 2026 | -15.3% | -3.8% | -8.9% | -5.5% | -3.9% |
| Feb 4, 2026 | +48.7% | +2.2% | +5.0% | -14.1% | -6.1% |
| Oct 29, 2025 | +19.3% | -6.3% | -12.9% | -10.1% | +3.9% |
| Jul 24, 2025 | +65.6% | +0.1% | +0.3% | -0.9% | -5.5% |
| Apr 23, 2025 | +15.3% | +1.6% | +3.8% | +17.2% | +37.1% |
| Feb 5, 2025 | +202.6% | +2.7% | -0.1% | -17.2% | -31.2% |
| Oct 23, 2024 | +4.8% | -3.1% | -4.1% | +5.0% | +12.5% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 2026 | $0.63 | $0.62 | +2.1% | $409.4M |
| Apr 29, 2026 | $0.50 | $0.59 | -15.3% | $319.8M |
| Feb 4, 2026 | $1.13 | $0.76 | +48.7% | $487.9M |
| Oct 29, 2025 | $0.68 | $0.57 | +19.3% | $356.9M |
| Jul 24, 2025 | $0.53 | $0.32 | +65.6% | $365.4M |
| Apr 23, 2025 | $0.64 | $0.56 | +15.3% | $306.6M |
| Feb 5, 2025 | $1.18 | $0.39 | +202.6% | $438.7M |
| Oct 23, 2024 | $0.22 | $0.21 | +4.8% | $273.8M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 19.6× | 23.8× | 32th | Bottom 42% |
| P/E (forward) | 18.3× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 13.5× | — | — | Top 44% |
| EV / Sales | 2.69× | — | — | Top 37% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 10.44% | — | — | Top 33% |
| Earnings yield | 5.10% | — | — | Bottom 42% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 8.8× – 452.1× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- -18.0%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- +13.0%
- Change in P/E multiple
- -14.1%
Most of the move came from a change in the valuation multiple.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -3.5%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -0.7%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -13.2%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -14.2%
- RSI (14)
- 29.1
- Relative volume
- 1.19×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 38.3%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 69th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.47
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.61
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -27.6%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -39.8%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 3, 2021 | Sep 27, 2022 | -56.2% | 225 days | 531 days (Nov 6, 2024) |
| Feb 6, 2025 | Apr 8, 2025 | -39.8% | 42 days | Not yet recovered |
| Nov 6, 2024 | Jan 13, 2025 | -12.1% | 44 days | 17 days (Feb 6, 2025) |
| Mar 17, 2021 | May 11, 2021 | -11.6% | 38 days | 50 days (Jul 22, 2021) |
| Jan 15, 2021 | Jan 27, 2021 | -10.5% | 7 days | 28 days (Mar 9, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $4.17B
- P/E (TTM)
- 19.6
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $2.87
- Revenue (TTM)
- $1.57B
- Dividend yield
- 4.62%
- 52-week range
- $51.06 – $78.22
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.54B | $985.3M | $854.7M | $1.19B | $1.52B |
| Gross profit | $626.7M | $367.1M | $140.0M | $364.4M | $1.50B |
| Operating income | $495.9M | $216.1M | -$40.4M | $172.9M | $273.9M |
| Net income | $365.2M | $150.3M | -$24.7M | $136.0M | $233.0M |
| EPS (diluted) | $5.34 | $2.14 | -$0.36 | $1.78 | $2.94 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $273.8M | $438.7M | $306.6M | $365.4M | $356.9M | $487.9M | $319.8M | $409.4M |
| Net income | $16.9M | $89.4M | $50.3M | $41.5M | $53.4M | $87.9M | $38.4M | $48.6M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.22 | $1.15 | $0.64 | $0.53 | $0.67 | $1.10 | $0.48 | $0.62 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $937.0M | $33.0M | $158.5M | $427.5M | $576.3M |
| Capital expenditure | -$16.4M | -$6.0M | -$16.7M | -$12.1M | -$36.3M |
| Free cash flow | $920.6M | $27.0M | $141.8M | $415.4M | $540.0M |
| Dividends paid | -$480.0M | -$174.7M | -$182.2M | -$3.1M | -$208.7M |
| Net share buybacks | -$104.2M | -$147.5M | -$47.0M | -$10.8M | -$74.6M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $207.7M
- Total assets
- $1.41B
- Total liabilities
- $766.6M
- Total debt
- $262.8M
- Net debt
- $55.0M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $505.8M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 30, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 2026 | $0.65 | Sep 17, 2026 |
| May 11, 2026 | $0.65 | Jun 18, 2026 |
| Feb 17, 2026 | $0.65 | Mar 26, 2026 |
| Nov 10, 2025 | $0.65 | Dec 4, 2025 |
| Aug 4, 2025 | $0.65 | Sep 18, 2025 |
| May 5, 2025 | $0.65 | Jun 20, 2025 |
| Feb 18, 2025 | $0.65 | Mar 27, 2025 |
| Nov 4, 2024 | $0.60 | Dec 2, 2024 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 5,358,237
- Days to cover
- 6.86
- Change vs previous report
- +2.4%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Aug 29, 2014
- 1-for-2