Moelis & Company (MC) Stock Analysis
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Financial Services · Capital Markets
Hold if already holding. Not a fresh buy at $62.25, but acceptable to hold if already in. Reasons: Analyst target reached - limited upside remaining; Negative momentum.
Moelis & Company is a global independent investment bank providing M&A, restructuring, and capital markets advisory services with 178 Managing Directors and 1,416 employees across 20+ locations worldwide. Substantially all revenue is earned from advisory fees; in 2025, 254... Read more
Hold if already holding. Not a fresh buy at $62.25, but acceptable to hold if already in. Reasons: Analyst target reached - limited upside remaining; Negative momentum. Chart setup: No recognized chart pattern (not a breakout, bounce, continuation, recovery, falling knife, or range) — technicals mixed. Maintain position. Not compelling to add more. Score 6.0/10, moderate confidence.
Passes 6/8 gates (clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, news events none recent, earnings proximity 72d clear, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Fails on weak momentum and favorable risk/reward ratio. Suitability: aggressive.
Recent Developments — Moelis & Company
Latest news
- Moelis’s (NYSE:MC) Q1 CY2026 Earnings Results: Revenue In Line With Expectations But Stock Drops - StockStory — StockStory negative
- Moelis Posts Record Q1 2026 Revenue and Margin Expansion - TipRanks — TipRanks positive
- Earnings Flash (MC) Moelis & Company Reports Q1 Revenue $319.8M, vs. FactSet Est of $321.5M - marketscreener.com — marketscreener.com negative
- Earnings Flash (MC) Moelis & Company Posts Q1 Adjusted EPS $0.50 per Share, vs. FactSet Est of $0.53 - marketscreener.co — marketscreener.com negative
- Moelis Stock Slides Sharply After Overheated Rally - TipRanks — TipRanks negative
Generated 2026-05-20T21:06:21Z.
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Rating Breakdown
2 floor-breakers
Momentum below the gate floor. Component breakdown shows what dragged the score down.static
Ranks in the bottom of its industry peers on the composite signal. Better names in the same sector exist.static
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Hold if already holding. Not a fresh buy at $62.25, but acceptable to hold if already in. Reasons: Analyst target reached - limited upside remaining; Negative momentum. Chart setup: No recognized chart pattern (not a breakout, bounce, continuation, recovery, falling knife, or range) — technicals mixed. Maintain position. Not compelling to add more. Target $68.86 (+10.6%), stop $59.40 (−4.8%), A.R:R -0.1:1. Score 6.0/10, moderate confidence.
Take-profit target: $68.86 (+10.6% upside). Target $68.86 (+10.6%), stop $59.40 (−4.8%), A.R:R -0.1:1. Stop-loss: $59.40.
Analyst target reached - limited upside remaining; Negative momentum.
Moelis & Company trades at a P/E of 23.0 (forward 16.2). TrendMatrix value score: 7.1/10. Verdict: Hold.
19 analysts cover MC with a consensus score of 3.6/5. Average price target: $71.
What does Moelis & Company do?Moelis & Company is a global independent investment bank providing M&A, restructuring, and capital markets advisory...
Moelis & Company is a global independent investment bank providing M&A, restructuring, and capital markets advisory services with 178 Managing Directors and 1,416 employees across 20+ locations worldwide. Substantially all revenue is earned from advisory fees; in 2025, 254 clients paid fees of at least $1 million and the top 10 transactions represented approximately 18% of revenues.