The buying and selling of stock by a company’s insider give investors a sense that the stock will rise or fall in the future. Moelis & Co shares valued at $189,640 were sold by Shropshire Kenneth on Aug 22 ’25. At $72.52 per share, Shropshire Kenneth sold 2,615 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 7,109 shares worth approximately $0.47 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, KENNETH SHROPSHIRE purchased 2,615 shares, netting a total of over 189,640 in proceeds.
Before that, WATANABE OSAMU R. had sold 6,340 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $460,538, the General Counsel, Secretary traded Moelis & Co shares for $72.64 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 6,340 shares, worth approximately $8604.080000000002.
As published in their initiating research note from Deutsche Bank on October 09, 2025, Moelis & Co [MC] has been a Buy and the price target has been revised to $80. Analysts at BMO Capital Markets started covering the stock with ‘”a Market perform”‘ outlook in a report released in early October. As of June 23, 2025, Morgan Stanley has increased its “an Underweight” rating to a “an Overweight” for MC. Earlier on March 13, 2025, Morgan Stanley downgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “an Underweight” for MC stock which previously was a “an Overweight”.
Analyzing MC Stock Performance
On last trading session, Moelis & Co [NYSE: MC] plunged -0.05% to $65.68. The stock’s lowest price that day was $65.395, but it reached a high of $66.84 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a drop of approximately -4.58%. Over the course of the year, Moelis & Co shares have dropped approximately -1.38%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $82.89 on 02/06/25 and a 52-week low of $47.00 on 04/09/25.
Support And Resistance Levels for Moelis & Co (MC)
According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 65.05, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 64.42. In the upper region, resistance lies at 66.63. The next price resistance is at 67.58. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 29.55 on the 14-day chart, showing oversold technical sentiment.
Is Moelis & Co subject to short interest?
Stocks of Moelis & Co saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-09-15 jumping by 0.53 million shares to 3.92 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-08-15 was 3.39 million shares. A jump of 13.52% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 7.2 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 7.2.
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In terms of Moelis & Co share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 80 in the next 12 months, up nearly 21.75% from the previous closing price of $65.71. Analysts anticipate Moelis & Co stock to reach 80 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 80. In spite of this, 9 analysts ranked Moelis & Co stock as Hold at the end of 2025. On December 20, 2024, Keefe Bruyette assigned a price target of “an Outperform” to the stock and upgraded coverage with a $86.
