Moelis & Company combines exceptional business quality — a Piotroski score of 9 out of 9, 42% return on equity, and superior margins relative to peers — with a recently broken earnings beat streak and virtually no remaining upside to the near-term technical target, suggesting the quality franchise is fairly priced and patience is the appropriate stance.
Thesis pillars
- Fully Priced Near Term Target↑Improving
- Exceptional Business Quality→Stable
- Beat Streak Recently Broken↑Improving
- +1 more pillar — see the Why tab for full reasoning
Moelis & Company (MC) Stock Analysis
Temporary headwind edge
Financial Services · Capital Markets
Wait for pullback to $54.31. At $58.74 the A.R:R is 0.9:1 — below the 1.5:1 minimum for BUY_NOW. Engine's entry $54.31 (support + ATR (held)) is the shallowest technical level that clears the 2:1 A.R:R minimum. Key risks: Thin upside margin: 6.6%; Negative momentum.
Moelis & Company is a global independent investment bank founded in 2007, providing M&A, recapitalization, restructuring, capital markets, and private capital advisory services to corporations, financial sponsors, governments, and sovereign wealth funds. The firm employed 1,416... Read more
Wait for pullback to $54.31. At $58.74 the A.R:R is 0.9:1 — below the 1.5:1 minimum for BUY_NOW. Engine's entry $54.31 (support + ATR (held)) is the shallowest technical level that clears the 2:1 A.R:R minimum. Key risks: Thin upside margin: 6.6%; Negative momentum. Chart setup: No clear chart pattern; technical signals are mixed. Wide-moat business. Accumulate on weakness. Score 5.8/10, moderate confidence.
Passes 6/8 gates (clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, news events none recent, earnings proximity 33d clear, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Fails on weak momentum and favorable risk/reward ratio. Suitability: aggressive.
Recent developments
updated 2026-09-25Recent Developments — Moelis & Company
Latest news
- NEWS Moelis (MC) Q2 Earnings and Revenues Beat Estimates - Yahoo Finance — Yahoo Finance positive
- NEWS Moelis & Company (NYSE:MC) Posts Quarterly Earnings Results, Beats Expectations By $0.01 EPS - MarketBeat — MarketBeat positive
- NEWS Moelis & Company (NYSE:MC) Posts Quarterly Earnings Results, Beats Expectations By $0.01 EPS - marketbeat.com — marketbeat.com positive
- NEWS Moelis (NYSE:MC) Reports Upbeat Q2 CY2026 - StockStory — StockStory positive
- NEWS Moelis (NYSE:MC) Reports Upbeat Q2 CY2026 - stockstory.org — stockstory.org positive
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Rating Breakdown
1 floor-breaker
Price action weak — below key moving averages, no momentum carry. Needs a base before trend-continuation setups apply.static
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Wait for pullback to $54.31. At $58.74 the A.R:R is 0.9:1 — below the 1.5:1 minimum for BUY_NOW. Engine's entry $54.31 (support + ATR (held)) is the shallowest technical level that clears the 2:1 A.R:R minimum. Key risks: Thin upside margin: 6.6%; Negative momentum. Chart setup: No clear chart pattern; technical signals are mixed. Wide-moat business. Accumulate on weakness. Target $62.64 (+6.6%), stop $49.90 (−17.7%), A.R:R 0.9:1. Score 5.8/10, moderate confidence.
Take-profit target: $62.64 (+6.6% upside). Target $62.64 (+6.6%), stop $49.90 (−17.7%), A.R:R 0.9:1. Stop-loss: $49.90.
Thin upside margin: 6.6%; Negative momentum.
Moelis & Company trades at a P/E of 20.3 (forward 14.7). TrendMatrix value score: 7.4/10. Verdict: Buy (Wait for Entry).
19 analysts cover MC with a consensus score of 3.5/5. Average price target: $72.
What does Moelis & Company do?Moelis & Company is a global independent investment bank founded in 2007, providing M&A, recapitalization,...
Moelis & Company is a global independent investment bank founded in 2007, providing M&A, recapitalization, restructuring, capital markets, and private capital advisory services to corporations, financial sponsors, governments, and sovereign wealth funds. The firm employed 1,416 professionals including 178 Managing Directors across over 20 global offices in 2025; 254 clients paid fees of $1 million or more.