Nothing is Better Than Moelis & Co (MC) stock at the moment

With 0.88 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 0.74 million shares. The 52-week range on MC shows that it touched its highest point at $82.89 and its lowest point at $46.24 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $83.43. With its current market cap of 4.93 billion, MC has annualized dividend of $2.45 while the current yield stands at 3.81%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.49.

Price Performance and Earnings:

Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of MC was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -8.92%, but this was down by -17.13% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -16.48% while six-month performance fell -3.74%. The stock gained 20.01% in the past year, while it has lost -12.98% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for MC yields 1.76 with Next year EPS estimates of 3.69. For the next quarter, that number is 0.61. This implies an EPS growth rate of 59.15% for this year and 27.49% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 29.97% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of -1.28%.

Float and Shares Shorts:

At present, 70.59 million MC shares are outstanding with a float of 69.86 million shares on hand for trading.

Analysts Ratings:

Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for MC since 9 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 3 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 2 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 4 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 0 give it an OVERWEIGHT rating, and 0 thinks that it’s UNDERWEIGHT. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential.

EPS: Estimates vs Actual

It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy. Analysts have provided yearly estimates in a range of $1.24589 being high and $1.16871 being low. For MC, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $1.20179. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $0.74 and the low estimate is $0.48. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $0.56.

Summary of Insider Activity:

Insiders traded MC stock several times over the past three months with 0 Buys and 0 Sells. In these transactions, 0 shares were bought while 0 shares were sold. The number of buy transactions has remained unchanged to 0 while that of sell transactions has remained unmoved to 0 over the past year. The total number of shares bought during that period was 0 while 0 shares were sold.